We strive to prevent news reporting that hurts people already harmed by gun violence. But we also work to advance more coverage focused on evidence-based public health strategies shown to prevent shootings. So, if we could only raise more funding to promote our work, incentivize more partners and hire more people, we should be able … Read more
AGENDA Wednesday, October 1 at The Hive at Spring Point30 South 15th Street, Philadelphia6-8 p.m. Opening reception Meet the conference faculty, PCGVR leaders and the team from our recently-expanded national Association of Gun Violence Reporters. Brief comments:Dr. Jessica Beard, PCGVR Director of ResearchOronde McClain, PCGVR Survivor Connection DirectorEric Marsh, Sr., PCGVR Director of OperationsJim MacMillan, … Read more
We are excited to share that Dr. H. Jean Wright II will keynote our upcoming Gun Violence Prevention Reporting National Certification Conference. His talk will help journalists better understand the experiences and perspectives of people who have been harmed by gun violence when reporting on the topic or covering incidents.
Abené Clayton of The Guardian, co-director of our recently-expanded Association of Gun Violence Reporters, and chapter leader and independent journalist Alain Stephens, spoke during a panel moderated by Laura Bennett, director of the Center for Just Journalism, during IRE 2025, the Investigative Reporters and Editors national conference.
AGVR co-director Sammy Caiola, left, and PCGVR director of operations Eric Marsh discussed their work with Loraine Ballard Morrill on What’s Going On at iHeart Radio in Philadelphia. Listen: • Join the Association of Gun Violence Reporters: AGVR.org
Nearly 100 of our favorite people from the journalism, research, funder and survivor communities joined us in Center City Philadelphia on July 23, 2025 for Five Years of Impact, to reflect on everything we have accomplished together since launching PCGVR in 2020. Photographs by Erin Blewett for PCGVR. Visit: impact.pcgvr.org
We set out to produce our multimedia 5-Year Impact Report for obvious reasons: to recognize what has been working, to encourage continuing support and hopefully find more. At the same, we seem to have accidentally written the book on how to launch a journalism support organization that actually makes a difference. Visit: impact.pcgvr.org It’s a … Read more
You can start planning now to join us in Philadelphia this fall for our first in-person national conference since before the pandemic. We are scaling up our Gun Violence Prevention Reporter Certification Workshop with a Wednesday evening reception, plus a day-and-a-half of programming, meals and networking — as recommended by those who have attended our local workshops — … Read more
As we examine our impact during the first five years at PCGVR, there are lots of things we can count having done. But are we making things happen? We have certainly been there at a few important turning points. The first outcome came early: Several Philadelphia news organizations added resources for the gun violence survivor community to their web … Read more
This month marks five years since we launched The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting.