PCGVR director Jim MacMillan and research director Dr. Jessica Beard discuss gun violence, prevention and the role of the media on The Trauma Beat podcast with journalist, trauma researcher and author Tamara Cherry Read More
We were delighted to spot some of our guidance recently in the new criminal justice reporting chapter of the latest edition of the AP Stylebook, arguably journalism’s most essential reference. They even name-checked PCGVR among the recommended resources, alongside the Dart Center, Marshall Project and Poynter Institute, some of journalism’s most prominent institutions. Read More
The Credible Messenger Reporting Project empowers people impacted by gun violence to report on root causes, lived experience and possible solutions from the community perspective. Read More
PCGVR director of research Dr. Jessica Beard introduced our new Better Gun Violence Reporting Toolkit while participating on a panel titled “In your lane: Covering America’s biggest public health crisis” at Health Journalism 2024, the annual conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists. Read More
Two new studies led by PCGVR Director of Research Dr. Jessica Beard have been published: Systematic disparities in reporting on community firearm violence on local television news in Philadelphia, PA. Read More
This 25-minute documentary shows the harmful effects of episodic gun violence reporting on survivors and co-victims and offers solutions on how we can do better to shift the narrative to a public health focus and give power back to the community to advocate for their safety. Read More
PCGVR Credible Messenger community manager Maxayn Gooden visited with students in Prof. Florence Madenga’s course: Black Journalism and Philadelphia, at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Read More
The School of Communication at American University in Washington hosted a screening of The Second Trauma, followed by a panel discussion with Logan Center director Yvonne Latty Oronde McClain of the Philadelphia Center for Gun Read More
Tyrique Glasgow, at right, CEO of the Young Chances Foundation in Philadelphia, shares community perspectives on gun violence news reporting during a collaborative panel presentation we organized for the national Online News Association Conference in Philadelphia. Glasgow is seated Read More
PCGVR journalism research advisor Dr. Jennifer Midberry of Lehigh University discussed research conducted by participants in our multidisciplinary collaborative on a news reporting panel during the Guggenheim Symposium on Crime In America hosted by the Center for Media, Crime and Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in October. Read More
Our director of research Dr. Jessica Beard discussed our work on Trauma Code at WBAI in New York. Listen by clicking on the image above.
Congratulations and thank you to our research director Dr. Jessica Beard who was recognized with the Pina Templeton Injury Prevention Award by the American Trauma Society and the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation on October 19, Read More
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