We are delighted to report that Loraine Ballard Morrill will host the Philadelphia premiere screening of our new collaborative documentary — The Second Trauma — on April 17 at 7 p.m. at the Temple Performing Arts Center, including conversations with the cast and crew. In addition to her prominence in Philadelphia community radio, Loraine also participated in our Better Gun Violence Reporting Workshop in 2022 and our Gun Violence Prevention Reporting Certification Workshop last fall. ADMISSION IN FREE – SAVE YOUR SEAT NOW
Loraine Ballard Morrill is Director of News & Community Affairs For iHeartMedia’s six Philadelphia Stations. Loraine hosts and produces “Insight” and “What’s Going On.” Under her leadership Power 99 was the first station to receive a record breaking seven prestigious National Association of Broadcasters Crystal Radio Awards for Community Service and the first to receive the NAB Inaugural Crystal Heritage Award. iHeartMedia Philadelphia was recognized for the third year as one of Philadelphia Foundation’s Civic 50 Greater Philadelphia. Among her honors – Morrill has received The Philadelphia Human Relations Commission Human Rights Award, The Women’s Alliance For Job Equity’s Certificate Of Courage, The Philadelphia NAACP President’s Award, Harris Wofford Active Citizenship Award from The Greater Philadelphia MLK Day of Service, WOAR Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence Bridge Of Courage Award and City and State’s Fifty Over Fifty. Loraine serves on numerous boards including PHLDiversity, Girl Scouts Of Eastern PA and Global Citizen 365.
Please join us at the Temple Performing Arts Center on April 17 at 7 p.m. for the Philadelphia premiere of The Second Trauma, our new documentary produced in collaboration with the Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting at Temple University. This 25-minute film shows the 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. REGISTER NOW