Weekly Brief: 03.14.24

Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.


This week: Get your tickets now for the Philadelphia premiere of The Second Trauma. Request a stop on the film tour.

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Weekly Brief: 03.07.24

Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.


This week: New city data show 165 shooting victims recorded in Philadelphia during the first two months of this year, down 52 percent from the same period in 2022 and marking the lowest two-month total recorded since January and February of 2015.

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Weekly Brief: 02.29.24

Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.


This week: New award will recognize gun violence prevention reporting in Philadelphia. We’re taking The Second Trauma to Tufts next week. And we’ve got some important fact checks.

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Weekly Brief: 02.22.24

Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.


This week: Documentary tour underway. New video about our last workshop.

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Weekly Brief: 02.15.24

Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.


This week: PCGVR goes to Washington. Lehigh University checks in on our research collaborative. Don’t miss our webinars.

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Weekly Brief: 02.08.24

Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.


This week: Fewer shooting victims were recorded last month in Philadelphia than during any month since Feb. 2109. We have three events coming up in the next eight days. Plus fact, checks, new research and more headlines.

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Weekly Brief: 01.25.24

Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.


This week: The National Press Foundation shared a video recording from our panel at the recent Crime Coverage Summit in Philadelphia. And PCGVR Director of Research Dr. Jessica Beard will join “Reframing Firearms Violence: How journalists can use research in their reporting,” a webinar organized by the National Press Club Journalism Institute.

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Weekly Brief: 01.18.24

Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.


PCGVR research director Dr. Jessica Beard speaks during a new webinar on the role of healthcare providers addressing gun violence as a public health crisis.

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Weekly Brief: 0.1.11.24

Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.


Above: PCGVR newsroom liaison Oronde McClain appears in the premiere of The Second Trauma at the Crime Coverage Summit in Philadelphia.

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Weekly Brief: 01.04.24

Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.


Above: Oronde McClain and Angela Wade appear in The Second Trauma, our new collaborative short documentary premiering next week.

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