The Weekly Brief: 09.12.24

Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn. This week: Revisit our Gun Violence Prevention Reporter Certification Workshop in a new report from the Reynolds Journalism Institute. Read More

Weekly Brief: 09.05.04

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


This week: Sharply fewer shooting victims were recorded in Philadelphia again this summer. Apply to host an Emerging Leader to help your organization help prevent gun violence.


Above: PCGVR newsroom liaison Oronde McClain speaks on a panel last year at the University of Pennsylvania. His work at our center is supported by a Stoneleigh Foundation Emerging Leader Fellowship. 

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Weekly Brief: 08.29.24

Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn. This week: More than 100 news articles, live appearances, webinars and press releases have helped amplify our research, journalist training programs and community reporting projects over the past five years. Read More

Weekly Brief: 08.22.24

Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn. This week: Association of Gun Violence Reporters aims to link journalists across the U.S. Read More

Communications conference recap

PCGVR newsroom liaison Orodne McClain and some of our favorite partners participated in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national conference in Philadelphia. Read More

Weekly Brief: 08.15.24

Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn. This week: Communications conference recap. New lows in Philadelphia shooting victim data. Research roundup.


Avove: PCGVR newsroom liaison Orodne McClain and some of our favorite partners participated in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national conference last weekend in Philadelphia. Photo: Oronde listens as Prof. Yvonne Latty, director of the Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting at Temple University, discusses our collaborative documentary: The Second Trauma. Temple Journalism professor and PCGVR research partner Jennifer Midberry is at right. Philadelphia Inquirer managing editor of visuals Danese Kenon and University of Montana journalism Prof. Lisa Krantz also participated. Washington and Lee University journalism Prof. Patrick Walters, previous longtime Philadelphia Associated Press reporter and Temple PhD alum, broke down our Credible Messenger Reporting Project during a separate session.

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Weekly Brief: 08.08.24

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


This week: PCGVR founders discuss gun violence reporting. Progress despite mass shootings.


Above: PCGVR newsroom liaison Oronde McClain speaks at the National Gun Violence Prevention Summit last winter in Washington. This week he will join a panel at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national conference in Philadelphia.

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WEEKLY BRIEF: 08.01.24

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


This week: Local activities making national impact. New documentary produced with Credible Messenger Reporting Project support. New research. Gun violence prevention and the election.

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Weekly Brief: 07.25.24

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


This week: This summer marks four years since we launched PCGVR, five since we launched the parent organization and six since we published the essay where it all began.


Pictured above: 250 people attended our inaugural Better Gun Violence Reporting Summit at WHYY in Philadelphia in 2019.

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Weekly Brief: 07.18.24

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


This week: Esteemed journalism organizations check in on our work. PCGVR at AEJMC. Responding to political violence.

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