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

This week: Progress amid tragedies. Halfway report: Breaking through in 2024.

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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 research informing new reporting practices. Philadelphia shooting victim decline persists. Stop-and-frisk gun recovery rate remains low years after changes. Surgeon General addresses harmful media exposure in new interview.

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

This week: Surgeon General’s Advisory flags media harm. New standard practices for journalists.

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

This week: Gun violence in Philly has plummeted. Supreme Court strikes down ban on rapid-fire bump stocks. New study shows up to 43% of US households are not storing guns securely. You can still request screenings of The Second Trauma. And our new Better Gun Violence Reporting Toolkit is now available to download for free.

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Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn. This week: Data on Philadelphia leading historic gun violence decline, photos from Heath Journalism 2024 and webinar on public attitudes toward political violence.

Above: Loraine Ballard Morrill, director of news and community affairs for iHeartMedia’s six Philadelphia radio stations, hosted the Philadelphia premiere of The Second Trauma a couple of months ago. She recently followed up with Angela Wade, who appears in the film, and interviewed PCGVR director of research Dr. Jessica Beard about our latest studies and new reporting toolkit.

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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 AP Stylebook points to PCGVR. Multiple-victim shootings have been declining dramatically in Philadelphia. Social disorganization resulting from mass incarceration may perpetuate urban firearm violence and worsen racial disparities. Above: Loraine Ballard Morrill of iHeartMedia reconnects with Angela Wade, following The Second Trauma premiere.

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

This week: An interview with our research director. Fewer Memorial Day weekend shootings. Violent crime is near a 50-year low. New national crime data resource.

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

This week: Philadelphia shooting victims totals fall to 2018 rates. Year-to-date homicides are down 38 percent.

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

This week: Register now to catch our research director at Health Journalism 2024 next month in New York City.

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

This week: Years of research and community-engaged work come together in two new publications from PCGVR research collaboratvie.

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

This week: Request a stop on our documentary tour.

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

This week: Now you can listen to the cast and crew conversations that followed our recent Philadelphia premiere of The Second Trauma. Read More