The Better Gun Violence Reporting Summit
The inaugural Better Gun Violence Reporting Summit focused on media coverage of community gun violence and took place at WHYY in Philadelphia on November 8, 2019. Read More
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Community Conversations and Speed Networking
Fifteen Philadelphia-based journalists were invited to spend a day with 30 residents from the core communities impacted by gun violence in the city, most of whom had lost several loved ones. The gathering was convened by The Initiative for Better Gun Violence Reporting in a first step toward informing a new set of best practices for journalists covering the issue and exploring the impact of news coverage on levels of violence. Read More
Welcome to the Center
The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting has been created to explore the hypothesis that changing the way journalists and news organizations report on gun violence can prevent shootings and save lives. We propose that empowering people with lived experience will be a critical next step in changing the narrative from law enforcement and criminal justice to more productive perspectives including public health, evidence-based responses and prevention. The secret sauce behind our work includes three groups of people: journalists who report on gun violence locally and nationally, researchers from a broad spectrum of disciplines and community representatives with extensive lived experience. At present we are developing a new journalism network, partnering on new three-year research collaborative and making plans to refine and expand our Credible Messenger Reporting Project. Read More
Philadelphia gun violence and prevention report: June 16, 2021
The first production from the Credible Messenger Reporting Project focuses on three co-victims of gun violence who worked together to show the long-lasting effects it can have on friends, family and community members. Read More
Credible Messenger Reporting Project update: June 2020
The Credible Messenger Reporting Project has organized eight teams, most of which are up and running, including several that are close to completing work that will debut soon. We can hardly wait to introduce everyone. Read More
Philadelphia gun violence and prevention report: June 9, 2021
Republican lawmakers in Harrisburg are pushing to make it easier for Pennsylvanians to carry a handgun. This could get complicated in Philadelphia. Meanwhile, a bill advancing extreme risk protection orders has been stalled. Read More
Philadelphia gun violence and prevention report: June 3, 2021
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: DR. JESSICA H. BEARD NAMED STONELEIGH FELLOW AND CENTER’S DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH Read More
Dr. Jessica Beard, Director of Research
Dr. Jessica H. Beard, a trauma surgeon at Temple University Hospital and public health researcher at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University joined the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting as director of research in 2021. Thanks to support from her three-year fellowship with the Stoneleigh Foundation, Dr. Beard will work to deepen the media narrative around gun violence, with the goal of increasing support for policies and programs to curb the epidemic and save lives. Read More
Press release: Dr. Jessica H. Beard named Stoneleigh Fellow and Center’s Director or Research
(PHILADELPHIA) –The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting and the Stoneleigh Foundation today named Dr. Jessica H. Beard, a trauma surgeon at Temple University Hospital and public health researcher at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, as a Stoneleigh Fellow and the Center’s director of research effective July 1. Read More
Sheila Hodges, Communications Manager
Sheila Hodges was the communications manager at the Center for Gun Violence Reporting during 2021. Sheila reported on the work of our Credible Messenger Reporting Project teams and produced social media content across our reporting channels. Read More
Philadelphia gun violence and prevention report: May 26, 2021
A new study says that Pennsylvania ranks seventh among states with the highest homicides rate among Black residents. Data analysis estimates the annual cost of crime in Philadelphia at more that $5.5 billion — or nearly $3,500 per resident. Residents of the Philadelphia neighborhoods suffering the most gun violence voted last week to re-elect District Attorney Larry Krasner. Resolving conflicts through restorative healing circles could reduce 911 calls and police presence in our neighborhoods. Read More
Charlotte Barron, Project Manager
Charlotte Barron was a project manager at the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting during 2021. Previously, Charlotte worked as a fellow and freelance writer for Student Voices LLC, covering developmental diversity and educational inequality. She also collaborated with the Tennessee branch of Students Leading Change to organize the Chattanooga March For Our Lives and bring sustained student advocacy to the forefront of local firearm policy debates. While at the Center, Charlotte focused on network expansion and collaborating with partners to create a centralized directory of gun violence experts. Read More