NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Nearly 120 journalists, researchers, prevention professionals and experts from the survivor community gathered in Philadelphia this fall for: What Now? Gun Violence Reporting in Unprecedented Times. Fifty-eight attendees earned PCGVR Certification in Gun Violence Prevention Reporting. MORE INFO
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11/14: HEALTHCARE SYMPOSIUM
PCGVR Director of Research Dr. Jessica Beard will speak during “Health Systems in Action: Our Role in Gun Violence Response and Prevention,” a symposium at Temple Health. Our team will also staff a resource table.
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11/17: LT. GOV. DAVIS JOINING PCCD/PCGVR WEBINAR
Survivor Connection director Oronde McClain, PCGVR Director of Research Dr. Jessica Beard and AGVR co-director Sammy Caiola will discuss better gun violence reporting. Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Austin Davis will open the event.
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RECENT ACTIVITIES
WORTH LISTENING
Association of Gun Violence Reporters co-director Sammy Caiola and PCGVR director of operations Eric Marsh discuss their work.
LISTENWORTH READING
Our director of research Dr. Jessica Beard and colleague Dr. Elinore Kaufman say federal research funding cuts will put gun violence prevention at risk.
READWORTH WATCHING
Get to know several of the key figures from our emerging Association of Gun Violence Reporters in this kickoff webinar.
WATCHWORTH EXPLORING
Are we making a difference? We have certainly been there at a few important turning points during the past five year.
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LATEST RESEARCH
Our center facilitates a multidisciplinary research collaborative which informs our work and has published four studies to date on gun violence, prevention and the role of the media.
MORE INFOREPORTING TOOLKIT
By changing the way gun violence is covered, reporters can take an active role in minimizing harm to injured people, communities, and society—and even make an important contribution toward preventing gun violence.
MORE INFOCENTERING SURVIVORS
Gun violence is preventable. Journalists can make a difference. The Survivor Connection is a new service intended to help those reporting on gun violence take a more informed approach.
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OUR SITES
GUN VIOLENCE REPORTERS
AGVR helps reporters tell more nuanced, solutions-forward stories about gun violence in hopes of minimizing harm to survivors while advancing public health-informed, trauma-aware and community-centered journalism.
MORE INFOSURVIVOR CONNECTION
Philadelphia journalists are invited to access this directory of local community experts, who have each taken part in our introductory workshop on trauma, media literacy and public health responses to gun violence.
MORE INFOTHE SECOND TRAUMA
This 25-minute documentary 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.
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