PCGVR founders discuss gun violence reporting

August 8, 2024

PCGVR director Jim MacMillan and research director Dr. Jessica Beard discuss gun violence, prevention and the role of the media on The Trauma Beat podcast with journalist, trauma researcher and author Tamara Cherry Read More

Weekly Brief: 08.08.24

August 8, 2024

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

August 1, 2024

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

July 26, 2024

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

July 18, 2024

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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Weekly Brief: 07.11.24

July 12, 2024

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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Weekly Brief: 07/04/24

July 4, 2024

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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Weekly Brief: 06.27.24

June 27, 2024

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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Weekly Brief: 06.20.23

June 20, 2024

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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Weekly Brief: 06.13.24

June 13, 2024

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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Weekly Brief: 06.06.24

June 6, 2024

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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Weekly Brief: 05.30.24

May 30, 2024

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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