Weekly Brief: 08.21.22
Each week we share news from the Center plus updates on gun violence and prevention in Philadelphia from our partners at Billy Penn.
Above: Scenes from the Credible Messenger Film Festival, earlier this week.
News
Weekly Brief: 08.24.22
Each week we share news from the Center plus updates on gun violence and prevention in Philadelphia from our partners at Billy Penn.
Above: The Philadelphia Inquirer published an essay by Oronde McClain, who recently joined our staff but previously participated in our Credible Messenger Reporting Project.
Weekly Brief: 08.17.22
Each week we share news from the Center plus updates on gun violence and prevention in Philadelphia from our partners at Billy Penn. Read More
Weekly Brief: 08.10.22
Each week we share news from the Center plus updates on gun violence and prevention in Philadelphia from our partners at Billy Penn. Read More
Weekly Brief: August 5, 2022
Each week we share news from the Center plus updates on gun violence and prevention in Philadelphia from our partners at Billy Penn.
Above: Meet the team at the Center
Weekly Brief: July 28, 2022
Each week we share news from the Center plus updates on gun violence and prevention in Philadelphia from our partners at Billy Penn.
Above: oronde McClain screened the documentary he produced with support from our Credible Messenger Reporting Project at the The Hill at Whitemarsh, a retirement community in Lafayette Hill, Pa., last week.
Weekly Brief: July 21, 2022
Each week we share news from the Center plus updates on gun violence and prevention in Philadelphia from our partners at Billy Penn.
Mapped above: 1,322 shooting victims recorded this year in Philadelphia. [Philadelphia Office of the Controller]
Weekly Brief: July 14, 2022
Each week we share news from the Center plus updates on gun violence and prevention in Philadelphia from our partners at Billy Penn.
Above: B. McFly interviews media host and women’s advocate Zarinah Lomax in the most recent production produced with support from our Credible Messenger Reporting Project: These Philly Gun Violence Activists Are Not Giving Up On Saving Lives
These Philly Gun Violence Activists Are Not Giving Up On Saving Lives
Brandon Chastang, better known as B. McFly, interviews several prominent figures in Philadelphia’s gun violence prevention community in a series of videos he recently produced for the Credible Messenger Reporting Project here at the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting. WHYY gun violence prevention reporter Sammy Caiola was the professional partner on this project and Chris Mansfield was the Credible Messenger video producer. Above: Youth mentor Ant Brown, at left, is interviewed by B. McFly. Read More
Weekly Brief: July 7, 2022
Each week we share news from the Center plus updates on gun violence and prevention in Philadelphia from our partners at Billy Penn.
Above: Open city data indicate that 1,163 people were shot in Philadelphia during the first six months of 2022, a 7.5 percent increase when compared with the same period last year.
Expanding our team and our services
The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting is delighted to report that Oronde McClain has joined the staff as our first Credible Messenger Newsroom Liaison, Shannon Hodges is joining us as a Podcast Producer this summer to promote the interviews conducted by our Community Engagement Manager Maxayn Gooden, and as we announced recently, Maria Mitri is joining us this summer and has been helping us organize our content and operations. Read More
Make a Difference: Support the Center
Thank you for making your way to the bottom of our home page. Your attention and concern mean the world.
• We launched The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting two years ago to explore the hypothesis that changing the way journalists and news organizations report on gun violence could prevent shootings and save lives.
• We organized a community reporting project to shift power to people with lived expertise, a professional development program to support journalists already covering gun violence and a research collaborative which has been refining our focus by identifying harmful reporting practices and asking what the ideal, most ethical and impactful reporting on gun violence might look like.
• Now we are focused on implementing what we have learned, synthesizing our programs for maximum impact and sustaining the Center for years to come. We are proud of our progress and but the gun violence crisis only worsens and we need your help. Please consider making a recurring tax-deductible contribution today. Please visit: ibgvr.wedid.it