Each week we share updates from our Center, Philadelphia gun violence prevention news from our partners at Billy Penn and headlines from across the U.S. This week: Philadelphia journalists are invited to register now for The Survivor Connection. Plus all the news. Read More
Each week we share updates from our Center, Philadelphia gun violence prevention news from our partners at Billy Penn and headlines from across the U.S. This week: PCGVR visits NYU with The Second Trauma. Oronde McClain keynotes Black future leaders conference at Washington & Lee. And we have included an international headline section for the first time. Read More
Each week we share updates from our Center, Philadelphia gun violence prevention news from our partners at Billy Penn and headlines from across the U.S. This week: PCGVR goes to NYC, twice. ICYMI: Eric Marsh joins PCGVR in critical new role. And lots of new research links. Above: PCGVR Survivor Connection Director Oronde McClain speaks with Kira Shepherd, Vice President of Organizing and Policy at Common Justice, during the organization’s Narrative Convening event Tuesday in Brooklyn. Read More
Philadelphia, PA — The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting is thrilled to welcome Eric Marsh Sr., a celebrated community organizer and gun violence prevention advocate, into the new role of Director of Operations. The Read More
Each week we share updates from our Center, Philadelphia gun violence prevention news from our partners at Billy Penn and headlines from across the U.S. This week: Second Trauma tour enters second year. And a look at early post-inaugural fallout. Read More
Each week we share updates from our Center, Philadelphia gun violence prevention news from our partners at Billy Penn and headlines from across the U.S. This week: This week: PCGVR team joins local and national webinars. Philadelphia homicides up slightly to end 2024. Harmful impact of persistent news coverage for adolescents. Read More
Each week we share updates from our Center, Philadelphia gun violence prevention news from our partners at Billy Penn and headlines from across the U.S. This week: The City of Philadelphia maintains an official open data set of Shooting Victims dating back to January 1, 2015, which now includes 16,438 victims recorded during the past 10 years, including 3,397 fatal shootings. Read More
New research on media coverage of community gun violence now more clearly defines harmful news reporting practices. The study included 21 experts — from the gun violence survivor community, journalism practice, and scholarship — who participated in a three-round anonymous survey; an iterative process through which they identified 12 specific harmful elements found in news reports, and then rated those harms across three levels. Read More
Each week we share updates from our Center, Philadelphia gun violence prevention news from our partners at Billy Penn and headlines from across the U.S. This week: Transforming PCGVR to embrace our national role and achieve maximum impact in 2025 Read More
This week: During 2024, PCGVR staffers visited, collaborated with, held meetings at, or delivered presentations for dozens of organizations, including numerous new partners. Read More
PCGVR director of research Dr. Jessica Beard and newsroom liaison Oronde McClain will participate in Building Community Resiliency Through Storytelling and Media Narratives, a webinar presented by the CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention on January 15 at 2 PM ET. Read More
Each week we share updates from our Center, Philadelphia gun violence prevention news from our partners at Billy Penn and headlines from across the U.S. This week: PCGVR research collaborative publishes new study. Association of Gun Violence Reporters kicks off with webinar. PCGVR team joining CDC webinar next month. Read More
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