The Weekly Brief: 10.17.24

October 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: Listen to Community Voices of Healing, Reflection and Hope, a new podcast from our Credible Messenger Reporting Project. Take the Pennsylvania Office of Gun Violence Prevention’s Stakeholder Feedback Survey. And keep up all the essential local and national headlines. Read More

The Weekly Brief: 10.10.24

October 10, 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 PBS documentary checks in with PCGVR research director Dr. Jessica Beard. Register now at attend a panel next week with PCGVR community engagement manager Maxayn Gooden. Read More

The Weekly Brief: 10.03.24

October 3, 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: Visiting with journalists in St. Louis. And coming soon: Community Voices of Healing, Reflection, and Hope. AUDIO TRAILER / VIDEO TRAILER

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Visiting the Missouri School of Journalism

October 2, 2024

Several members of our team were honored with the opportunity to visit the University of Missouri School of Journalism. We screened our collaborative documentary The Second Trauma in five classes and then during a public evening event hosted by the Missouri student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. We handed out more than 100 copies of our Better Gun Violence Reporting Toolkit and engaged in conversations with nearly 150 students and more than a dozen faculty members and deans. Read More

The Weekly Brief: 09.27.24

September 28, 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: Visiting the Missouri School of Journalism Read More

Weekly Brief: 09.19.24

September 19, 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: Be the change: Apply now to become PCGVR’s first Director of Operations. Read More

The Weekly Brief: 09.12.24

September 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: Revisit our Gun Violence Prevention Reporter Certification Workshop in a new report from the Reynolds Journalism Institute. Read More

Weekly Brief: 09.05.04

September 5, 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: Sharply fewer shooting victims were recorded in Philadelphia again this summer. Apply to host an Emerging Leader to help your organization help prevent gun violence.


Above: PCGVR newsroom liaison Oronde McClain speaks on a panel last year at the University of Pennsylvania. His work at our center is supported by a Stoneleigh Foundation Emerging Leader Fellowship. 

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Weekly Brief: 08.29.24

August 29, 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: More than 100 news articles, live appearances, webinars and press releases have helped amplify our research, journalist training programs and community reporting projects over the past five years. Read More

Weekly Brief: 08.22.24

August 22, 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: Association of Gun Violence Reporters aims to link journalists across the U.S. Read More

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