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Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.

Above: PCGVR journalism research advisor Jennifer Midberry speaks during the 26th Annual Klein College Graduate Research Forum at Temple University last week, where she was recognized with the Klein-Carnell Rising Scholar award. Prof. Midberry will join the Temple journalism faculty next fall. Previous to her career in academia, she worked for the Philadelphia Daily News, the Associated Press, AOL News, and ABC News.

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Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.

This week: Maxayn Gooden and Oronde McClain were sporting our new PCGVR staff gear when they took part in an NBC10 Listens Tour event last week at The Met in North Philadelphia.

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Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.

This week: Get your tickets now for the Philadelphia premiere of The Second Trauma. Request a stop on the film tour.

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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 city data show 165 shooting victims recorded in Philadelphia during the first two months of this year, down 52 percent from the same period in 2022 and marking the lowest two-month total recorded since January and February of 2015.

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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 award will recognize gun violence prevention reporting in Philadelphia. We’re taking The Second Trauma to Tufts next week. And we’ve got some important fact checks.

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Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.

This week: Documentary tour underway. New video about our last workshop.

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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 goes to Washington. Lehigh University checks in on our research collaborative. Don’t miss our webinars.

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Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.

This week: Fewer shooting victims were recorded last month in Philadelphia than during any month since Feb. 2109. We have three events coming up in the next eight days. Plus fact, checks, new research and more headlines.

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Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.

New this week: The School of Communication at American University in Washington will host a screening of The Second Trauma at 1:15 p.m. on Feb 14 in the Malsi Doyle & Michael Forman Theater in the McKinley Building, pictured above, followed by a panel discussion with Yvonne Latty, Jim MacMillan and Oronde McClain. REGISTRATION

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Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.

This week: The National Press Foundation shared a video recording from our panel at the recent Crime Coverage Summit in Philadelphia. And PCGVR Director of Research Dr. Jessica Beard will join “Reframing Firearms Violence: How journalists can use research in their reporting,” a webinar organized by the National Press Club Journalism Institute.

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Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.

PCGVR research director Dr. Jessica Beard speaks during a new webinar on the role of healthcare providers addressing gun violence as a public health crisis.

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