Weekly Brief: 12.21.22

December 21, 2022

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


Above: We were invited to discuss our Credible Messenger Reporting Project last week on ‘The 215’ from FOX 29.

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Weekly Brief: 12.14.22

December 14, 2022

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


Above: Bout Mine I Matter helps Philly’s youth process their grief through a filmmaking program that integrates behavioral counseling and de-escalation techniques.

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Inside the 2022 Credible Messenger Film Festival

December 13, 2022

This video takes a look at our first-ever Credible Messenger Film Festival, which took place during the summer of 2022. We screened every short documentary we had supported to date, each followed by a panel discussion with some of the community journalists, producers and professional partners behind each production as well as some of the people who appeared. This film was produced by Kenneth Wooten of STBY Studio while participating in the The Credible Messenger Reporting Project. Read More

Weekly Brief: 11.25.22

November 25, 2022

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


This week: The Coalition to Save Lives aims to provide the collaboration, data, tools, and resources to drive adoption of evidence-based, human-centered, sustainable strategies.

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This week in Chicago: Meeting with health care journalists

October 13, 2022

Dr. Jesscia Beard, director of research here at the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting, will be a featured speaker this week at Reporting on Violence as a Public Health Issue: An AHCJ Summit. The workshop organized by the Association of Health Care Journalists will also feature WHYY gun violence prevention reporter Sammy Caiola as well as Yvonne Latty, who directs the new Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting at Temple University, and PCGVR director Jim MacMillan. Non-Member Virtual Tickets are still available.

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Weekly Brief: 10.05.22

October 5, 2022

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


Above: Maxayn Gooden, left, and Oronde McClain share their experiences with gun violence, the media and reclaiming their narratives, on a panel moderated by Denise James of Love Now Media and Temple University, at right, during last week’s Better Gun Violence Reporting Workshop. Both Maxayn and Oronde joined our staff at the Center after participating in our Credible Messenger Reporting Project.

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