This page was created to share resources for those reporting on gun violence. If you spot errors or omissions, please Contact PCGVR.
Now on it’s own page: Philadelphia and Pennsylvania open data and related resources
Reporting resources
• Best Practices for Reporting on Community Gun Violence: The Initiative for Better Gun Violence Reporting
• Better Gun Violence Reporting Summit: The Initiative for Better Gun Violence Reporting
Agenda | Audio | Experts | Hashtag | Notes | Photos | Press | Recap
• Bibliography of academic studies on contagion (2017)
• Berkeley Media Studies Group: Search results for “gun”
• David Kennedy addresses Mothers in Charge, 2014
• Dart Center: Covering Guns & Gun Violence
• Dart Center: Reporting on Youth Violence
• EveryStat: From EveryTown Research
• Fatal shootings by police: The Washington Post
• Firearm technology and vocabulary: Everytown
• Five things about deterrence – National Institute of Justice
• Following up: Gun violence coverage references from ONA18
• Gun Deaths In America | FiveThirtyEight
• Gun Violence 20/20 City Tracker
• Gun Violence Data Dashboard: Rockefeller Institute of Government
• Gun Violence Data: Comprehensive record of over 260k US gun violence incidents from 2013-2018
• GVPedia
• JJIE Resources: Data and Statistics
• JJIE Youth Gun Violence Resources
• Journalist’s Resource – Search Results for: gun
• Joyce Foundation “Lunch & Learn” webinar series on emerging research
• K-12 School Shooting Database
• Let’s treat violence live a contagious disease: TED Talk
• Miscellaneous Crime Sites (enormous resource list)
• #NotAnAccident: unintentional shootings by children
• The Off-Ramp Project: Mass shooting info hub
• On the Media: How to Report On Gun Violence in America
• Rank state by type of gun death: Gun Violence in the United States, 2010-17
• Reducing Gun Violence in America: Evidence for Change
• Reducing Violence Without Police: A Review or Research Evidence
• Reporting Roseburg: The Journalists’ Narrative
• Reporting on Violence: New Ideas for Television, Print and Web (2001!)
• The Trace: Monthly Firearm Sales Estimates
• Firearm technology and vocabulary: Everytown
• Vox: America’s unique gun violence problem, explained in 16 maps and charts
Gun violence and prevention news
Notable journalism projects
• The Children of Central City: NOLA.com | The Times Picayune
• Children Under Fire: St. Louis Public Radio
• Cost of the Crossfire: Chattanooga Times Free Press
• Guns & Lies: The Guardian US
• Gun Violence in Missouri: Seeking Solutions
• Gun Violence Solutions: Info Hub Radio Hour (1, 2, 3, 4)
• Missouri Gun Violence Project
• Pennsylvania Capital-Star #PAForward Search: “gun” tweets
• Precious Lives: Milwaukee Public Media
• Solutions Story Tracker: What Works to Reduce Community Gun Violence?
• The Other Victims of Gun Violence: Modern Healthcare
• Targeting Gun Violence Newsletter: Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
• The Toll (newsletter): The Indianapolis Star
• The True Cost of Gun Violence in America: Mother Jones
• Voices of Gun Violence: Milwaukee Stories
• What Bullets Do to Bodies: The Huffington Post
• Wounded City: The Commercial Appeal
Mass shooting coverage resources
The Violence Project: Mass Shooting Data & Research
Recommendations For Reporting on Mass Shootings: reportingonmassshootings.org
No Notoriety: https://nonotoriety.com/
Don’t Name Them https://www.dontnamethem.org/
The “I Love U Guys” Foundation – https://iloveuguys.org/
Reporting Roseburg – The Journalists’ Narrative
US Mass Shootings, 1982-2021: Data From Mother Jones’ Investigation
Journalism organizations
Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma
Philadelphia Neighborhoods: Mobile & Remote Journalism Toolkit
Gun violence research institutions
Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy & Research
John Jay Research and Evaluation Center
AFFIRM: American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine
Center for Gun Violence Prevention
The New Jersey Center on Gun Violence Research at Rutgers
The National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research
Begun Center for Violence Prevention
Intervention programs
National Network for Safe Communities
National Offices of Violence Prevention Network
Advocacy groups
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
The Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence
Online memorials
National Gun Violence Memorial
Books
Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis
The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs To Know®: Philip J. Cook, Kristin A. Goss
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America: Jill Leovy
Third and Indiana: A Novel : Steve Lopez (fiction, maybe)
On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City (Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries): Alice Goffman (*controversy)
Care
Reporting on traumatic events such as gun violence can present special challenges and responsibilities related to the well-being of journalists, the people we engage with and the audiences and communities we serve. Please take advantage of these resources from the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma:
Self-care:
Managing Stress & Trauma on Investigative Projects
New Media Landscape, Less Media Safety
8 Ways Freelance Journalists Can Practice Self-Care
Student Journalist Perspective: Self-Care Practices for the Newsroom
For editors:
Reporters Exposed to Traumatic Events: Tips for Managers and Editors
Editor Perspective: Self-Care Practices and Peer Support for the Newsroom
Harm reduction: