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New program helps gun violence survivors connect with journalists
A new program is helping journalists produce more impactful stories on gun violence by making the “violence survivor community more readily accessible.” The Survivor Connection, launched in February by The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting (PCGVR), “promises to facilitate more empathetic, ethical and impactful news reporting in the city by bridging a gap between…
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Why health journalists should write more about shooting survivors
Gun violence coverage often focuses on people killed in shootings. And that’s for good reason — more than 48,000 Americans are shot and killed each year, according to recent research. However, only focusing on fatalities misses a big part of the problem. A majority of people who are shot survive — about 115,000 nonfatal shootings…
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