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How media reporting on firearm violence does more harm than good

By WTOP News August 3, 2025

Stoneleigh Fellow Jessica Beard joined the WTOP News weekly podcast to discuss how media coverage of gun violence can negatively impact survivors of violence.

Dr. Jessica Beard, director of research for the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting, discusses a new report that offers firearm-injured peoples’ perspectives on how the news media covers firearm violence.

Listen to the Podcast