Stoneleigh Fellow Jessica Beard and her gun violence prevention colleagues were featured by Billy Penn for a panel discussing better ways for journalists to cover gun violence.
Here’s something you might not expect to hear from a reporter: stop covering “breaking” news — at least when it comes to crime.
That was one of the most striking takeaways from Friday’s Shift the Narrative panel. Sponsored by the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists, the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting, and Firelight Media, the virtual conversation centered on a question that’s asked a lot in Philly: How can journalists cover gun violence in ways that rebuild community trust — and don’t retraumatize survivors?
