Guns, Law and Society: Understanding the Arguments
July 7, 2015 by David B. Kopel, Lawrence E. Rosenthal
Full video and transcript; “Guns, Law and Society: Understanding the Arguments"; May 29, 2015.
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Guns and Intimate Partner Violence: What the Research Tells Us
July 7, 2015 by Jill Messing
Full video, transcript and powerpoint presentation; “Guns and Intimate Partner Violence: What the Research Tells Us”; May 29, 2015.
Reporting the Gun Beat: How I Got the Story
July 7, 2015 by Mark Follman, Cheryl W. Thompson
Mine the data. Unpack gun issues for contemporary readers. Fight against a failure of the imagination.
Investigating Guns with CIR's Shoshana Walter
July 7, 2015 by Shoshana Walter
Know the laws. Don't take their word for it. Understand that the worst offenders can fall outside of existing regulations.
Investigating Guns with the Indianapolis Star's Tim Evans
July 7, 2015 by Tim Evans
Make sure your facts and assertions are bulletproof. Look for subjects and issues that no one, not even the most ardent gun-rights activists, can dispute. Make your story about people.
Covering Guns: Story Ideas
July 7, 2015
Localize national stories. Dive deep into the data. Humanize your stories.
Charleston Church Shooting: Resources
June 18, 2015
A mass shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina, church left nine people dead on Wednesday evening. See the Dart Center's resources for journalists covering this tragedy.
Families of Mass Shooting Victims Ask Media to Limit Use of Killers' Names
May 19, 2015
Family members of those killed in some of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history have issued a challenge to 150 media executives nationwide, urging them to change the way they report on perpetrators.
Study Sheds Light on Psychological Effects of Covering Trauma
April 21, 2015
Following the 2011 Utoya shooting in Norway, journalist and researcher Trond Idås teamed with researcher Klas Backholm, and found that journalists who felt that their reporting may have caused harm were at higher risk for PTSD.
148 Killed in Attack on Kenyan University
April 6, 2015
An Al-Shabab terrorist attack on a university in Garissa, Kenya, left 148 people dead, including 142 university students.