Gun violence

Gun Violence Archive
Charts, data, congressional reports, etc. Run by a not for profit corporation formed in 2013 to provide free online public access to accurate information about gun-related violence in the United States. GVA will collect and check for accuracy, comprehensive information about gun-related violence in the U.S.

Better Gun Violence Reporting: A Toolkit to Minimize Harm
From The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting

Journalist’s Resource: Gun Buybacks: What the Research Says

The Journalist’s Resource: Guns and Gun Policy Archive
Articles, explainers, research roundups and tip sheets about guns and gun policy.

Poynter Mental Health Reporting Project

Trusting News: How a Local Reporter Made Gun Coverage Hearable Across the Political Spectrum

Poynter: How to Cover the Nashville School Shooting Ethically

IJNet: Tips for Reporting on Gun Violence

Google Dataset Search: Mass Shootings Data Results

Journalist’s Resource: How Journalists Cover Mass Shootings — 5 Recent Studies to Consider

Journalist’s Resource: Seven Things Journalists Should Know About Guns

Journalist’s Resource: Six Tips for Reporting on Gun Policy and Gun Violence

The Journalist’s Resource: Can Universal Background Checks Curb Gun Violence?

GIJN: Tips for Interviewing Victims of Tragedy, Witnesses and Survivors

Brookings Institute: Nine Questions to Ask After a Terrorist Attack

Brookings Institute: Gun Violence Charts

NPR: There are Two Ways Media Cover Mass Shootings — and the Difference Matters

The Journalist’s Resource: How School Shootings Hurt Student Achievement and Enrollment

How Journalists’ Jobs Affect Their Mental Health
A research roundup from Harvard’s Journalist’s Resource.

CPJ: Psychological Safety – Covering Gun Violence in Your Community

Nieman Lab: Challenging the Stereotype of Uvalde’s Plucky Child Survivor

NY Times: How State Laws Allowed Military Guns Used in El Paso, Dayton Shootings

IJNet: Tips for Reporting on Gun Violence

Gun Violence Archive
Statistics and resources on guns, mass shootings, etc.

Poynter: Notable Media Coverage from Uvalde (Texas) School Shooting (2022)

Covering Mass Tragedies
A guide from the Journalists Covering Trauma Facebook Group.

The Journalist’s Resource: Covering Costs of Firearm Industries

The Journalist’s Resource: Should News Outlets Show Graphic Images of Mass Shooting Victims?

FBI Active Shooter Incident Datbase

CDC: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

The Associated Press: Uvalde School Shooting Coverage

Journalist’s Resource: Seven Things Journalists Should Know About Guns

How Journalists Cover Mass Shootings: 5 Recent Studies
From Journalist’s Resource at Harvard University.

Seven Things Journalists Should Know About Guns
From Journalist’s Resource at Harvard University.

Nieman Reports: Why Some Journalists Are Centering Trauma-Informed Reporting – Nieman Reports

Texas Observer: Journalists are First Responders Too

Tools for Reporters: Title IX Tracker and Other Tools for Covering Campus Crime

Journalist’s Resource: Tools for Covering the Orlando Nightclub Mass Shooting

End Family Fire
A movement to promote responsible gun ownership. A partnership between Brady and the Ad Council, its mission is to encourage safe gun storage in the home.

Journalist’s Resource: Seven Things Journalists Need to Know About Guns

Bearing Arms: Journalists Advised to Stop Screwing Up on Guns

Journalist’s Resource: Trauma-informed journalism: What it is, why it’s important and tips for practicing it

Journalist’s Resource: What Research Says About Gun Buyback Programs

Student Press Law Center: How to Cover Protests and Walkouts

Lafayette Advertiser: Death toll rises in theater shooting

IRE22 Tipsheet: Coping with Trauma as a Journalist

Red Cross: Helping Children Cope

Covering Your Campus on Lockdown

Indianapolis Star: Coverage of Purdue Shooting

USA Today: Mass Killings Database

The Nation: Fifteen Mass Shootings Happened in 2012

ProPublica: Best Reporting on Guns

Journalists Resource: Studies on Firearm Violence

Journalists Resource: Research on Mass Shootings

Slate: Myths and Misreporting about Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Tips and cautionary tales about reporting on disasters.

The Journalist’s Resource: Study – US Newspapers Run More Photos of School Shooting Suspects Than Victims

On the Media: Consumers Guide to Breaking News
Partly in jest, this graphic does offer some sound advice.

Denver Post: Timeline of School Shootings Since Columbine

Keep in Mind Seven Lessons in Mind When Interviewing Trauma Survivors
From USC’s Center for Health Journalism.

RJI: Best Practices for Trauma-Informed Journalism

Ground Truth Project: Interviewing People Who Have Experienced Trauma

The Society of Professional Obituary Writers

SAMHSA: Covering Trauma and Violence
Resources from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration.

COVERING/COPING WITH THE TRAUMA

SPLC: Tips for Covering Walkouts and Protests

GIJN: Tips for Interviewing Trauma Victims

Brookings Institute: Nine Questions to Ask After a Terrorist Attack

Student Press Law Center: How to Cover Protests and Walkouts

MediaShift: Advice for Journalists Working with Traumatic Imagery

The Journalist’s Resource: How School Shootings Hurt Student Achievement and Enrollment

Red Cross: Helping Children Cope

Covering Your Campus on Lockdown

IJNet: Tips for Reporting on Gun Violence

Poynter: How to Cover the Nashville School Shooting Ethically

GIJN: Tips for Interviewing Victims of Tragedy, Witnesses and Survivors

SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND STABBINGS

The Associated Press: Uvalde School Shooting Coverage

Journalist’s Resource: School Violence: Research Findings on Underlying Dynamics, Response and Prevention
Research, links, stories, analysis and a lot of data.

Covering Your Campus on Lockdown

Gun Prevention in Schools: Strategies and Effects
A great collection of research from Journalist’s Resource at Harvard University.

Indianapolis Star: Purdue Shooting Coverage

Denver Post
Timeline of school shootings since Columbine.

Poynter: Notable Media Coverage from Uvalde (Texas) School Shooting (2022)

USA Today: Mass Killings Database

The Nation: Fifteen Mass Shootings Happened in 2012

The Journalist’s Resource: Study – US Newspapers Run More Photos of School Shooting Suspects Than Victims

How to Talk to Kids About School Massacres
Tips for parents to help kids understand it. Good for stories, lists about how to deal with kids in these situations.

ProPublica: Best Reporting on Guns

End Family Fire
A movement to promote responsible gun ownership. A partnership between Brady and the Ad Council, its mission is to encourage safe gun storage in the home.

Journalists Resource: Studies on Firearm Violence

Journalists Resource: Research on Mass Shootings

BULLYING AND CYBERBULLYING

Journalist’s Resource: Income Inequality and Teen Bullying

SafeKids.com: Cyberbullying

STATISTICS AND STUDIES

Center at Georgetown University for the Study of Violence: Violence News

Center for the Prevention of School Violence

U.S. Department of Education Campus Security Stats
A searchable database of crime at more than 6,000 colleges and universities. The database contains statistics for criminal offenses, hate offenses and arrests for the past three years.

The National Criminal Justice Service
Site releases an annual report that presents data on violent deaths at schools, other types of violence and crime, nonfatal student and teacher victimization, drug use, and more.

CNN’s School Violence Statistics
Several helpful statistics tables.

National School Safety Center

National Education Association’s National Bullying Awareness Campaign
Do a search on “bullying.”

Journalist’s Resource: Gun Buybacks: What the Research Says

Kids Health for Parents: Bullying and Your Child

Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General

COVERING SUICIDE

ReportingonSuicide.org
A downloadable guide with dozens of tipsheets, suggestions and what to do. Very helpful lists for readers.

Association of Health Care Journalists: Covering Suicide

American Association of Suicidology

VIRGINIA TECH CAMPUS SHOOTINGS

National Institute of Mental Health
Studies and sources are helpful for background stories.