Building trust while covering gun violence prevention in Philadelphia | Association of Health Care Journalists

Philadelphia journalist Sammy Caiola shares how she worked with the community to find sources for stories about gun violence prevention.

When covering gun violence, developing sources within the communities hit hardest by constant gunfire and presenting their stories front and center is crucial. 
However, many community members in these areas distrust the media thanks to decades of coverage primarily focused on the violent crime that occurs in these communities and little else. 
Before she even produced her first story, her editor sent her on a two-month listening tour of Philadelphia where she learned about how harm


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