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Alma Beauvais and Ava Sasani will help with news gathering and the Gun Violence Data Hub.
This journalist will pioneer new ways to leverage data and visualizations for better coverage of gun violence, one of the country's most urgent public health issues.
The Trace is launching an initiative that will help journalists access data on one of America’s most critical — and opaque — public health crises.
Join our team.
Brian Freskos has started as our news editor.
The Gun Machine
WBUR and The Trace bring you a story that most Americans never learned in history class — about the firearms industry’s grip on our country.
Our nonprofit journalism on gun violence, safety, and justice is making a difference. Help us expand our impact.
The Trajectory
We’ll dive into the people, policies, and programs grappling with America’s gun violence problem.
The veteran journalist will guide local coverage and audience work at the nonprofit newsroom dedicated to reporting on the gun violence crisis.
With bureaus in Chicago and Philadelphia, our nonprofit newsroom is testing a different model for covering gun violence on the ground.
Chicago
Get involved in our new initiative for survivors of gun violence — and their friends and loved ones — to tell their own stories.
Aning will spend two years developing his editing skills through the new initiative.
Another prize went to our “Up the Block” project, and follows a trio of awards from the National Association of Black Journalists this summer.
