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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.
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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.
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Candace Anderson, Mensah Dean, Fairriona Magee, and Sunny Sone join our award-winning staff.
The Trace is excited to announce that Loren Lynch has joined our staff as director of development, the first person to hold that title since the organization was founded in 2015. Loren comes to us from the Texas Observer, where…
Our nonprofit journalism on gun violence, safety, and justice is making a difference. Help us expand our impact as our local Chicago reporter.
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As head of the growing nonprofit newsroom, Woodward will build on the high-impact coverage of gun violence she’s overseen since joining The Trace as deputy editor in 2018.
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