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Leading the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting, coordinating our community reporting and professional development programs and supporting our research collaborative. We partner with journalists, researchers, community leaders and other experts to advance and support empathetic, ethical and impactful journalism. Visit: PCGVR.org & IBGVR.org

Previously
@RJI, @CPIJournalism, @OpenDataPhilly; @ReentryUpdates, @BrokeinPhilly & @TempleDNCNews at @TUKleincollege, @GunCrisisNews; @WarNewsRadio, @SwarthmorePeace & @TheLangCenter at @Swarthmore, @NYU_Journalism, @MUJSchool, @DartCenter, @UMKnightWallace, @TuftsIGL, @AP, @PhillyDailyNews, @TLNews, @DedhamTranscrip, @TuftsObserver at @Tufts, @SMFAatTufts

Lived
Boston, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Philadelphia, Baghdad, Philadelphia, Ann Arbor, Mich., Philadelphia, Columbia, Mo., Philadelphia, Columbia, Mo., Philadelphia


Fellowships and residencies
• Residential Fellow, Reynolds Journalism Institute, University of Missouri School of Journalism ∞
• Journalist in Residence, Swarthmore College ∞
• Practitioner in Residence, Institute for Global Leadership, Tufts University ∞
• Ochberg Fellow, Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, Columbia University ∞
• Fellow, Philadelphia Social Innovations Lab, University of Pennsylvania ∞
• Knight Fellow in Medicine/Health Sciences Journalism, Knight-Wallace Fellows, University of Michigan ∞

Current board appointments
• Mothers In Charge, Board of Directors ∞
• Council on Criminal Justice Crime Trends Working Group ∞
• Jefferson Center for Injury Research and Prevention advisory board, Thomas Jefferson University ∞
• City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual DisAbility Services External Stakeholders Learning Collaborative ∞

Former photojournalist
• Philadelphia Daily News ∞
• The Associated Press, Baghdad ∞
• The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. ∞
• The Daily Transcript, Dedham, Mass. ∞
• Freelance news photographer, Boston ∞

Photojournalism honors
• The Pulitzer Prize ∞
• The Bayeux Prize for War Correspondents
• Sigma Delta Chi Award
• National Headliner Award

Former editor and producer
• The Gun Crisis Reporting Project ∞
• War News Radio ∞
• Independent social media journalist ∞ ∞
• Philadelphia Daily News Video ∞

Hometown honors
• Best of Philly
• Pen and Pencil Awards
• Philadelphia Geek Award
• Mothers in Charge Partner in Peace
• Philadelphia CeaseFire Community Award
• Philadelphia Firefighters Union Media Award
• Keystone Awards Distinguished Visual Journalist
• Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors Best of Show

Past faculty appointments
• Assistant Professor, University of Missouri School of Journalism, 2009-2010
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Peace and Conflict Studies, Swarthmore College, 2011-2012
• Adjunct Faculty, Carter Journalism Institute, New York University, 2010-2011
• Adjunct Professor, Klein College of Media and Communication, Temple University, 2005-2015

Courses created
• Peace Journalism, Peace and Conflict Studies, Swarthmore College ∞
• Solutions Journalism, Department of Journalism, Temple University ∞
• Trauma Journalism, Department of Journalism, Temple University ∞

Additional courses taught
• Convergence Multimedia Fundamentals, Reporting and Editing, University of Missouri School of Journalism
• Multimedia Reporting, Carter Journalism Institute, New York University ∞
• Photojournalism Portfolio, Department of Journalism, Temple University
• Urban Photojournalism, Institute for Global Leadership, Tufts University (workshops) ∞

Research
• “Like I’m a nobody:” firearm-injured peoples’ perspectives on news media reporting about firearm violence ∞
• Making the news: Victim characteristics associated with media reporting on firearm injury ∞

Former college administrator
• Assistant director for external affairs, Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University
• Manager for Media and Social Responsibility, Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility, Swarthmore College

Major exhibitions
• “New York, New York: The 20th Century,” Norton Museum of Art ∞
• “Manna: Masterworks from the Permanent Art Collection,” Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University ∞
• “Overt/Covert,” Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University ∞

Select lectures and panels
• Questioning our assumptions: basic reporting processes, mass tragedy and engagement, International Journalism Festival, Perugia, Italy, 2017 ∞
• Streaming Video Journalism, IRE Conference, Philadelphia, 2015
• Gun Violence Intervention Programs, TedX Philadelphia, 2014
• Walking Through Ground Zero, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, N.Y., 2011 ∞
• Journalism and Trauma: Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand; University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand; Whitireia Community Polytechnic, Wellington, New Zealand; 2009 ∞
• Covering the War in Iraq, Knight-Wallace Conference, 2007
• The Battle for Najaf, Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University, 2004

Past board appointments
• Generocity.org, Philadelphia
• Pen and Pencil Club, Philadelphia
• Free Speech Film Festival, Philadelphia
• Temple University Journalism Department
• Exposure Center for Photojournalism, Tufts University

Past projects, launches and collaborations
• Philadelphia Initiative for Journalism Innovation
• Philadelphia Conference of Photojournalists
• Center for Public Interest Journalism
• Klein News Innovation Camp
• The Reentry Project
• Temple DNC News
• Open Data Philly
• Broke in Philly

Education
• Graduate studies in Journalism, Temple University
• B.S. in Education, Tufts University
• Drawing, Painting and Photography, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Certifications
• Hostile environment reporting ∞
• Human subject research ∞
• Threat assessment ∞

Foundation
• I spent the first eight years of my professional life washing dishes in a senior center kitchen, on shovel duty at a kennel and selling punk rock buttons in a night club.

Social Media
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Muck Rack
• Twitter

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