[FEATURED] Strategies for Dealing With An Incoherent National Gun Conversation

Our national conversation on gun culture is an ever-shifting kaleidoscope touching on suicide, handgun violence and mass shootings. By sharing their perspectives on what we get right in our coverage and what media needs to improve in order to save lives, our amazing group of experts will help develop a more coherent approach for covering shooting incidents of all kinds.

This session is designed for:

  • Editors whose newsrooms have ever had to cover a shooting incident of any kind
  • Those feeling lost in the constantly changing narrative around shootings
  • Anyone interested in the ethics of gun coverage
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    Speakers

    Akoto Ofori-Atta
    Senior Editor, The Trace
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    Lori Shontz
    Instructor of Journalism, University of Oregon
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    March for our Lives
    Special Representative, March for Our Lives
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    Moderator

    Versha Sharma
    Managing Editor & Senior Correspondent, NowThis
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