On Tuesday, July 30, nearly 100 journalists from across the country gathered virtually to focus on an emerging research topic: the connection between gun violence and rising temperatures. With Earth’s hottest day recorded the previous Monday, the subject could not have been more timely.
New Training: Data for Journalists Covering Climate Change and Gun Violence — co-presented by the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education and the Society of Environmental Journalists — featured guest speakers Helina Selemon and Aaron Glantz.
The training provided local reporters across the country with access to exclusive local data on the amount of gun violence linked to climate change in each of the United States’ 100 largest cities — from Akron, Ohio, to Winston-Salem, North Carolina — as well as the percentage of shootings where elevated heat is a factor and the most dangerous day for gun violence linked to climate change for each U.S. city.
Selemon encouraged journalists to reach out to researchers for more information and to localize data for their audiences. Since the presentation, two stories have been published using this data model as the foundation for their reporting in the New Jersey Monitor and the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
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