The Whole Story
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There is an epidemic of gun violence in the United States and how the media covers these incidents is making it worse.
Story By Amy Kaplan, Gail Granville, Maridena Rojas, Stephanie Trendell, and Norine Woods. Video by Stephanie Trendell.
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A Look Inside the Co-Creation Process
Social Impact Studios, facilitated by the Engagement Lab, give Emerson students and faculty the opportunity to work directly with local grassroots changemakers to co-create media projects that will make an impact in Boston and beyond.
The Whole Story was co-created in Spring 2023’s Social Impact Studio in journalism, in partnership with the Massachusetts General Hospital Gun Violence Prevention Center and community organizers in Dorchester.
Partners
Project Team
Students
Leaf Cassidy
Student, Emerson College
Ana Videla Sola Montoya
Journalism '25
Sophia Pargas
Journalism & Marketing '24
ELab Student Fellow
Hanna Qiu
Communications Studies '24
ELab Research Assistant
Paige Thimmesch
Journalism '23
Stephanie Trendell
Journalism '25
Natalie Vasileff
Journalism '24
Learning Partners
Amy Kaplan
Research Coordinator, Massachusetts General Hospital Gun Violence Prevention Center
Maridena Rojas
Community Organizer
Norine Woods
Learning Partner
Studio Instructors
Gino Canella
Assistant Professor, Journalism