MVP - Mass Violence Podcast

Dr. Alma Dell Smith talks with Dr. Trina Clayeux, CEO of Give An Hour (https://giveanhour.org/), an NMVC  partner organization, about the value of peer support for those impacted by mass violence and the upcoming resource guide for communities that want to create mass violence peer support programs.

Second episode in a collaboration between the National Mass Violence Center and our partner, the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Dr. Michael Goodier, program manager of IACP's Mass Violence Advisory Initiative, hosts Elizabeth Cronin, NMVC Associate Academic Program Director and NMVC Consultant Chief (ret.) Greg Mullen in a discussion highlighting the importance of involving victim service in mass violence response planning.

First in a series of collaborative podcasts between the National Mass Violence Center and our partner, the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Dr. Michael Goodier, program manager of IACP's Mass Violence Advisory Initiative, interviews Dr. Angela Moreland, Associate Director of the NMVC about the role of the NMVC and how IACP and NMVC work together in responding to mass violence incidents.

MVP host, Dr. Dan Smith, interviews the panel of experts who worked together to create the new Virtual Resiliency Center at ⁠massviolence.help⁠. This new website from the National Mass Violence Center contains well-researched, evidence-based information for victims, survivors, and others affected by mass violence. It is intended to either fill in the gap between a mass violence incident and the time a physical resiliency center is established, or be an ongoing resource for victims in communities that are unable to provide a physical resiliency center.

Also mentioned in this episode:

⁠Transcend NMVC mobile app for mass violence victims⁠

MVP host Dan Smith interviews Amy Mallinger, the founder of the REACH ("Remember, Educate, and Combat Hate") speakers bureau at the 10.27 Healing Partnership in Pittsburgh. Following the Pittsburgh synagogue shootings, survivors and victims' family members created REACH as a way to educate about anti-Semitic and other hate-based mass violence by putting real faces on these incidents through sharing their stories with students and communities.

https://1027healingpartnership.org/reach/

Dr. Staci Beers, an FBI Victim Services Coordinator, joins guest host Carter Coyle to talk about the FBI's new Trauma Notification Training.

For National Crime Victims’ Rights Week 2024, guest host Carter Coyle, NMVC's Public Information Director, leads a discussion with NMVC’s Associate Academic Program Director Anne Seymour, University of Utah School of Law Professor Paul Cassell, and VOCA expert Steve Derene. They explore the anniversaries and history of key Federal laws: VOCA (1984) and the Crime Victims’ Rights Act (2004), which help fund crime victim services and ensure Federal crime victims’ rights.

MVP returns for a new season as host Dan Smith is joined by the NMVC's Associate Academic Program Director, Anne Seymour, to talk about news media coverage of mass violence incidents. The news media is an essential partner for law enforcement during an MVI, especially to disseminate immediate messages and warnings to the public quickly. But it’s important for journalists to learn about appropriate, sensitive, and victim-informed coverage of traumatic events, and to educate themselves on vicarious trauma when covering complex and disturbing topics.

Resources:

The NMVC collection of resources for Journalists includes sections about the impact of media exposure, self care, advice for editors, covering gun violence, and covering mass violence. From: Dart Center for Journalism and TraumaTrauma & Journalism: A Practical GuideThis thirty-one-page booklet gives guidance to journalists, editors, managers and other media professionals on working with traumatic material. It offers tips on interviewing, highlights common mistakes made in trauma reporting and suggests what individuals and media teams can do to look after themselves while working in challenging situations.https://dartcenter.org/content/trauma-journalism-handbookOther Dart Center resources for Homicide and Mass Shooting

From: Journal of Mass Media Ethics

Listeners, not Leeches: What Virginia Tech Survivors Needed from Journalists From: Journalism Practice:

Covering Mass Shootings: Journalists’ perceptions of coverage and factors influencing attitudes

Guest host Jeff Hartle talks with Kathryn Turman, a pioneer in enhancing and expanding victim services while working at the Department of Justice's Office of Victims of Crime and as Assistant Director of the FBI's Victim Services Division during her long career of public service. They talk about first awareness of the needs of mass violence crime victims, her experience leading the international effort to support victims' families during the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial, and building a professional victim services division at the FBI. They are joined by regular host Dr. Dan Smith to talk about the study conducted by MUSC's National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center evaluating the services provided to the Flight 103 families.

Retired Aurora, Illinois Police Chief, Kristen Ziman joins MVP host Dr. Dan Smith on the Mass Violence Podcast. The two discuss the importance of training for response to a mass violence incident, her memories of an unforgettable February 2019 day in Aurora, and encouraging a culture of reporting to help prevent mass violence incidents.