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@Joy_Resmovits

💜 Chaucer, opera, TV. Now: keeping it local with @TeamTrace. Raised by @seattletimes, @latimes, Spencer, @HuffPost. Always @edwriters @columbiaspec #ONAWLA.

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Joy, now joyresmo.bsky.social@Joy_Resmovits · Dec 18, 2023

This project is live with an amazing (and growing) group of partners: @Suntimes , @BlockClubCHI , @chicagoreader , @SouthSideWeekly, and @Chalkbeat. I'm grateful for their collaboration and their shared belief that we can maximize our impact by working together.

Joy_Resmovits's tweet image. This project is live with an amazing (and growing) group of partners: @Suntimes , @BlockClubCHI , @chicagoreader , @SouthSideWeekly, and @Chalkbeat.

I'm grateful for their collaboration and their shared belief that we can maximize our impact by working together.

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Aaron Mendelson@a_mendelson · Mar 20

Another great story from @MensahDean, this one on promising efforts to reduce gun violence in Philly's Kensington neighborhood. Once home to the Stetson Hat Company, the area has struggled with drugs and crime in recent decades thetrace.org/2025/03/kensin…

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Joy, now joyresmo.bsky.social@Joy_Resmovits · Jan 8

Keep thinking of the hundreds of millions, maybe billions of dollars spent hardening Jewish institutions against external threats in recent years only to watch a synagogue go up in smoke, maybe multiple on the same night. Climate change is real and this is what it looks like.

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Joy, now joyresmo.bsky.social@Joy_Resmovits · Dec 23

The Most Memorable Gun Stories From 2024 thetrace.org/2024/12/the-mo…

Joy_Resmovits's tweet card. Our staff rounds up the must-read stories from other newsrooms, including investigations that shine a light and the features and essays that show how strong and resilient people can be.

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Joy, now joyresmo.bsky.social@Joy_Resmovits · Dec 11

Dozens of Cities Are Paying for Gunshot Detection Tech They May Not Need thetrace.org/2024/12/shotsp…

Joy_Resmovits's tweet card. An by The Trace identified cities that are using ShotSpotter despite averaging fewer than one shooting a month in which someone was killed or injured.

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Joy, now joyresmo.bsky.social@Joy_Resmovits · Dec 9

‘The Voices That Really Matter’: Listen to the Chicago Storytellers Speak on Surviving Violence thetrace.org/2024/12/city-c… Thank you @CityCastChicago for being a great partner!

Joy_Resmovits's tweet card. A City Cast Chicago podcast episode goes behind the scenes of The Trace’s three-month workshop.

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Joy, now joyresmo.bsky.social@Joy_Resmovits · Nov 1

Shooting Deaths Are Down by 10 Percent Across the U.S., Despite What Politicians Say thetrace.org/2024/11/violen… @olgapierce @teamtrace

Joy_Resmovits's tweet card. The decreases are most pronounced in Democratic-led cities like those that the Trump campaign has painted as centers of violence.

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Joy, now joyresmo.bsky.social@Joy_Resmovits · Oct 30

Three Gun Laws Are Stuck in Pennsylvania’s Senate. Could the Election Change Their Fate? thetrace.org/2024/10/pennsy… @MensahDean @teamtrace

Joy_Resmovits's tweet card. Proposals for a red flag law, expanded background checks, and ghost gun restrictions are stuck in the GOP-led upper chamber.

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Joy, now joyresmo.bsky.social@Joy_Resmovits · Oct 28

A Teen's Killing Sparked a Gun Reform Movement in Rural South Carolina. Here's How It Fared. thetrace.org/2024/10/south-… @teamtrace

Joy_Resmovits's tweet card. By early 2024, it was clear Markayla Roberts was going places. Just six months into high school, the 14 year old was taking multiple honors classes and planned to enroll in courses at a local...

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Joy, now joyresmo.bsky.social@Joy_Resmovits · Oct 22

Threats of Political Violence Are Distorting Reality thetrace.org/2024/10/politi… @teamtrace

Joy_Resmovits's tweet card. This month alone, authorities arrested a North Carolina man with a rifle and pistol after he allegedly threatened to harm FEMA workers responding to Hurricane Helene, the Arizona Democratic Party...

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Joy, now joyresmo.bsky.social@Joy_Resmovits · Oct 15

Chicago Shooting Survivors, In Their Own Words is in 2nd place to win an Anthem Community Voice Award! 👏 "Celebrating" our work on this platform counts as a vote for its success, so I hope you join us in doing so. celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting#/… #AnthemAwards

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Joy, now joyresmo.bsky.social@Joy_Resmovits · Oct 10

Kamala Harris’s Comments About Gun Ownership Belie the Risks, Researchers Say thetrace.org/2024/10/kamala… @champebarton @teamtrace

Joy_Resmovits's tweet card. Studies have consistently found that having a gun at home increases a person’s risk of homicide, suicide, and accidental shootings.

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Joy, now joyresmo.bsky.social@Joy_Resmovits · Oct 10

Chicago Trades One Controversial Gun Surveillance Technology for Another thetrace.org/2024/10/chicag… by @jstnagrlo @teamtrace

Joy_Resmovits's tweet card. As the city ended its relationship with ShotSpotter, the Chicago Transit Authority began piloting another gun detection tool called ZeroEyes. There are familiar concerns about its effectiveness.

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mike spies@mikespiesnyc · Oct 9

My new story, pubbed in partnership w/ Rolling Stone: A former NRA employee was shot and killed by her husband. A red flag law could have saved her. But despite initially supporting these laws in 2018, the NRA, joining a trend, now opposes them. thetrace.org/2024/10/red-fl…

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Joy, now joyresmo.bsky.social@Joy_Resmovits · Oct 7

SCOTUS’s VanDerStok Case Isn’t Just About Ghost Guns thetrace.org/2024/10/suprem… @AlainStephens @teamtrace

Joy_Resmovits's tweet card. The U.S Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on October 8 to determine whether the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives overstepped in effectively outlawing certain kits used to make...

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Joy, now joyresmo.bsky.social@Joy_Resmovits · Oct 1

Important followup from @ritaguera25 on the human toll of Chicago's increasing fatality rate: Chicago’s Gun Violence Has Gotten Deadlier. Here’s What That Means for Residents. thetrace.org/2024/10/chicag… with @BlockClubCHI

JJoy, now joyresmo.bsky.social@Joy_Resmovits · Sep 26

In Chicago, the Odds of Surviving a Shooting Are Getting Worse thetrace.org/2024/09/chicag… A sobering story from @ritaguera25 for @teamtrace with @BlockClubCHI, told with care

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