Resilient Wyoming: Stories Of Community Response To Violence
Reporters Melodie Edwards and Tennessee Watson hosted a pop-up newsroom at the 3rd Annual Conference on Violence Prevention and Response. The conference drew together advocates from across the state, giving Edwards and Watson a chance to hear how violence is impacting Wyoming communities and the diversity of responses that are making a difference.
The Resilient Wyoming series is the direct result of the story ideas and insights shared by those who attended the Wyoming Public Radio pop-up newsroom at the 3rd Annual Conference on Violence Prevention and Response.
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This week Wyoming Public Media engaged in a bit of an experiment. Reporters Tennessee Watson and Melodie Edwards set up a pop-up newsroom at the third… -
Wyomingites working to reduce violence gathered this week for the 3rd Annual Conference for Violence Prevention and Response. A major portion of the…
