Dr. Jessica Beard Featured in PBS NewsHour Documentary ‘Run, Hide, Fight: Growing Up Under the Gun,’ Which Centers Stories of How Gun Violence Affects Young Americans

Jessica H. Beard, MD, MPH, FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care and Director of Trauma Research at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, was featured as an expert in PBS NewsHour’s 30-minute documentary, “Run, Hide, Fight: Growing Up Under the Gun.” PBS News Student Reporting Labs, in collaboration with 14 student journalists from five U.S. cities, sought to center stories of how gun violence affects young Americans. The Philadelphia segment, including Dr. Beard’s interview, runs from about 6:14-12:00. Dr. Beard’s insight was also featured in an op-ed by Ethan Rodriguez, student producer for the Philadelphia segment of the documentary. The op-ed was published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Teen Vogue and Chalkbeat.