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Kathryn Canavan
freelance reporter
I am a freelance reporter who writes regularly for Delaware First Media, the Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today and the News Journal in Wilmington, De.
Articles
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<p>I couldn’t help thinking about the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon as I reported my series on children and violence in Wilmington, Delaware.</p>
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<p>As more and more Wilmington children are exposed to violence and the trauma that comes with it, police, counselors, community-based organizations, and schools are boosting their efforts to guide those children to physical and emotional safety.</p>
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<p>The experiences of some Wilmington children illustrate the latest research about the physiological effects of violence and toxic stress on children.</p>
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<p>When eighth-grader Courtney White goes on sleepovers, she totes the blanket that a funeral home gave her to commemorate her big brother, who was shot to death.</p>
<p>A man was fatally shot in his wheelchair -- a wheelchair he has used since a shooting eight years ago.</p>