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NEW INITIATIVES IN 2023 INCLUDED THE LAUNCH OF A NEWSLETTER ("THE TRAJECTORY") FOCUSED ON SOLUTIONS TO GUN VIOLENCE, A FIRST-PERSON STORYTELLING PROJECT WITH SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO, AND AN EIGHT-EPISODE PODCAST COLLABORATION ON THE HISTORY OF FIREARM DEREGULATION. 5 5 28 5 0 0 3410332 6067868 17000 3000 0 16440 1450 705 3428782 6088013 0 0 0 0 2645878 3313393 141000 190000 431241 899961 887464 3686839 4390857 -258057 1697156 1743238 3341617 140511 41734 1602727 3299883 X THE TRACE IS AN INDEPENDENT, NONPARTISAN, READER-SUPPORTED NONPROFIT JOURNALISM ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO REPORTING ON GUN VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES. 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