In their day-to-day work, journalists are exposed to a number of threats, ranging from physical violence to cyber attacks or online harassment. What can news organisations do to keep them safe?
“The landscape of threats to journalists and news organisations changes constantly and our awareness and capacity to respond to new risks have to keep up,” says Javier Garza Ramos, a journalist and safety advisor for the World Editors Forum.
“We need tools to deal with our security situation in a consistent way. Many journalists have undertaken individual risk assessments and security protocols, but we need an institutional approach. Like all chains, safety in a newsroom is as strong as its weakest links. A handful of journalists trained to recognise and deal with risk will not be of much help to a news organisation if their colleagues are not in sync.”
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