The ACOS Alliance is committed to facilitate access and create practical initiatives and resources that enable newsrooms and freelancers to meet basic safety standards outlined in the Principles. Find below relevant information about these.
COVID-19
With freelance journalists and news organisations working under extraordinary and challenging conditions, we have created a resource for news organizations to adopt safety protocols. Access here the COVID-19 News Organizations Safety Protocols, and a selection of new resources around safety issues, most of them offered by ACOS signatories. Available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.
INSURANCE
The ACOS Alliance is keen to facilitate access to insurance to freelancers and local journalists around the world. You can find here some new options that cover not only reporters, but fixers and stringers, drivers and translators on the ground, regardless of where they are based, at discounted prices. The ACOS Alliance receives no financial consideration or benefit from any insurance programs, and does not endorse any particular scheme.
INDUSTRY STANDARDS FOR SAFETY TRAINING
The Industry Standard for Safety Training (ISST) is a baseline curriculum for safety training courses for journalists that is recognised by the news media industry. The ISST is a result of a consultation process involving stakeholders from the news media industry and not-for-profit journalism organisations that sought to build consensus around safety training standards.
CONTRACTS
Publishing agreements have a direct impact on the safety of freelance journalists. Access here a template and some useful information that help freelancers and news organizations to be better prepared.
NEWS ORGANIZATIONS SAFETY SELF-ASSESSMENT
Developed by the Alliance and key signatories, this resource provides a tool for news outlets to review and improve their current safety practices and protocols. Available in English, Arabic, Spanish and French.
FREELANCE JOURNALIST SAFETY CHECKLIST
The ACOS Alliance strives to empower both news organizations and freelance journalists to embed the highest safety standards into their work. Our Safety Checklist ensures that relevant safety issues have been discussed before an assignment.
RESOURCES FROM ACOS SIGNATORIES
The organizations listed on the right side of this page have all pledged their support to the protection of journalists that voluntarily put themselves in harm's way to report the news, each offering a variety of different safety resources for journalists and their families to utilize.
