SAFETY MANAGEMENT
RESOURCE
This practical template helps news editors and managers develop their own safety policies and protocols by providing guidance on the key safety issues they need to address before commissioning assignments, from clarity on roles and responsibilities to the safety provisions the newsroom.
Developed by the Alliance and key ACOS signatories, this practical tool enables news outlets to review and improve their current safety practices and protocols. It also helps news managers to identify and better understand their own weaknesses and strengths when it comes to the security of individuals who are working for them, including freelancers.
The Self-Assessment is designed to prompt a constructive conversation around safety best practice and encourage practical and effective responses. It can be modified and adapted according to the size and set-up of individual organizations and can also be used to inform existing mechanisms.
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Assignment Safety Checklist
Our Assignment Safety Checklists helps freelance journalists and the editors they work with ensure they have considered all the relevant safety concerns before a story commission or assignment.
It's a practical tool, produced in conjunction with industry safety professionals and freelancers and designed to be worked through as part of story or assignment preparation.
STANDARD TEMPLATE
TEMPLATE FOR UKRAINE
PARTNER RESOURCES:
Committee to Protect Journalists
Safety Advisories
Practical safety guides for journalists produced in response to specific global situations such as country elections, conflicts, protests, etc.
This four-part Safety Kit provides journalists and newsrooms with basic safety information on physical, digital and psychological safety resources and tools via written resources, webinars, shareable notes and videos.
Basic Preparedness: Risk Assessment
CPJ Emergencies' Risk Assessment Template - available in English, Français, Español, Русский, 中文, and العربية.
A useful PDF guide to Personal Protective Equipment
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) & UNESCO
Safety Guide for Journalists
A handbook for reporters in high risk environments.
Also available in Français, Español, Русский and العربية from UNESCO's Digital Library.
Doc Society
Safe + Secure
Doc Society launched this resource as a result of increased awareness about the risks to which documentary filmmakers and their crews, subjects and sources had become exposed to safety risks. It contains tools for both filmmakers and funders to help mitigate risks, be they digital, legal, journalistic, or related to safety and health.
Available in English, Español + Português