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Protecting your digital security: The layers of risk that journalists face
NPPA 2020 Joseph Costa Award
I’m truly honored and humbled that my peers nominated me for a National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) award because of my journalist safety initiatives over the past few years. I am incredibly grateful to be…
IN THE NEWS: “Domestic Terror Beat Brings Threats, Risks, US Journalists Say”
Photojournalist and News Safety Advisor Chris Post featured in this recent VOA story on domestic journalist safety. https://www.voanews.com/press-freedom/domestic-terror-beat-brings-threats-risks-us-journalists-say
Risk Assessment Tool
Newsgathering Safety – Risk Assessment Tool Watch this 12 Minute video on how to use my Risk Assessment Tool. This worksheet will help to plan for events or incidents that your newsroom might cover. Here…
Bang, Bang, Bang! Gunfire erupts during reporters live standup.
This reporter and photojournalist found themselves a very short distance from a police involved shooting. The live-shot location was a short distance and within lethal range of the bullets being fired. Journalists need safety training!…
Continuing Education – How to use different kinds of PPE while covering COVD-19
INTEL: United Nations Chief Warns Hate-Based Movements Becoming Transnational Threat
United Secretary-General António Guterres While addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on February 22, Secretary-General António Guterres pressed the world to increase the fight against racially and ethnically motivated terrorism. Specifically in…
Flushing your eyes clean of crowd control agents
News Safety Update 6# — The smoke (or pepper spray) gets in your eyes! A quick pro tip on flushing. Also don’t forget if you have contacts in, remove them before flushing, preferably with a…
Active Shooter / SHOTS FIRED!
News Safety Update 5# — When the gunfire erupts, now what do we do? I’m going to talk about this proactively so if it happens, you can quickly react.For many this is a worst case…