Risk Assessment: Getting Started
Prepare for your assignment by undertaking a risk assessment.
The risks faced by journalists reporting on conflict, crime and corruption around the world are increasing all the time. But there are precautions you can take to help ensure you stay as safe as possible.
Resources.
Working independently, and often alone, freelancers can be very vulnerable. Whether they are providing the pictures and stories that international broadcasters, newspapers and agencies rely on or informing their own countries and communities, they often risk injury, threats, kidnap or murder. This resource will help you manage and minimise these risks when preparing for your next assignment.
Risk Assessment & Security Protocol Guide
How to complete a risk assessment and security protocol form.
Creating a Communications Plan
An essential part of risk assessment.
Putting Together a Proof of Life Document
This could save your life if you are kidnapped or abducted.
Taking Safety Training
Minimise the risks posed to you and your colleagues.
Types of Safety Training
Find out what safety training courses are available.