Deadline: 14 February 2024
The International Women’s Media Foundation is launching a National Journalism Safety Initiative to provide wrap around care for small newsrooms and journalists that lack the resources and knowledge to implement best practices and safety policies for 2024 and beyond.
The “Newsroom Safety Across America” initiative is bringing the IWMF’s groundbreaking journalism safety training to local newsrooms across the United States.
Program Details
- Newsroom Safety Across America, generously supported by Craig Newmark Philanthropies, will equip newsrooms to prepare for, respond to, and recover from threats against their employees and freelancers. Trainings are currently set to take place in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, with plans to add additional states throughout the year.
- The IWMF will offer one and two day highly interactive in person safety workshops to local and regional news outlets in battleground states and rural areas where newsrooms are grappling with ongoing safety challenges. Topics include risk assessment and mitigation, personal security, active shooter, protests, legal/know your rights, and psychosocial/mental health awareness.
Benefits
- After the training is completed, the IWMF will offer ongoing support to the participating newsrooms and journalism networks with safety consultations, assistance developing and implementing safety policies, and emergency assistance grants when needed.
- This approach will target the needs of journalists and newsroom leaders before, during, and after the elections with a mix of prevention and mitigation measures alongside emergency response and assistance if the newsroom faces any threats.
Criteria
- If you are a newsroom, journalism association, or freelance journalist you can apply.
- During the initial phase of this project, the IWMF will prioritize Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Arizona, Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Georgia.
- The training is free to participants, but the IWMF is unable to provide financial support for transportation and/or lodging.
For more information, visit IWMF.
