Afghanistan was the most dangerous country for media workers during the first six months of 2016, according to the International News Safety Institute’s (INSI) biannual report of media casualties, Killing the Messenger.
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The harrowing reports from the frontline of the refugee crisis have had a strong emotional impact on many people safe at home.
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Protests, crime, terrorism? Risk Advisory's Pierre-Louis Le Goff tells INSI what journalists heading to the Brazil Olympics need to know to stay safe while still getting the story (Image by AFP).
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“One journalist is killed every five days,” UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova told the audience of this year’s World Press Freedom Day event in Helsinki at the start of May.
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Photographer Giles Duley stepped on a landmine in Afghanistan and in the space of seconds became a triple amputee.
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Is your newsroom prepared to handle a crisis involving a staff member? INSI's crisis management expert Rupert Reid offers some advice for news managers about how to plan for the worst case scenario - if a journalist is killed, injured or kidnapped.
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It is vital that journalists working in conflict areas understand the risks they face and have the support, training and equipment to cover the story safely, but the idea that safety is the sole domain of war correspondents is quite clearly no longer the case.
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The International News Safety Institute is pleased to announce the release this week of a new book on the kidnapping of journalists co-authored by INSI Director Hannah Storm.
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Following attacks in Paris and Brussels, there are a number of security related considerations for journalists covering the UEFA Euro 2016 championship.
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With 100 days to go until the Opening Ceremony of this year’s Olympics Games in Rio, INSI is preparing to help our members who are deploying journalists to cover the event.
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