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29 August 2017

Psychological effects of covering the refugee crisis on journalists

It’s been more than two years since Will Vassilopoulos first travelled to Lesbos to cover the refugee crisis as a video journalist for Agence France-Presse.

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15 August 2017

"You are dealing relentlessly with the same wretched situation"

Patrick Kingsley initially found “real psychological respite” when he moved from being the Guardian’s Egypt Correspondent to being its first Migration Correspondent. He believed he could make a difference with his work which encompassed all aspects of migration from the personal stories to the political. 

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10 August 2017

German broadcaster WDR joins INSI

The International News Safety Institute (INSI) is happy to announce that the German broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) has become its latest member.

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31 July 2017

July Update: INSI Releases Major New Studies

In July, we released our groundbreaking study into how journalists were psychologically affected by covering the refugee crisis.

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13 July 2017

Afghanistan and Mexico top grim tally of journalist deaths

Afghanistan, Mexico and Iraq emerged as the most dangerous countries for the media in the first six months of 2017, according to the International News Safety Institute’s (INSI) Killing the Messenger report.

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23 June 2017

"Indian government must do more to protect media"

Indian journalist and documentary film maker Nupur Basu has urged her government to do more to protect the media. 

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1 June 2017

Chaos breeds in the aftermath of a terrorist attack: INSI May update

When a group of strangers race toward you, a combination of fear and confusion etched across their faces, you know immediately what they are running from. When parents are dragging their screaming children and yelling at you to follow, you don’t need to be able to speak their language to intuit what to do.

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28 April 2017

April Update: Journalist Intimidation In Europe And Americas

Journalists in Europe are suffering violence, intimidation and self-censorship, according to a survey released in April by the Council of Europe. 

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21 April 2017

Council of Europe warns of media intimidation, self-censorship

Journalists in Europe are suffering violence, intimidation and self-censorship, according to a new survey by the Council of Europe.

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18 April 2017

GroundTruth joins INSI

INSI is happy to announce we have a new member - The GroundTruth Project.

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