INSI : News

7 March 2017

No Woman's Land: Reflections on a working life as a third gender

There is a question I get asked a lot: “Isn’t it really difficult for you, as a woman, working where you do?”

3 March 2017

February update: no story is bigger than staying alive

Afghanistan is one of the most dangerous countries in the world in which to be a journalist.

27 February 2017

INSI joins Council of Europe platform to monitor attacks on journalists

The International News Safety Institute (INSI) is honoured to join the Council of Europe's online platform to monitor attacks against journalists.

27 February 2017

No story is bigger than staying alive

Afghanistan is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist. Abdullah Azada Khenjani, the chief editor at one of the country's biggest television stations, is forced to take extraordinary precautions to stay safe.

24 January 2017

Finding your MoJo and keeping it safe

Trigger warnings, contingency plans and shooting at the floor. We speak to Yusuf Omar about some of the safety considerations for mobile journalists.

5 January 2017

115 journalists killed in 2016 – year begins and ends with mass casualties

A total of 115 journalists died in 2016 simply for doing their jobs, according to the International News Safety Institute’s (INSI) annual Killing the Messenger report of journalism casualties from around the world.

20 December 2016

INSI’s year in review

Journalists around the world continue to face unacceptable risks as they go about their vital work.

20 December 2016

November update: risks to journalists not limited to war zones

Colombia's plane crash at the end of November marked one of the highest losses of life for our profession in a single incident. 20 journalists were among the 71 people killed when the plane, which was carrying a Brazilian football team, crashed outside of Medellin.

4 November 2016

Webinar: Turkish journalists under attack

Journalists are under unprecedented attack both on and offline in Turkey since the government restricted press freedom following July’s attempted coup, according to panelists at a recent INSI webinar on reporting safely from Turkey.

1 November 2016

The battle for Mosul and race for the White House: October update from Down Under

There were several motivations for my trip to Australia. INSI is an international organisation with members around the world and it is important to understand how the changing safety environment has affected each of them and how INSI can support them.