The high profile deaths of James Foley and Steven Sotloff threw a spotlight on the terrible dangers faced by journalists and raised questions about how they stay safe in a world where being a member of the press no longer provides immunity or protection.
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The 11th Annual General Meeting of INSI will take place this year on November 12 at the offices of Czech TV in Prague.
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The International News Safety Institute is shocked and saddened by the murder of the American journalist Steven Sotloff by Islamic State militants.
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August marked one of the darkest months for journalists in recent years, with the beheading of our freelance colleague James Foley by Islamic militants in Iraq and the murders of six other journalists, all apparently killed for doing their jobs.
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It was late yesterday evening in the UK when the news started circulating of a video purporting to show the beheading of the American freelance journalist James Foley.
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Luis Carlos Cervantes had a passion for journalism that was infectious. I first met him in 2012 as part of my PhD research, and over the past two years he became a good friend.
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July marked the release of Killing the Messenger, the International News Safety Institute’s (INSI) biannual survey of news media casualties around the world.
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Ukraine was the most dangerous country for journalists in the first six months of 2014 with seven members of the news media killed, according to the International News Safety Institute’s biannual survey of news media casualties, Killing the Messenger.
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This month INSI focused on issuing practical safety advisories for journalists operating in hostile environments around the world.
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