October 16, 2017
BY INSI
"Everyone has a dream of healthy children, nice friends"
Alice Petrén, migration correspondent for Swedish Radio, explains how meeting one refugee family from Afghanistan affected her in particular.
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September 19, 2017
BY INSI
INSI's 2017 AGM to be held in Amsterdam
The 14th Annual General Meeting of the International News Safety Institute (INSI) will take place this year in Amsterdam on 14 November.
September 14, 2017
BY INSI
Covering a crisis in your own back yard
Yannis Behrakis has been a Reuters photographer for more than 30 years, during which he has covered conflict and crises around the world. However, during the recent refugee crisis he turned his camera on his home country of Greece where, as chief photographer in Athens, he began covering the story in April 2015.
September 6, 2017
BY Hannah Storm
The hazards behind the headlines
Not too long ago, the only journalists working in conflict areas who might be afforded protection were those working for wealthy, predominantly Western news organizations.
August 29, 2017
BY INSI
Reporting on natural disasters
After the recent string of devastating hurricanes and earthquakes, INSI has some advice for journalists covering natural disasters.
August 29, 2017
BY Hannah Storm, INSI Director
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.
August 21, 2017
BY INSI
Reporting on demonstrations and civil disorder
Demonstrations like the one in Charlottesville, Virginia can quickly turn violent. INSI has some advice for journalists covering protests.
August 15, 2017
BY INSI
"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.
August 10, 2017
BY INSI
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.
August 1, 2017
BY INSI
Covering the Kenyan elections
Kenya goes to the polls on 8 August to elect a president, parliament and county assembly seats. Election violence in 2007/08 killed more than 1,000 people and there are fears that this poll could easily turn violent as well. Chris Msando, an electoral official, was found dead in late July with reports saying he had been tortured and murdered.