Journalist Resources
Thanks to support from ACOS for funding the design and development of this resource page. If you have any additions please feel free to contact us.
Before:
Planning…
CPJ
Provider: CPJ
Type: Safety tool kit
Resource: Planning
IWMF
Provider: IWMF
Type: Risk assessment
Resource: Template
Rory Peck
Provider: Rory Peck
Type: Safety planning
Resource: Template
ACOS
Provider: ACOS
Type: Planning
Resource: Covid Measures
Notes: On every assignment please make sure you have a COVID kit with your first aid kit.
Equipment…
RSF
Provider: RSF
Type: Body armour and helmet
Resource: Short term loan
Notes: When thinking about body armour and helmets remember they are not a solution and will not give you full protection. If you’re choosing work where this is needed make sure you have a safety plan in place as well as getting onto HEFAT courses and also thinking about exposure to any risk where armour is needed.
Vest Guard
Provider: Vest Guard
Type: Body armour and helmet
Resource: Fitting guide
CPJ
Provider: CPJ
Type: Body armour and helmet
Resource: Full PPE Guide
First Aid…
RISC
Provider: RISC
Type: First Aid
Resource: Videos
Notes: Please go through the application process. Remember there are online first aid courses that you can now do depending on budget and location.
CPJ
Provider: CPJ
Type: First Aid
Resource: Videos
Notes: While videos are good we advise you to attend in-person training when this becomes possible again.
Nomad
Provider: Nomad
Type: First Aid
Resource: kit
Notes: If you get on a RISC course you will get a med kit.
Digital Safety…
Troll Busters
Provider: Troll Busters
Type: Helping deal with online trolls
IWMF
Provider: IWMF
Type: One to one support
Notes: Contact the IWMF directly as they have a digital safety consultant who can help
IWMF/Knight Centre
Provider: IWMF/Knight Centre
Type: Oneline harassment training
Pen America
Provider: Pen America
Type: Online Harassment Field Manual
CPJ
Provider: CPJ
Type: Safety tool kit
Resource: Planning
Fix the Glitch
Provider: Fix the Glitch
Type: Easy terms for understanding online abuse
HEFAT…
Insurance…
ACOS
Provider: ACOS
Type: Insurance
Resource: List of providers and a discount
After:
Self care/Safe Spaces/Support…
Nap Ministry
Provider: Nap Ministry
Type: Radical rest movement centring people of colour
Authority Collective
Provider: Authority Collective
Type: Photography collective
Resource: Google Doc
The Authority Collective is a group of more than 200 womxn, non-binary and gender expansive people of color working in the photography, film and VR/AR industries.
Black Journalists Therapy Fund
Provider: Black Journalists Therapy Fund
Type: Therapy fund
Resource: Black only therapy fund
The Black Journalists Therapy Relief Fund (BJTRF) provides assistance for Black journalists facing financial hardship who are unable to pay for the mental health support they need during this time.
Black Women Photograph
Provider: Black Women Photograph
Type: Photography collective
Global community and digital database, Black Women Photographers (BWP), launched on July 7, 2020 by Polly Irungu, with a COVID-19 relief fund (#BWPReliefFund) to provide support to Black women and non-binary photographers during the pandemic.
Women Photograph
Provider: Women Photograph
Type: Photography collective
Women Photograph is an initiative that launched in 2017 to elevate the voices of women* and nonbinary visual journalists.
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