Digital Safety workshops on Journalists covering the elections in Northeast
Date : March 29th, 2019 at Imphal
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is organising workshops on ‘Safety Kit for journalists covering the elections’ in Guwahati, Imphal and Agartala press clubs.
To be organized in Guwahati on March 27, in Imphal on March 29 and in Agartala on March 31, the workshops will include distribution of CPJ Election Safety kit. CPJ's Emergencies Response Team (ERT) has
compiled a Safety Kit for journalists covering the elections. It contains information for editors, reporters, and photojournalists on how to prepare for the election, and how to mitigate digital, physical
and psychological risk. A major section of the kit focuses on Digital Safety for journalists.
India is scheduled to hold national and provincial elections from April 11 to May 19, 2019. As the country celebrates over 70 years of democracy, journalists are under pressure from attacks, harassment,
cyber bullying, and government restrictions. At least five journalists were killed in relation to their work in India in 2018, including four who were murdered, according to CPJ research.
CPJ Election Safety kit includes the following:
o Editor's Safety Checklist
o Digital Safety: Basic device preparedness
o Digital Safety: Identifying bots
o Digital Safety: Online harassment and trolling
o Digital Safety: Securing and storing materials
o Physical Safety: Reporting safely on rallies and protests
o Physical Safety: Reporting safely in a hostile community
o Psychological Safety: Managing trauma in the newsroom
o Psychological Safety: Dealing with trauma-related stress
Kunal Majumder, CPJ's India Correspondent will be present during these workshops.
About Committee to Protect Journalists:
The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide. We defend the right of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal.
Every year, hundreds of journalists are attacked, imprisoned, or killed. For more than 30 years, CPJ has been there to defend them and fight for press freedom.
CPJ is made up of about 40 experts around the world, with headquarters in New York City. CPJ's work is based on its research, which provides a global snapshot of obstructions to a free press worldwide. CPJ's research staff document hundreds of attack on the press each year.
To know more, please visit: www.cpj.org or send us an email: kmajumder(AT)cpj(DOT)org
Details of the workshop
Guwahati
Venue: Guwahati Press Club
Date: 27 March 2018
Time: 11 am
Local Contact: Nava Thakuria
Imphal
Venue: Manipur Press Club, Imphal
Date: 29 March 2018
Time: 11 am
Local Contact: Sobhapati Samom
Agartala
Details to be announced soon
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