References

Online References on Journalist Safety Amidst COVID-19

Reporting and Covering COVID-19

  1. Coronavirus: Resources for Reporters
  2. Reporting and Covid-19: Tips for Journalists
  3. Covering Coronavirus:  Advice for Video Journalists
  4. Working With Victims and Survivors
  5. Covering Coronavirus: An Online Course For Journalists
  6. Editor Perspective: Self-Care Practices and Peer Support for the Newsroom
  7. How Journalists Around The World Are Covering The Coronavirus
  8. Mental Health Tips And Resources For Journalists
  9. Reporting The Covid-19 Unknown:  How Reporters In Philippines  Do Their Job
  10. Self Care Tips for News Media
  11. Tips for News Managers: Covering Pandemics
  12. Tips for Reporting on Pandemics
  13. What Investigative Reporters Around The World Need To Be Asking About Covid-19
  14. Google, Facebook And Twitter Could Do More To Surface Fact-Checks About Coronavirus
  15. Coronavirus: Fact-Checkers From 30 Countries Are Fighting 3 Waves Of Misinformation

 

Economic Effects of COVID-19 on Media

  1. Timor Leste: Media Workers Face Salary Cuts During Covid-19 Pandemic
  2. Covid-19 Ravages Kenya’s Media Industry
  3. Croatia: Why are Journalists Not Covered in Government’s Emergency Measures?
  4. India: Multiple Media Outlets Lay Off Staff and Cut Pay During Covid-19
  5. Indonesia: Media Companies Cut Salaries in the Midst of Covid-19

 

 

 

 

Economic and Other Forms of Protection for Media in the age of COVID-19

  1. Australia: Regional Media Offered Covid-19 Lifeline
  2. Being a Journalist in Italy
  3. Governments and Employers Must Do More to Protect Workers
  4. Pakistan: Union Secures Punjab Covid-19 Relief Package
  5. Somalia: Government Recognises Media as  Essential Service in the Fight Against COVID – 19

 

 

Other Threats Faced by Media Amidst COVID-19

  1. Twenty-four Rights-Groups Call on Turkey to  Release all Those Arbitrarily Detained, Now at Risk of Covid-19
  2. Brazil: President Bolsonaro Targeting Professional Journalists  during COVID-19 Pandemic
  3. Burundi: Media Freedom at Stake Ahead of Presidential Elections
  4. Cambodia: Journalist Arrested for Reporting  Hun Sen’s Advice on Covid-19
  5. China: Three Citizen Journalists Vanish;  Authorities Tighten Controls Amid COVID-19 Crisis
  6. China: IFJ Urges Chinese Authorities to Ensure Free Flow of Information
  7. COVID-19: IFJ and EFJ Urge Turkish Government  Not to Discriminate Against Political Prisoners
  8. COVID-19: IFJ Urges European Governments  Not to Limit and Control Press Conference Questions
  9. COVID-19: Serbian Government Must Guarantee  Free Flow of Information
  10. COVID-19: Restrictions on Access to Information in Romania
  11. Hungary: New Law Uses Covid-19 to Tackle Press Freedom
  12. Iran: Government Orders Nationwide Ban on Print Publications
  13. Iraq Bans Reuters Following Covid-19 report
  14. Jordan: Two Media Executives Arrested Following  Broadcasting of Virus Complaints
  15. Nepal: Media Rights Violations Go Unabated Amid the Lockdown
  16. South East Asia: Concerns over Authoritarian Clampdown
  17. Ukraine: Journalist Attacked While Investigating Sale of Protective Masks

Journalist Safety Courses/Curricula

Model courses

  1. Model Course on Safety of Journalists

Model curricula

  1. Model Curricula for Journalism Education: A Compendium of New Syllabi
  2. Model Curricula for Journalism Education

Free Online Courses

  1. Risk Analysis Online Course (2022) designed by the Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) as part of the CAPIR Consortium
  2. Self-Paced Online Course on Environmental Journalism | Why local matters: Safety from Thomson Foundation

Books

  1. Shared Responsibility: Safeguarding Press Freedom in Perilous Times
  2. 2020 World Press Freedom Index
  3. The Assault on Journalism
  4. World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development: Special Digital Focus 2015
  5. World Trends in Freedom of  Expression and Media Development  2017, 2018
  6. Balancing Civil Rights and National Security: Impact of Anti-Terror Laws on Media and Civil Liberties in Europe and Asia
  7. Crimes and Unpunishment: The Killing of Filipino Journalists
  8. Newsgames: Journalism at Play
  9. Defending Journalism
  10. #journodefenders – Turning Trolling  Against Journalists on its Head
  11. Attacks and Harassment – The Impact  on Female Journalists and their Reporting
  12. Freedom of Expression and Public Order: Training Manual
  13. Gender Safety Book
  14. 10 Rules for reporting on war trauma survivors
  16. Understanding Media and Information Literacy (MIL) in the Digital Age

Research Documents

Case studies 

  1. Philippine Community Journalism: Roles, Status and Prospects
  2. An attack on one is an attack on all: Successful initiatives to protect journalists and combat impunity
  3. New Challenges to Freedom of Expression: Countering Online Abuse of Female Journalists

Documents

  1. Rationale for Competency-based Curriculum Planning
  2. UNESCO Model Curricula for Journalism Education Listing of UNESCO Core Competencies

Journal articles

  1. Philippine and Global Research on News Media Safety: Crossing Disciplines, Bridging Gap
  2. The protection of journalists and news media personnel in armed conflict
  3. War and media: Constancy and convulsion
  4. Media under fire: Fact and fiction in conditions of war

Research packs

  1. Safety of Journalists Research Pack

Research reports

  1. Country Report: Journalists in the Philippines
  2. Building Digital Safety for Journalism: A Survey of Selected Issues
  3. Killings of Journalists Worldwide: The Full Cost of a Free Press
  4. The Safety of Journalists and The Issue of Impunity: Report of the Secretary General
  5. An Overview of the Current Challenges to the Safety and Protection of Journalists
  6. World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development: Global Report 2017/2018
  7. Freedom of Expression and Public Order: Fostering the Relationship Between Security Forces and Journalists
  8. #journodefender: Turning trolling against journalists on its head
  9. Attacks and Harassment: The Impact on Female Journalists and their Reporting

Global Reports

    1. 2018 UNESCO DG Report on the Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity
    2. Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on Strengthening the Implementation of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity
    3. In the Shadow of Violence: Journalists and Media Staff Killed in 2018
    4. Director General Report on the Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity 2020
    5. Impact of COVID-19 on media freedom, journalist safety and media viability in Southeast Asia (2021) published by the Public Media Alliance
    6. Outcomes of the Regional and Thematic Consultations to Mark the 10th Anniversary of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity

Toolkits

Briefing papers

  1. Constraints and Opportunities: What Role for Media Development in the Countering Violent Extremism Agenda?

Guides/handbooks/manuals/toolkits

  1. Handbook on Typology, Outcomes-Based Education, and Institutional Sustainability Assessment
  2. Prevent-Protect-Prosecute: Acting on UN Human Rights Council Resolution 33/2 2017
  3. A Handbook on Reporting Terrorism
  4. Safety Guide for Journalists: A Handbook for Reporters in High-Risk Environments
  5. TABANG! Safety Guide for Cebu Journalists
  6. Trauma & Journalism: A Guide for Journalists, Editors & Managers
  7. Tragedies & Journalists: A Guide for More Effective Coverage
  8. Myanmar: Digital Security Guide for Journalists
  9. What If…? Safety Handbook for Women Journalists
  10. Staying Alive: A Safety Manual for Journalists
  11. Journalist Security Guide: Covering the News in a Dangerous and Changing World
  12. SaferJourno: Digital Security Resources for Media Trainers
  13. Training Manual on International and Comparative Media
  14. Toolkit on the Safety of Journalists for the Personnel of the Diplomatic Missions
  15. Protocol for newsrooms to support journalists targeted with online harassment
  16. Philippine Journalist Safety Guide: A Handbook for Filipino Journalists

Philippine Policies

Administrative Orders

  1. Administrative Order No. 35, s. 2012: Creating the Inter-Agency Committee on Extra-Legal Killings, Enforced Disappearances, Torture and Other Grave Violations of the Right to Life, Liberty and Security of Persons

Memorandum Orders

  1. CHED Memorandum Order No. 46, series of 2012: Policy-Standard to Enhance Quality Assurance (QA) in Philippine Higher Education Through an Outcomes-Based and Typology-Based QA
  2. CHED Memorandum Order No. 41, series of 2017: Policies, Standards and Guidelines for Bachelor in Journalism (B Journalism) and Bachelor of Arts in Journalism (BA Journalism) Programs

Games

Online games

  1. The Be an Editor Game
  2. The Reportero Challenge

Articles

Online articles

  1. Journalists need to make sure they are properly protected
  2. Self-Study Unit: Covering Terrorism
  3. CPJ Safety Advisory: Covering protests over Trump’s Jerusalem announcement
  4. The Freelance Journalist Safety Principles
  5. Journalists killed
  6. ‘Women journalists more vulnerable to online harassment’
  7. As Security Field Matures, the Risks Multiply
  8. International humanitarian law and the protection of media professionals working in armed conflicts
  9. How does international humanitarian law protect journalists in armed-conflict situations?
  10. The safety and protection of journalists and their crews and international humanitarian law and media reporting
  14. UK Government and Partners Pledge Support for Journalist Safety in the Philippines: Ceremonial Contract Signing Commemorates Maguindanao Massacre Anniversary
  15. On World Press Freedom Day, media workers and press freedom advocates join 1st Philippine Media Safety Summit
  16. 1st Philippine Media Safety Summit: Discussing gains and gaps, renewing commitments
  17. First Stop of the Media Safety Roadshow: Cagayan de Oro City

 

Online newsletters

  1. 26th Newsletter of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity
  2. Newsletter #33

Informational/educational videos

Videos

  1. Using Body Armour
  2. Prof Guy Berger: Module 3 – The safety of journalists on the internet
  3. Staying Alive (safety training video)
  4. Killing Journalists: The Cebu Experience
  5. Digital Safety for Journalists: Avoiding Digital Danger Zones

Conference/consultation/ presentation materials

Concept notes

  1. Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on Strengthening the Implementation of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity

Consultation outcome documents

  1. Strengthening the Implementation of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity: Consultation Outcome Document, August 16, 2017

Programmes

  1. Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on Strengthening the Implementation of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity Programme

Slide presentations

  1. Course Syllabus Writing for Blended Learning
  2. Some Challenges in Adopting the UNESCO Model Curricula for Journalism Education
  3. UNESCO Model Curricula for Journalism Education (Listing of UNESCO Core Competencies)
  4. Competence Goals of the 2006 Tartu Declaration of the European Journalism Training Association

 

 

International Policies/Resolutions

Declarations

  1. Finlandia Declaration, World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2016

Resolutions

  1. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1738 (2006)
  2. United Nations Security Council Resolution 2222 (2015)
  3. UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity
  4. Journalists’ Safety Indicators: National Level
  5. Journalists’ Safety Indicators: International Level

Codes of Ethics