Freelance and staff journalists can participate in this free training.
The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) is accepting applications for its Safety Across America Tour. This national journalism safety initiative will provide wrap around care for small newsrooms and journalists that lack the resources and knowledge to implement best practices and safety policies for 2024 and beyond.
The IWMF will offer one and two-day highly interactive in-person safety workshops to local and regional news outlets in battleground states and rural areas where newsrooms are grappling with ongoing safety challenges.
Topics include risk assessment and mitigation, personal security, active shooter, protests, legal/know your rights, and psychosocial/mental health awareness.
The upcoming workshops will be held in Chicago on June 27 and 28.
The application deadline is June 17.