Is any story or picture worth dying for? Even the best stories and pictures only have value when they are read or seen. Moreover, a journalist who is killed or injured cannot file a story or process a picture. While nobody can remove all the danger from the profession, journalists can do much to anticipate dangers, reduce risks and come through hazardous assignments safely.

Journalists have an individual responsibility to anticipate and reduce dangers and a collective responsibility through their professional organisations and trades unions to campaign for safer working conditions. Journalists, their organisations and their employers, all have a critical function in reducing the unacceptable rate of death and injury.

• hostile environment training
• specialised first aid training
• armoured car and other relevant driving training
• public disorder training
• chemical & biological warfare training

and of course any tailor-made risk-awareness training required.

Details about organisations providing these courses can be found on the Suppliers page (see submenu at left).