I’m truly honored and humbled that my peers nominated me for a National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) award because of my journalist safety initiatives over the past few years. I am incredibly grateful to be…
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Photojournalist and News Safety Advisor Chris Post featured in this recent VOA story on domestic journalist safety. https://www.voanews.com/press-freedom/domestic-terror-beat-brings-threats-risks-us-journalists-say
Newsgathering Safety – Risk Assessment Tool Watch this 12 Minute video on how to use my Risk Assessment Tool. This worksheet will help to plan for events or incidents that your newsroom might cover. Here…
This reporter and photojournalist found themselves a very short distance from a police involved shooting. The live-shot location was a short distance and within lethal range of the bullets being fired. Journalists need safety training!…
United Secretary-General António Guterres While addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on February 22, Secretary-General António Guterres pressed the world to increase the fight against racially and ethnically motivated terrorism. Specifically in…
News Safety Update 6# — The smoke (or pepper spray) gets in your eyes! A quick pro tip on flushing. Also don’t forget if you have contacts in, remove them before flushing, preferably with a…
News Safety Update 5# — When the gunfire erupts, now what do we do? I’m going to talk about this proactively so if it happens, you can quickly react.For many this is a worst case…
Lets talk about a technique called Verbal De-Escalation. This is a skill that any journalist can use to help calm an upset person that they may encounter. This skill has is used by mental health…
Critical Incident Stress & Chronic Stress in journalists is very real. Understanding the signs and symptoms and what to do is important for yourself and your peers. Asking for help is a huge sign of…