Flushing your eyes clean of crowd control agents
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…
Active Shooter / SHOTS FIRED!
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…
Verbal Deescalation
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
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…
Situational Awareness
Let’s talk about Situational Awareness! SA is the ability to identify, process, and comprehend the critical elements of information about what is happening. More simply, it’s knowing what is going on around you. The concept of…
PPE / Civil Unrest Gear
News Safety Update: Let’s talk gear! If you are going to be covering any kind of civil disobedience you will need protect yourself / your team (I’m looking at you newsroom mgrs) from potentially life…
NPPA -Covering the Unrest:
Covering the Unrest: Looking back at the events surrounding the George Floyd story and preparing for what’s next. Hi Friends! Did you attend the February 27th NPPA “Covering Unrest” zoom session on safety & security?…
Domestic HEFAT Class at Kent State University
Last week I spent 4 days teaching two groups of students the basics of domestic hostile environment training. The rules have changed and domestic, US based media needs to be more situationally aware to deal…
