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#IPIWoCo2016 Panel: How to Cover Violent Extremism and Survive

This article originally appeared on the website of the journal Arab Media & Society. Under the banner “Journalism at Risk—Safety and Professionalism in a Dangerous World,” the 2016 World Congress of the International Press Institute (IPI) held in Doha, Qatar in March tackled the dangers of covering terrorism and other forms of political violence, examining […]

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#IPIWoCo2016 Panel: Funding Models for Quality Journalism Undergoing Dramatic Change

The emergence of new media has led to a dramatic change in the traditional media centred around an advertising-based, single-revenue model that was previously successful on a near-global basis, panellists at the International Press Institute (IPI)’s World Congress “Funding Models for Quality Journalism” noted. Kicking off the panel, which explored the ways in which funding […]

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Workshop: security can protect journalists’ privacy, if practiced

Privacy experts Jillian C. York and Eva Galperin from the Electronic Frontier Foundation had good and bad news for journalists from around the world seeking to learn how to protect their data from potential security threats. “The good news is that going to security training is better than not going,” Galperin told participants in a […]

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Workshop on media team security tells journalists ‘plan for the effect’

The first interactive workshop of the International Press Institute (IPI)’s 2016 World Congress, Media “Team Security – Managing the Terrorism Threat”, trained journalists on media operations in high-risk areas to help them develop the basic understanding of a contingency plan. Rupert Reid, managing director of the UK-based security consulting company Security Exchange Ltd, led the […]

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