We’ve compiled this resource database to support your efforts to be safer. They reflect the work and experience of countless filmmakers, funders, journalists, NGOs, lawyers, researchers, technologists, communication experts, and others.
Safeguarding Sources and Sensitive Information in the Event of a Raid
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Measures reporters can take to minimize the amount of source-compromising information a raid and accompanying device seizure can produce.
Tutorial
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Secret Filming Guidelines
Channel 4
Channel 4's guidelines for undercover reporting
Tutorial
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DIFFER: Doc Impact Funder/Foundation Ever-Expanding Rolodex
Global Impact Producers Alliance
Open source, ever growing database
Topic: Funding
List/Database
Shared Document
Open file
Press Freedom Defense Fund
The Intercept
"go-to resource for newsrooms when trouble is on the horizon"
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An Uncertain Future for the Global Internet
Freedom House
The immediate future of internet freedom will depend on how governments deploy incentives for and controls over the next wave of technological innova…
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Reporting Resources
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
From the leading pro bono legal services organization for journalists and newsrooms in the U.S
Other
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CPJ Journalist Security Guide: Stress Reactions
Committee to Protect Journalists
Personal gear and first aid checklists
Other
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Online Harassment Field Manual
PEN America
Concrete strategies for how to defend yourself and others
Tutorial
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Impact Drop: Simultaneously pursuing impact and raising revenue
Global Impact Producers Alliance
Conversation with GIPA member Keith Ochwat and Sara Needham at Filmpath about leading impact work while generating revenue.
Online Training
Video
Watch
Journalists in Distress Network
Journalists in Distress Network
Platform for international organizations to coordinate assistance to journalists in distress
Other
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Know Your Rights: Stopped by Police
ACLU
"Learn about your rights when stopped by the police, and how to stay safe."
Tutorial
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Journalists in Distress Fund
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
"humanitarian assistance to journalists around the world whose lives and well-being are threatened because of their work"
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