The Fundamentals of Safe Commissioning

Learn how to improve your safety practice and support the safety of journalists you commission
in this self-paced course for news editors and managers. Please allow at least 3 hours for completion. 


 

Self-paced learning

Designed to suit a range of knowledge levels and learning styles (3-4 hours in total)

Interactive exercises

Quizzes and scenarios to practice your skills and test your learning progress. 

Tools & templates

To download and use
during and after the course.

Course certificate

Provided on completion. 
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Interviews with leading editors & journalists

Throughout the course, award-winning editors and journalists from around the world share their views, experiences and tips about safe commissioning. 
Ramita Navai
Freelance journalist
David Rohde
Security Editor
NBC News
Joan Chirwa
Editor & journalist
Zaffa Abbas, Editor 
Dawn Newspaper
Pavla Holcová
Founder, Czech Centre for Investigative Journalism
Marcelo Rech
President,
Brazilian Newspaper Assocation
Javier Garza
Freelance journalist
& former editor 
Kiani Hyeri
Freelance
visual journalist
Course outcomes

On completion, you will be able to:






Understand your safety role and responsibilities as an editor

Understand how Duty of Care and practice safe commissioning
Conduct a safety self-assessment and work on risk assessments with journalists

Know procedures for incident reporting and develop safety protocols
Make sound editorial vs safety decisions

Support psychological wellness for yourself and your team

Course content partner:
Aegis Safety Alliance is a collective of women and non-binary safety experts with diverse backgrounds and specialties, offering holistic, identity centered safety training for journalists, documentarians and media-makers. Aegis provides consultations to newsrooms, media agencies, NGOs and companies on how to make safety training more inclusive, equitable and trauma-informed and help organizations implement inclusive, equity-focused safety trainings.
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