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CHAPTER 7Fighting back: What the IFJ and journalists’organisations can doInternationalNewsSafetyInstituteOrganisations supportingthe INSI includethe followingNews organisationsABC News, USAAFPARD, GermanyBBC, UKCBC, CanadaCNNFrontline TVGlobal Radio NewsNOS, NetherlandsNRK, NorwayRadio France InternationaleReuters TVRTV SloveniaSKY News, UKSVT, SwedenThe Statesman, IndiaTV 2, NorwayTV4, SwedenVRT, BelgiumVTM, BelgiumWall Street Journal EuropeJournalists’,media supportand press freedominstitutionsCanadian Journalists for FreeExpressionCenter for Journalism in ExtremeSituations, RussiaCommittee to Protect JournalistsDart Centre EuropeEuropean Broadcasting UnionEuropean Journalism CentreFreedom of Expression Institute,(South Africa)tions. The IFJ was concerned about journalists without access tocourses run by international media corporations, and about thefailure of print media to follow the lead of broadcasters. In May2000 the IFJ approached the International Press Institute (IPI) andidentified four problems:◆ Safety training and equipment is very expensive;◆ Many journalists most in need are freelance;◆ Most victims of violence are local, and have no opportunity toreceive basic training on safety issues in their own languages;◆ There is very little information about how to set up a health andsafety programme for media staff, embracing risk awareness,stress and trauma counselling, etc.;The IFJ proposed that professional organisations, employers andtrade unions together establish an independent institution to:◆ Publish information in relevant languages on health and safetyissues for journalists and media staff;◆ Promote training programmes for journalists and media staff;◆ Create a rapid-response unit that could set up a safety unit forjournalists and media staff in any region where conflict arises,working with national and intergovernmental institutions andappropriate armed forces;◆ Provide access to materials such as medical kits, flak jackets andhelmets for distribution at local level;◆ Campaign within the International Community (InternationalLabour Organization, UNESCO, Red Cross, NATO, etc.) for actionon news safety.In November 2002, a coalition of professional organisations,press freedom groups, international media and journalists’ associationsagreed to establish the International News Safety Institute.The Brussels-based Institute was being set up as this book went topress and looked set to revolutionalise co-operation and collaborationbetween different organisations concerned with safety. Themove has the support of more than 80 organisations, includingABC News, BBC, CNN, Reuters, the world’s largest network ofregional broadcasters, the European Broadcasting Union, and pressfreedom groups. The Institute is also supported by all 148 journalists’unions and associations affiliated to the IFJ in 106 countriesaround the world.Aidan White, General Secretary of the IFJ, said: “This is a uniquenetwork of solidarity that that will provide practical assistance tojournalists and media staff most in need anywhere in the world.”104
Live News — A Survival Guide for JournalistsRichard Tait, Vice President of the IPI and former Editor in Chiefof ITN, said the Institute will forge a unified approach by broadcastand print media. “We need to dispel the attitude that safety isoptional. It must be taken seriously by everyone, including managers,”he said. “We need to change the culture of indifference.”Chris Cramer, President of CNN International Networks, is thefirst Honorary President of the Institute. The objectives will be to:◆ Provide support and develop safety assistance programmes forjournalists and media staff, including freelances, particularlythose who work in conflict regions or who are regularly engagedin potentially dangerous assignments;◆ Encourage agreements covering health and safety, risk-awarenesstraining and first aid courses, between media organisationsand staff; including agreements with unions and associations;◆ Disseminate (using Internet and traditional resources) informationthrough training manuals, updated advisories and handbooksfor journalists and media staff in dangerous areas;◆ Promote industry best practice using examples of training andassistance being developed within the media and journalism;◆ Investigate, develop and promote safety services, includingaffordable insurance arrangements, for all journalists andmedia staff;◆ Promote industry initiatives including codes and guidelines;◆ Establish a global network of organisations, working in allregions of the world, committed to working towards risk-reductionin the work of media;◆ Sponsor awareness-raising initiatives at major media and journalisticevents, including conferences of media professionals atnational, regional and international level.The IFJ and the IPI have established an advisory council consistingof representatives of professional groups and industry leadersin the field of safety, with additional support from press freedomgroups, media educators and organisations committed to thedevelopment of media in open, democratic and peaceful societies.Organisations supportingthe INSI(continued)Institute for War and PeaceReporting (UK)International Media SupportInternational Press Association,(Belgium)International Press InstituteInternews EuropeMedia Action InternationalMedia Diversity InstituteMedia Foundation for WesternAfricaMedia Watch(Bangladesh)Media Institute of Southern AfricaNewsXchangeNews World AsiaOpen Society InstitutePascal Decroos FoundationReporters Sans FrontièresRory Peck TrustSouthern Africa Journalists'AssociationWest African JournalistsAssociationWorld Association ofNewspapersJournalists’ unions andassociationsThe INSI is also supportedby all 148 unions andassociations, who areaffiliated to the IFJin 106 countries.The role of national organisationsMost campaign work is done by local journalists’ unions and associationsin their own countries as part of their everyday work. Thelocal union or association plays a critical role in defending journalists.This section gives some examples of how these campaignsmake a real difference to the lives and welfare of journalists.105
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