An Attack on One is an Attack on All: Successful Initiatives to Protect Journalists and Combat Impunity
Inspiring Practice
Paris: UNESCO (2017), 98 pp.
Contains illustrations
ISBN 978-92-3-100228-1 (print/pdf)
CC BY-SA
Other editions: also published in French and Spanish
"This report takes a look at a selection of the innovative, successful ways media companies, individual journalists and civil society organizations are coming together to improve journalist safety. These are cases of people taking the initiative, of acting on behalf of the profession, of not sitting back as disempowered victims. The report is not an overview of all the work that is being done in this domain. It is not full of statistics and data. It is, instead, a collection of stories, told in the words of the motivated people who are dedicated to protecting courageous journalists with pro-active measures to make them safer." (Introduction, page 9)
War correspondents trained as combat medics to protect colleagues, 11
Marie Colvin Network: For women at home in a war zone, 15
Tragedy brings people together: the value of cooperation to protect journalists, 19
Putting competition aside for safety, 23
An attack on one should be considered an attack on all, 25
Inspiration from the past: The Amin family and African journalist safety, 29
In the Philippines, a focus on community journalists who need support, 33
Fighting back against prolific online harassment: Maria Ressa, 37
Afghanistan: Emergency planning and response on a massive scale, 41
Indonesia: Introducing safety into the culture, 45
CPJ: A sea change in the approach to journalist safety, 49
Brazil: If a journalist is murdered and nobody cares, who is going to investigate? 53
The ‘Tropicalization’ of Safety : Tailoring responses to local situations, 57
Colombia’s Consejo de Redacción: Safety in numbers, 59
Digital security, physical security and psycho-social health: a holistic approach from IREX SAFE, 61
Hostile environment training courses for women, 65
Female journalists in Sudan work for safety and equality, 69
The Cold Cases: When journalists investigate murders of colleagues, 73
A small crack in the culture of impunity, 77
Protecting journalists before they get into trouble, 81
What do you do when your friends die? 85
Dart Center delves into safety training effectiveness, 87
Conclusions, 91
Acknowledgements and Resources, 93
Annex - UNESCO/IPDC projects on the safety of journalists (2009-2017), 95
Marie Colvin Network: For women at home in a war zone, 15
Tragedy brings people together: the value of cooperation to protect journalists, 19
Putting competition aside for safety, 23
An attack on one should be considered an attack on all, 25
Inspiration from the past: The Amin family and African journalist safety, 29
In the Philippines, a focus on community journalists who need support, 33
Fighting back against prolific online harassment: Maria Ressa, 37
Afghanistan: Emergency planning and response on a massive scale, 41
Indonesia: Introducing safety into the culture, 45
CPJ: A sea change in the approach to journalist safety, 49
Brazil: If a journalist is murdered and nobody cares, who is going to investigate? 53
The ‘Tropicalization’ of Safety : Tailoring responses to local situations, 57
Colombia’s Consejo de Redacción: Safety in numbers, 59
Digital security, physical security and psycho-social health: a holistic approach from IREX SAFE, 61
Hostile environment training courses for women, 65
Female journalists in Sudan work for safety and equality, 69
The Cold Cases: When journalists investigate murders of colleagues, 73
A small crack in the culture of impunity, 77
Protecting journalists before they get into trouble, 81
What do you do when your friends die? 85
Dart Center delves into safety training effectiveness, 87
Conclusions, 91
Acknowledgements and Resources, 93
Annex - UNESCO/IPDC projects on the safety of journalists (2009-2017), 95
