Direct help, trainings, legal support and mental health services.
Type:
Resource Hub
Organization:
Online SOS
Focus:
Physical security, digital security, first aid, research tools, funding
Service Group:
Journalists
Languages:
English
Handbooks, contracts, legal templates, insurance templates, etc. a comprehensive guidebook for freelancers.
Type:
Resource Hub
Organization:
ACOS
Focus:
Physical security, digital security, first aid, research tools
Service Group:
Freelance Journalists, Newsrooms
Languages:
English, Arabic
Type:
Resource Hub
Organization:
ACOS
Focus:
Training & Funding Opportunities
Service Group:
Freelance Journalists
Languages:
English
Type:
Resource Hub
Organization:
KINO-EYE | David Tamés
Focus:
Physical security, digital security, first aid, research tools, funding
Service Group:
Filmmakers
Languages:
English
Lists 424 organizations offering "emergency assistance."
Type:
Resource Hub
Organization:
PEN America's ARC
Focus:
Physical security, digital security, first aid, research tools, funding
Service Group:
Filmmakers
Languages:
English
Type:
Resource Hub
Organization:
Human Rights Connected
Focus:
Physical security, digital security, first aid, research tools, funding
Service Group:
Activists, HRD
Languages:
English
Several guides created as a map to help independent Arab storytellers start their filmmaking journey.
Type:
Resource Hub
Organization:
BeirutDC
Focus:
Funding, Impact
Service Group:
Filmmakers, Storytellers
Languages:
English, Arabic
The Sundance Institute’s artist programs provide dynamic support at every step of the creative journey for individuals with distinct voices in film and episodic storytelling.
Type:
Resource Hub
Organization:
Sundance Institute
Focus:
Funding
Service Group:
Filmmakers
Languages:
English
A resource-rich handbook and issue-checklists containing the best resources we could find on safety and security issues facing documentary filmmakers and where to go to get more information and / or training.
Type:
Handbook and Guide
Organization:
DocSociety
Focus:
Physical security, digital security, first aid, research tools
Service Group:
Documentary Filmmakers
Languages:
English, Spanish, Portuguese
Many independent documentary filmmakers are asking themselves whether or not it is possible to film safely, given how infectious the Covid-19 virus is. We offer this protocol to help guide documentary filmmakers’ assessment process.
Type:
Guide
Organization:
DocSociety
Focus:
Covid-19 specific
Service Group:
Documentary Filmmakers
Languages:
English, Spanish, Portuguese
The COVID-19 News Organizations Safety Protocols [Working with freelancers] helps news organizations respond to the extraordinary challenges created by the pandemic, with a focus on the safe commissioning of freelance journalists.
Type:
Resource Hub, Covid-19 Specific
Organization:
ACOS
Focus:
Covid-19 specific
Service Group:
Freelance Journalists, Newsrooms
Languages:
English, Arabic, French
Umbrella is the only security handbook you'll ever need in a free, open source app. It's up-to-date information you can trust. And it's always in your pocket.
Type:
App; Handbook
Organization:
Security First
Focus:
Physical security, digital security, first aid, research tools
Service Group:
Journalists, Activists, NGO staff
Languages:
English
Totem is an online platform that helps journalists and activists use digital security and privacy tools and tactics more effectively in their work.
Type:
Training Course
Organization:
Totem
Focus:
Digital security, research tools
Service Group:
Activists; Freelance Journalists
Languages:
English, Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish, Farsi
TrollBusters offers several group training and coaching classes in digital security for journalists and management.
Type:
Training Course
Organization:
TrollBusters
Focus:
Digital security; physical security
Service Group:
Freelance journalists, Newsrooms
Languages:
English
helpdesk.rsf.org is a resource for journalists who want to inform and train themselves about digital security. Media production today can be threatened online in various ways, such as surveillance of communication, blocking of content, or defamation of journalists over social media.
Type:
Training Course; Digital Security Guide
Organization:
Reporters Without Borders
Focus:
Digital security
Service Group:
Freelance journalists, Newsrooms
Languages:
English
CPJ's training guides, toolkits, handbooks, templates
Type:
Resource Hub
Organization:
Committee to Protect Journalists
Focus:
Physical security, digital security, first aid, research tools
Service Group:
Freelance journalists, Newsrooms
Languages:
English
Our comprehensive online resources for freelance journalists include useful links, guides, funding sources, training and tools covering safety, security and professional development. These resources are free and accessible to all.
Type:
Resource Hub
Organization:
Rory Peck Trust
Focus:
Physical security, digital security, first aid, research tools
Service Group:
Filmmakers, Freelance journalists, Newsrooms
Languages:
English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Kiswahili, Russian, Farsi, Ukrainian
This report finds that the risks of doing such work are well-established in the investigative journalism community, but not always well known in the documentary film community. It documents attitudes, practices, and problems. It then addresses how makers of such work may best mitigate known risks, and what kinds of support may help them more than they are today. It finally suggests next steps to expand opportunities and share existing knowledge about how to lower risks while telling truth to power.
Type:
Report
Organization:
Center for Media and Social Impact
Focus:
Physical security, legal issues, research tools
Service Group:
Filmmakers, freelance journalists, Newsrooms
Languages:
English
International standards and guides on journalists' safety.
Type:
Report
Organization:
UNESCO
Focus:
Physical security, legal issues, research tools
Service Group:
Journalists
Languages:
English
Whether you’re experiencing or witnessing online abuse, this Field Manual offers concrete strategies for how to defend yourself and others. We wrote this guidance with and for those disproportionately impacted by online abuse: writers, journalists, artists, and activists who identify as women, BIPOC, and/or LGBTQIA+. Whatever your identity or vocation, anyone active online will find useful tools and resources here for navigating online abuse and tightening digital safety.
Type:
Guide
Organization:
PEN America
Focus:
Digital security
Service Group:
Writers, journalists, activists
Languages:
English, French, Spanish, Swahili
SaferJourno is a free and open-source curriculum guide for media trainers who teach students, professionals and peers digital safety and online security. SaferJourno provides lesson plans for six different modules; assessing risks, basic protection, mobile phone safety, keeping data safe, researching securely, and protecting email. The toolkit starts with the trainer’s guide, which walks journalism and media trainers through easy-to-use adult teaching and learning approaches.
Type:
Handbook; Training Course
Organization:
Internews
Focus:
Digital security
Service Group:
Journalists, newsrooms
Languages:
English, Spanish
Electronic Frontier Foundation’s guides and tools on surveillance self-defense.
Type:
Handbook; Training Course
Organization:
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Focus:
Digital security; physical security
Service Group:
Activists, Freelance journalists
Languages:
Many
The Digital First Aid Kit is a free resource to help rapid responders, digital security trainers, and tech-savvy activists to better protect themselves and the communities they support against the most common types of digital emergencies. It can also be used by activists, human rights defenders, bloggers, journalists or media activists who want to learn more about how they can protect themselves and support others. If you or someone you are assisting is experiencing a digital emergency, the Digital First Aid Kit will guide you in diagnosing the issues you are facing, and refer you to support providers for further help if needed.
Type:
Handbook; Training Course
Organization:
CiviCERT
Focus:
Digital security
Service Group:
Activists, Freelance journalists
Languages:
English, Arabic, French, Russian, Portuguese, Albanian, Spanish
This curriculum provides media practitioners and social communicators with the basic skills and knowledge needed to continue operating in closing spaces around the world and should be used as a resource to build solidarity among journalists and civil society leaders.
Type:
Handbook; Training Course
Organization:
IREX
Focus:
Digital security, phisical safety
Service Group:
Activists, Freelance journalists
Languages:
English, Arabic, Russian, Somali, Spanish
The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma offers a range of educational, training and consultation services to news organizations and journalism-related nonprofits worldwide.
Type:
Training Course
Organization:
Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma
Focus:
Mental health
Service Group:
Journalists, Activists
Languages:
English
The Ochberg Fellowships, our flagship global program, is a unique seminar that brings together journalists from around the world who wish to deepen their knowledge of trauma and improve coverage of violence, conflict and tragedy for a week of seminars and conversations. Since 1999 the Ochberg Fellowships have supported more than 200 journalists from 25 countries.
Type:
Fellowship
Organization:
Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma
Focus:
Financial award
Service Group:
Journalists
Languages:
English
We train and equip freelance journalists in all media to treat life-threatening injuries on the battlefield. Freelancers comprise the vast majority of those who cover wars, and consequently make up the vast majority of deaths and injuries.
Type:
Training Course
Organization:
Reporters Instructed in Saving Colleagues (RISC)
Focus:
Physical security, first aid
Service Group:
Freelance journalists
Languages:
English
The Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) of PEN America has developed A Safety Guide for Artists, a first-of-its-kind manual that offers practical strategies for artists to understand, navigate, and ultimately overcome risk. While such tools have been developed for journalists, human rights defenders, and cartoonists, no guide has been designed specifically for artists. A Safety Guide for Artists fills this crucial gap in providing artists with a resource tailored to their needs.
Type:
Handbook; Training Course
Organization:
Artists at Risk Connection
Focus:
Physical security, digital security, first aid, research tools
Service Group:
Artists
Languages:
English
ARTICLE 19 launches 3 practical guidelines on how an intersectional gender approach can enhance the safety of all women journalists – and how civil society organisations can mainstream this into their work. ARTICLE 19’s new guidelines provide practical recommendations for how civil society organisations working on the safety of journalists can implement this approach. Our aim here is to work with others towards ending systemic oppression for all women journalists.
Type:
Guide
Organization:
Article 19
Focus:
Women
Service Group:
Journalists
Languages:
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
ARTICLE 19 launches 3 practical guidelines on how an intersectional gender approach can enhance the safety of all women journalists – and how civil society organisations can mainstream this into their work. ARTICLE 19’s new guidelines provide practical recommendations for how civil society organisations working on the safety of journalists can implement this approach. Our aim here is to work with others towards ending systemic oppression for all women journalists.
Type:
Assessment; Guide
Organization:
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Focus:
Digital security
Service Group:
Filmmakers
Languages:
English
For this second round of the Clinic, we've revamped the material in the Group Training Sessions. We'll spend more time digging into high-priority concerns filmmakers have around protecting footage, communication, devices, and field work.
Type:
Training
Organization:
Field of Vision
Focus:
Digital security
Service Group:
Documentary Filmmakers
Languages:
English
Type:
Guide
Organization:
Article 19
Focus:
Physical Security
Service Group:
Visual Journalists
Languages:
Spanish
CREA is a feminist international human rights organization based in the Global South and led by women from the Global South. CREA’s work draws upon the inherent value of a rights-based approach to sexuality and gender equality.
Type:
Guide
Organization:
CREA
Focus:
Psychosocial, Physical Security
Service Group:
Women, Activists
Languages:
English, Spanish
A global field guide to advance intersectional, survivor-centred, and trauma-informed interventions to tech-facilitated gender-based violence.
Type:
Guide
Organization:
Chayn
Focus:
Psychosocial, Digital Security
Service Group:
Women, Activists
Languages:
English
A set of exercises and digital security tools for nonprofit organizations and social movements.
Type:
Handbook
Organization:
Caburé
Focus:
Digital Security
Service Group:
Nonprofit organizations, movements, filmmakers
Languages:
Portuguese
Digital Security Guides.
Type:
Resource Hub
Organization:
Caburé
Focus:
Digital Security
Service Group:
Nonprofit organizations, movements, filmmakers
Languages:
English, Portuguese
A hub of digital security tools for women human rights defenders and feminist activists.
Type:
Resource Hub
Organization:
MariaLab
Focus:
Digital Security
Service Group:
Activists, Human rights defenders, filmmakers
Languages:
English, Portuguese
The WITNESS Library contains free resources for video activists, trainers and their allies. Includes video and PDF downloads of core WITNESS training materials and how-to guides.
Type:
Resource Hub
Organization:
Witness
Focus:
Physical security, digital security, first aid, research tools, funding
Service Group:
Activists, Human rights defenders, filmmakers
Languages:
English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic
The fund supports filmmakers with small grants of EUR 500, EUR 1,000 or EUR 1,500 to be able to assist in covering temporary relocation expenses, legal and administrative fees (visas etc.), to cover initial minor but necessary expenses required during the current situation.
Type:
Emergency funding
Organization:
International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR)
Focus:
Physical security, first aid, legal
Service Group:
Filmmakers
Languages:
English
The Journalists in Distress (JiD) Network is an informal forum for sharing information on journalists in distress and developing joint initiatives for emergency response. It was formed in 2006 to allow international organisations with freedom of expression mandates to more easily discuss specific cases, coordinate joint efforts, and avoid duplication. The Network does not engage in advocacy or media development.
Type:
Emergency funding
Organization:
Journalists in Distress (JiD) Network
Focus:
Physical security, first aid, legal
Service Group:
Journalists, filmmakers
Languages:
English
Stand for Art supports artists and cultural actors in the Arab region who are at risk. At risk means that they are threatened and in physical danger because of their artistic output or cultural activities or that they are in grave peril due to conditions in their environment (such as war or civil strife). Culture Resource launched this program in 2016 after conducting a study of the risks facing artists and cultural actors in this region and the types of support available to them locally and internationally.
Type:
Emergency funding
Organization:
Culture Resource (Al-Mawred Al-Thaqafy)
Focus:
Physical security, first aid, legal
Service Group:
Artists, filmmakers
Languages:
English, Arabic
Amani: Africa Creative Defence Network* was established to: help provide rapid responses to artists at risk in Africa, coordinate adequate support when artists and cultural professionals in Africa face danger because of their work, and, support regional safe havens in Africa.
Type:
Emergency funding
Organization:
Amani: Africa Creative Defence Network
Focus:
Physical security, first aid, legal
Service Group:
Artists, filmmakers
Languages:
English, French
Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights is a feminist fund that protects, strengthens and sustains women and transgender human rights defenders at critical moments. We intervene quickly when activists are poised to make great gains or face serious threats to their lives and work. We respond to requests from women’s human rights defenders within 72 hours and have funds on the ground within 1-7 days.
Type:
Emergency funding
Organization:
Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights
Focus:
Physical security, first aid, legal
Service Group:
Activists, filmmakers
Languages:
English
3 separate emergency funds.
Type:
Emergency funding
Organization:
International Women's Media Foundation
Focus:
Physical security, first aid, legal
Service Group:
Journalists, filmmakers
Languages:
English
We fund legal defence for journalists and independent media across the world.
Type:
Legal resources
Organization:
Media Defence
Focus:
Legal aid
Service Group:
Journalists, filmmakers, activists
Languages:
English
We provide essential legal support for journalists, news organizations, and whistleblowers who are targeted by powerful figures because they have tried to bring to light information that is in the public interest and necessary for a functioning democracy.
Type:
Legal resources
Organization:
Press Freedom Defense Fund
Focus:
Legal aid
Service Group:
Journalists, filmmakers, activists
Languages:
English
Pioneered worldwide support network for women journalists. Through our mentorship program and advocacy for a safe and flourishing professional environment, we are creating spaces for women journalists where they can be nurtured, stay safe, and expand their skills. We work with no national or ethnic boundaries, and offer support to women from all backgrounds.
Type:
Emergency funding
Organization:
Center for Women in Journalism (CfWiJ)
Focus:
Physical security
Service Group:
Journalism
Languages:
English
Empowering human rights defenders at risk worldwide, ProtectDefender.eu provides defenders at risk with emergency grants; temporary relocation grants; training; and funding for human rights work.
Type:
Emergency funding
Organization:
ProtectDefenders.eu
Focus:
Financial Award
Service Group:
HRDs
Languages:
English, Turkish
The Rapid Response Fund aims to resolve threats in a timely and comprehensive manner for individuals, communities, and organizations whose free expression has recently been repressed. To resolve digital emergencies, OTF offers both direct financial support as well as technical services from trusted partners to high-risk people and organizations, such as bloggers, cyber activists, journalists, and human rights defenders.
Type:
Emergency funding
Organization:
Open Technology Fund
Focus:
Financial Award
Service Group:
Activists, journalists, human rights defenders
Languages:
English, Spanish
A rapid response mechanism for human rights defenders, journalists, activists and organisations facing digital threats and attacks.
Type:
Emergency funding
Organization:
Digital Defenders Partnership
Focus:
Digital security, financial award
Service Group:
Activists, journalists, human rights defenders
Languages:
English, Spanish
Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline works with individuals and organizations around the world to keep them safe online. If you’re at risk, we can help you improve your digital security practices to keep out of harm’s way. If you’re already under attack, we provide rapid-response emergency assistance.
Type:
Hotline
Organization:
Access Now
Focus:
Digital security
Service Group:
Activists, journalists, human rights defenders
Languages:
English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Tagalog, Arabic, and Italian
The residency program is designed to house, integrate and nurture artists at risk, with placements ranging from six months up to two years.
Type:
Residency; Legal resources
Organization:
Artistic Freedom Initiative
Focus:
Financial award; Legal aid
Service Group:
Artists, Filmmakers
Languages:
English
Perpetuum Mobile (PM) initiated Artists at Risk (AR) as a platform and network to support art practitioners in times of need. This encompasses enabling their safe exit from their country of origin, procuring travel documents, providing legal assistance, and matching them with “AR-Residences”.
Type:
Residency
Organization:
Perpetuum Mobile (PM)
Focus:
Financial award
Service Group:
Artists, Filmmakers
Languages:
English
The International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) is an independent organisation of cities and regions offering shelter to writers and artists at risk, advancing freedom of expression, defending democratic values and promoting international solidarity.
Type:
Residency
Organization:
International Cities of Refuge Network
Focus:
Financial award
Service Group:
Artists, Filmmakers, Activists
Languages:
English
The Artist Protection Fund draws upon the unwavering commitment that the Institute has demonstrated for over 100 years to preserve lives, voices, and ideas from around the globe. With support from the Mellon Foundation and with the participation of many arts organizations worldwide, IIE developed the Artist Protection Fund to fill a critical unmet need by providing relief and safe haven to artists on a large scale, and for extended periods.
Type:
Residency
Organization:
Institute of International Education
Focus:
Financial award
Service Group:
Artists, Filmmakers, Activists
Languages:
English
Empowering human rights defenders at risk worldwide, ProtectDefender.eu provides defenders at risk with emergency grants; temporary relocation grants; training; and funding for human rights work.
Type:
Relocation
Organization:
ProtectDefenders.eu
Focus:
Financial Award
Service Group:
HRDs
Languages:
English, Turkish
Essential contacts, information, funds and tutorials for human rights defenders.
Type:
Resource Hub, Relocation
Organization:
Shelter City
Focus:
Physical security, digital security, first aid, research tools, funding
Service Group:
Artists, filmmakers, Human rights defenders, journalists
Languages:
English
A Germany-based organization that facilitates save havens in Germany and elsewhere for artists at risk.
Type:
Relocation
Organization:
The Martin Roth Initiative
Focus:
Financial Award
Service Group:
Artists, filmmakers
Languages:
English, German, French, Spanish
A database of artist and filmmaker residencies around the world.
Type:
Residency
Organization:
Res Artis
Focus:
Financial Award
Service Group:
Artists, filmmakers
Languages:
English
