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Staying Safe Amid Chaos: Protecting yourself, your team and your sources

Staying Safe Amid Chaos: Protecting Yourself, Your Team and Your Sources (Invite Only; at capacity)

Wednesday, September 10, 2025
1:15 PM - 3:15 PM CDT

This session brought to you by Ford Foundation, International Women's Media Foundation
Join the International Women’s Media Foundation for a practical training designed to help you assess and prepare for risks you may encounter when reporting —from ICE operations, protests and sensitive source meetings. Learn essential techniques such as countersurveillance and source protection, with special attention to identity-based risks and emerging threats facing those most targeted in the current environment. This is the first in a series of trainings leading up to a full-day safety workshop in the spring in Chicago. The series of trainings will offer tools for mitigating risk through a holistic approach to physical, digital, legal, and psychosocial safety.

This RSVP-only workshop session is meant for editors, staff, and freelance journalists. Lunch will be provided to registered participants, thanks to the generous support of the Ford Foundation.This event is at capacity.