By Dario Davila
The wording of a newspaper in Mexico has been hit with bullets. The phone rings. The attackers threatened to return.
editor in chief must make a decision soon. Known that the risk increases with the hours. Who will call to report the assault? What prompted their reporters? How will you document the threat? What will the reporters who cover police events?
decision on the route and adrenaline in the newsroom have stopped asking what security protocol have my reporters and editors? What do I do if the gunmen talk to the newsroom to intimidate most publishers?
In Mexico, according to the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Organization of American States (OAS), have been recorded in the last decade 64 killings and 11 disappearances of journalists. Even, according to Reporters Without Borders, one of ten journalists killed, bore marks of torture.
Against this background, the Digital Journalism Center (CPD) and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), associated with the University of Guadalajara and sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, organized for the third time the course "Segura Coverage: Guidelines for journalists in situations High Risk. "
reporters relied on the units that enter the online course program (with a duration of four weeks) to contextualize their counterparts in other regions on the modus operandi of criminal groups, their patterns of behavior and ways of threat reporters.
More than 60 reporters have received this training by the CPD. They are experienced journalists who investigate judicial events in regions such as Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Michoacán, Baja California, Sonora, Colima, Chiapas, Puebla and Mexico City.
also shared tips on self-protection, internal communications with publishers, risk reduction strategies, forms of editorial, ethical and professional lineaments, and development of journalists' sources.
Since its region, each student added experience in areas such as the approach to civilian sources at risk, the context of cartels by region and the relationship between editors and directors.
For many participants, the course coverage Segura will be another tool to reduce risk in a country where journalism has become a high-risk profession.
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