Dying to be a journalist (The Backstory S1E1)

The Backstory: A media freedom podcast

We start with the basics: the threats facing journalists worldwide. Too often, journalists put safety aside to “get” the story; editors don’t anticipate the problems that their reporters or their newsrooms can face. How can journalists be prepared? What should editors think about? To explore the issue, WAN-IFRA Media Freedom Director Andrew Heslop speaks with: - Javier Garza, a journalist in Mexico and a global journalist security trainer - Elisabet Cantenys, Executive Director of the ACOS Alliance, a coalition of organisations working to develop worldwide protection standards for journalists (https://www.acosalliance.org/) - Carol Beyanga, Chair of the Uganda Media Freedom Committee and Managing Editor for digital content at Daily Monitor Publications (https://www.wan-ifra.org/articles/2017/11/20/uganda-media-freedom-committee) The production team includes Mariona Sanz, Colette Davidson and Sarah Elzas, who also edited and mixed the episode. Music in this episode by Swelling (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Swelling/Projector_Music_For_Visual_Media/Swelling_-_Projector-_Music_for_Visual_Media_-_04_Night_II) and Lee Rosevere (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Xeno/Lee_Rosevere_-_Xeno_-_05_Vertex)