We regularly publish briefings that examine the new and emerging threats journalists and newsrooms are facing. Our aim is to provide analysis and practical guidance. Each of our briefings is written by someone with deep experience of the issue, drawing on their own reporting, research and work with newsrooms.
What happens after a journalist gets out?
Emergency assistance can help journalists escape immediate danger, but many are then left without the support they need to rebuild their lives and careers. Drawing on more than 40 interviews, this briefing looks at that gap and what fellowship programs and the wider journalism support sector can do to help exiled journalists stay in the profession.
Read the briefing →What does a government campaign against a newsroom actually look like?
A concerted government campaign against a news organization could combine investigations, prosecutions, regulatory action, lawsuits, digital intrusion and physical threats. This briefing maps how such an attack could unfold and sets out what newsrooms can do before, during and after a crisis to protect their staff, sources and ability to keep reporting.
Read the briefing →What should newsrooms do to protect trans journalists?
Trans journalists can face additional risks around identification, detention, travel, access to facilities, healthcare, outing and online harassment. This briefing sets out what newsroom leaders should anticipate and the policies they can put in place to support trans and gender-expansive staff.
Read the briefing →Do you know which of your journalists are exposed?
Immigration enforcement can affect who is able to report, travel or remain in the country, and can create operational risks for the newsroom as a whole. This briefing helps newsroom leaders identify where they are exposed, decide what support they can provide, and prepare for detention, visa problems, border scrutiny and other immigration-related crises.
Read the briefing →How do you build safety practices without a security team?
After a swatting attack endangered one of its editors, The Haitian Times set out to build a more systematic approach to safety. This guide turns that experience into practical steps for small newsrooms, from threat tracking and emergency protocols to legal preparedness, mental health support and longer-term safety planning.
Read the briefing →What should your board know before a crisis hits?
A lawsuit, regulatory investigation or harassment campaign can quickly pull a nonprofit newsroom’s board into the response. This briefing explains how to prepare board members in advance, clarify their role in a crisis, and review the legal, insurance, compliance and communications issues they may need to handle.
Read the briefing →Archived
What risks are newsrooms facing as Trump takes office again?
Published in the opening weeks of the second Trump administration, this assessment set out the main risks JPI believed news organizations should be preparing for at the time, from legal and regulatory pressure to digital security, online harassment, protest coverage and burnout. It is archived here as a record of that moment and has since been superseded by JPI’s newer Safety Planning Toolkit.
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