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Journalist Safety DOCUMENTS

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Safety Modules

The James W. Foley Journalism Safety Modules are intended to help educators at the undergraduate level create a culture that promotes safety for all journalism and communications students.

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Full Module – MENA Region

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Safety Guide

Designed for graduate students of journalism, The James W. Foley Journalist Safety Guide explores lessons from the HBO documentary film Jim: The James Foley Story.

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Seminar 1: Lessons from “Jim: The James Foley Story”

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Seminar 2: How to Conduct Risk Assessments & What New Journalists Should Consider

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Seminar 3: Case Studies from Journalists

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Seminar 4: Risks to Consider in Covering Domestic Civil Unrest

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Seminar 5: Digital Security

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Risk AsseSSMENT Resources

Risk Assessment for Journalists
 — Modified from Rory Peck Trust

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Risk Assessment for Newsroom Mangers — 
Modified from Rory Peck Trust with input from Mark Zoromski, Director of Student Media, Marquette University

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Diane Foley, mother of James Foley, speaks to members of the media after the sentencing of El Shafee Elsheikh at the U.S. District Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. Elsheikh, who was sentenced to life in prison, was convicted on April 14, 2022 of kidnapping and murdering freelance journalist James Foley as well as participating in the detention and murders of Steven Sotloff, Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig, all in 2014.

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