AIB publishes safety advice for journalists covering US events

In view of the growing number of journalists who have been injured during coverage of the LA riots, the AIB Secretariat has been asked to produce a guide to keeping safe during protests. 

Some of the information is relevant to non-journalists intending to travel to the USA, for meetings, conferences, exhibitions and so forth (and equally applies to anyone in a media organisation travelling to the USA for a vacation). One key message is: do not take your work phone but use a burner phone for the duration.

The document provides top-level guidance and is not intended to replace any information that a media organisation may have already produced, and certainly does not replace any hostile environment training. The AIB has produced this simply as a handy guide for anyone working in or travelling to the USA (and indeed other territories where journalists may be on the receiving end of tear gas, rubber bullets and so on).

Contact the AIB Secretariat to get a copy of the document and to discuss membership of the AIB and the range of services members receive.