The Iraq war and its bloody aftermath have brought home, through such graphic coverage, the risks faced by journalists. UK charity The Rory Peck Trust is particularly concerned about freelancers and their families.
And now the Trust, not yet well known globally, will be able to help in a very practical way. Substantial funding from the Sigrid Rausing Trust has given The Rory Peck Trust a unique opportunity to increase help for freelancers and their families around the world, who are often unsupported by the broadcasters who use them in dangerous assignments.
Chairman of The Rory Peck Trust, Bob Jobbins says, The main aim of the project this year is to identify those people who need the Trusts help. The grant will allow us to give assistance to the families of freelancers who have been killed, to freelancers who have been injured and to begin work that will enable more freelancers worldwide to take hostile environment training courses.