IPI Interview: Joel Whittaker on hostile environment training
(World News Austria)

Practicing journalism is often tied to a range of threats: from online harassment online to criminal prosecution and physical attacks, informing the public comes at a high price. Journalists and media workers operating in hostile environments - such as those marked by armed conflict or natural disaster - are particularly vulnerable. According to the International Press Institute`s (IPI) Death Watch, in 2016 at least 83 journalists were killed in connection to their profession. 25 lost their lives in Iraq and Syria alone. While hostile environments pose extreme risks for journalists and civilians alike, journalists, in attempting to do their job and get close to the story, are particularly...