Covering Hostile Environments: From Conflict Zones to Organized Crime

Workshop (in two sessions) hosted by: CPJ (Committee to Protect Journalists)


Moderator: Frank Smyth, Journalist Security Coordinator, Committee to Protect Journalists (www.cpj.org)

Session one: Conflict Zones and related risks  (14:30 -16:00)
 
Gaz Purssey, Operations Manager, Centurion Risk Assessment Services, Ltd., (http://www.centurionsafety.net/)

Andrew Kain, CEO, AKE Group, Ltd., (http://www.akegroup.com/)

David Dadge, Director, International Press Institute (IPI), Vienna
(http://www.freemedia.at/)

Sarah de Jong, Deputy Director and Project Manager, International News Safety Institute (http://www.newssafety.com/)

Sandra Petersmann, Deutsche Welle, Germany
 

Session two: Organized Crime and related risks (16:00 -17:30)

Cheche Lazaro, President, Probe Productions, Inc., Philippines

Gavin Rees, Coordinator, Dart Centre Europe for Journalism and Trauma (http://www.dartcenter.org/global/europe/index.php)

Marcelo Moreira, Head of News, TV Globo Network, Rio de Janeiro (http://globotvinternational.globo.com/home_en.jsp)

Stefano Marcelli, President, Information Safety and Freedom, Italy
(http://www.isfreedom.org/aboutisf.htm)