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Bulletproofing digital newsrooms
This document provides guidance on producing high-risk stories safely. It recommends conducting risk analyses of yourself, the target, and area to understand vulnerabilities. It suggests bulletproofing yourself through security protocols and networks, bulletproofing stories with strong verification, and bulletproofing the digital newsroom with security strategies. Producing expensive, well-researched stories as part of a supportive network can help deter attacks while minimizing harm to targets.
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- 1. DIGITAL NEWSROOMS BULLETPROOFING • JORGELUIS SIERRA • KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM FELLOW • INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS
- 2. HOW TO PRODUCE HIGH RISKSTORIES IN HIGH RISK ZONES
- 3. PHYSICAL ATTACKS RESTRICTIVE LAWS LEGALAGGRESSION CENSORSHIP ESPIONAGE CYBERSTTACKS
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- 5. SECURITY STRATEGY =RISK ANALYSIS KNOW THE TARGET – BE MORE EXPENSIVE KNOW THE AREA – MAPPING RISK KNOW YOURSELF – RISK ASSESSMENT – USE SALAMA.IO BULLET-PROOF YOURSELF – SECURITY PROTOCOLS, NETWORKS BULLET-PROOF YOUR STORY – STRONG VERIFICATION BULLET-PROOF YOUR NEWSROOM – PHYSICAL -- DIGITAL
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- 8. RISK ANALYSIS BULLET-PROOF YOURSELF ▸ What is my risk score? Use Salama: https://salama.io/ ▸ What are my main vulnerabilities and capacities? ▸ Is there something in my personal life that can make me vulnerable? ▸ Do I need additional training to do this story? ▸ What is the support of my media organization?
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- 10. RISK ANALYSIS BULLET-PROOFING THEDIGITAL NEWSROOM ▸ Protect your information: Confidentiality, Integrity, Accessibility ▸ What are the vulnerabilities= pentesting, Salama.io ▸ What are the organizational capacities? ▸ Analyze adversaries (governments, spies, criminals?) ▸ Design a security strategy and support a budget ▸ Security policy, best practices and technologies ▸ OWASP and ISO 27001
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- 12. RISK ANALYSIS UNDERSTAND YOURAREA ▸ Are there patterns of attack to journalists and media organizations? ▸ Are violent actors holding territory? = http://www.osrx.org/ ▸ Are there organized crime gangs operating in the area? ▸ Do terrorist organizations have operations there? ▸ What is the relationship of local governments with journalists and media organizations?
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- 14. HOLISTIC APPROACH PROTECT YOURSTORY ▸ Use full verification methods ▸ Careful selection of sources ▸ Verify authenticity of your documents ▸ Verify every piece of data, name, date ▸ Investigate what denies your hypothesis ▸ Give your target the right to speak
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- 16. HOLISTIC APPROACH LEARN HOWTO WORK WITH OTHERS ▸ Set up a good communication with your editor ▸ Ask advice to other colleagues ▸ Plan well ahead your story with your editors, data analysts, multimedia designers ▸ Keep your family and friends informed ▸ Connect to human rights organizations
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- 18. HOLISTIC APPROACH UNDERSTAND THERELATION WITH THE TARGET ▸ The target will analyze what is more expensive: to attack or not to attack you ▸ The more professional and prepared you are, the more expensive you will be ▸ Enhance your capacities, get support from your community, connect to your audiences ▸ Being more expensive is a good way to deter attacks
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- 20. HOLISTIC APPROACH SECURITY ISA COLLECTIVE ACTION ▸ Create networks of support or become part of one ▸ Use social media to increase your profile ▸ Participate in your own community ▸ Use the Reporta app
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- 22. HOLISTIC APPROACH ALWAYS OPERATETO REDUCE RISK ▸ Check in often with your network of support ▸ Encrypt all your devices and sensitive information ▸ Use encryption to communicate with sources ▸ Organize all the community around you to act quickly in case of an emergency ▸ Keep your distance with sources
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- 24. HOLISTIC APPROACH REDUCE HARMTO YOUR TARGET ▸ Always try to minimize the harm you will cause to the target of your investigation ▸ Include the target's points of view, if possible ▸ Always publish only verified information
- 25. IF YOU HAVEQUESTIONS OR NEED MORE ADVICE, DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT ME Jorge Luis Sierra @latinointx MY CONTACT INFORMATION