The Watchkeeper Consultant Network is a free, controlled-access directory connecting media safety consultants with news organisations, safety leaders and journalists.
The global network helps people find and contact one another. Services are not bought or paid for through the platform.
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Finding suitable media safety support still depends heavily on personal networks, informal referrals and fragmented information.
Strong consultants can be difficult to discover, while those commissioning work may struggle to establish who is available, where they operate, what they can do and whether they may be right for the assignment.
The problem is not necessarily a shortage of capable people. It is often a visibility problem.
The Watchkeeper Consultant Network exists to make ‘good’ easier to find.
The network provides a more structured route between people seeking media safety support and consultants able to provide it, without turning professional relationships into a public marketplace.
Reach beyond your established contacts when surge demand, specialist requirements or unfamiliar locations take you outside your usual network.
Structured profiles make it easier to compare relevant experience, capability, credentials and readiness before deciding who may fit the requirement.
Reach beyond your existing network and become visible to approved news organisations, safety leaders and journalists.
Present your experience, capability, credentials and readiness clearly, and stand on your own merits rather than relying on who already knows you.
Clear Information.
The network makes consultants easier to identify and assess without making their professional information public.
Clear, structured profiles.
Consultants present their experience, operating regions, capabilities, credentials and readiness in a consistent format.
This gives news organisations, safety leaders and journalists more useful information when deciding who may be right for a particular requirement.
Private by design.
Consultant profiles can only be searched and viewed by approved news organisations, safety leaders and journalists.
Consultants can view and manage their own profile, but they cannot browse the network or see other consultants.
“The network does not decide who is ‘good’ for every assignment. It makes the information needed to make that judgement easier to find.”
A practical, professional directory built around relevant information, controlled visibility and direct contact.
Review experience, operating regions, capabilities, credentials and operational readiness in a consistent format.
Reviews can only be submitted by approved news organisations, safety leaders and journalists. Consultants cannot review one another.
Search using the information that matters to the requirement and identify consultants who may be suitable.
Contact consultants directly through the network without their personal contact details being made public.
The network does not sell services, process payments, hold funds or take a fee from an engagement.
Consultants can view and manage their own profile, but cannot browse or view other consultants.
The process is straightforward, but access, privacy and responsibility remain clearly defined.
Media safety consultants join free of charge and add the professional information they want approved users to see.
News organisations, safety leaders and journalists apply for permission to search the network.
Watchkeeper reviews media access requests before consultant profiles become visible.
Approved users search consultant profiles and identify people who may fit their requirement.
The built-in messaging system allows approved users and consultants to begin a private conversation.
The parties may work directly, use an existing supplier or ask Watchkeeper Operations to support the requirement.
The Consultant Network is designed for finding and contacting News Media Safety Advisors.
News organisations, safety leaders and journalists may choose from any engagement option that works for you and them.
Where a consultant and network user engage directly, they are responsible for agreeing their own terms, completing appropriate checks, arranging payment and managing delivery.
Where a consultant and network user engage directly, they are responsible for agreeing their own terms, completing appropriate checks, arranging payment and managing delivery.
Watchkeeper Operations is responsible for an engagement only where it has been separately and directly contracted to provide or manage the service.
The Consultant Network is free for media safety consultants and for approved news organisations, safety leaders and journalists.
Choose the route that applies to you.
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