When support is needed, it’s needed quickly.
Whether responding to a developing story, expanding coverage into a more challenging environment, or replacing an advisor at the last minute, we help news organisations identify and deploy consultants whose capability, competency, and suitability can be understood with greater confidence.
Breaking news rarely arrives with weeks of preparation time. As stories develop, news organisations need to rapidly identify, assess, and deploy support while conditions continue to change.
The challenge is not simply finding support. It is identifying the right support and deploying it quickly enough to meet the demands of the assignment.
We provide media safety support to journalists and news organisations operating in a wide range of environments, from routine international travel through to conflict zones, civil unrest, natural disasters, elections, and other complex assignments.
Support can be integrated at any stage of an assignment.
Consultants may assist with planning and preparation before deployment, provide support during the assignment itself, or help organisations respond to changing conditions as coverage evolves.
Support is tailored to the requirement.
Some assignments require a single advisor embedded with a team. Others may require local expertise, additional consultants, or support sustained over extended periods of coverage.
“The right consultant, in the right place, at the right time”
Our role is to help news organisations access the capability they need to support journalists effectively, regardless of the story, location, or operating environment.
When support is required, our objective is to help news organisations identify and deploy appropriate support as quickly and efficiently as possible.
News safety leaders outline the story, location, timeline, and support requirement.
Suitable consultants are identified from the network based on availability, capability, experience, and operational suitability.
Support is deployed and maintained for as long as required, including relief-in-place and additional resources, as required.
On completion, consultants are recovered from the assignment and feedback, lessons learned, and performance reviews are captured.
A CNMSA-qualified consultant has demonstrated knowledge and understanding across the full media safety support lifecycle, from planning and preparation through to deployment, incident response, and recovery.
They can be expected to understand how news operations function, support risk assessment and planning, advise on practical safety measures, recognise threats and hazards commonly encountered by journalists, and work effectively alongside editorial teams in complex environments.
