Panel: How to Freelance Safely

October 21, 2014
Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs Building
420 West 118th Street
New York, NY, 10027, United States

The brutal murders of James Foley and Steven Sotloff have made it even more imperative that freelance journalists learn how to protect themselves.

The Dart Center and the Overseas Press Club have invited experts in the safety field to talk to members and guests on October 21.

Speakers include Bruce Shapiro, executive director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma; Sawyer Alberi, chief trainer for RISC (Reporters Instructed in Saving Colleagues); Judith Matloff, a veteran foreign correspondent who teaches a safety training course at the Columbia University School of Journalism; and Vaughan Smith, founder of London's Frontline Club and member of the board of representatives for the Frontline Freelance Register (FFR), and Micah Garen, an independent documentary filmmaker who has worked in conflict and post-conflict zones around the world including Iraq, Afghanistan and Egypt. Garen was kidnapped in southern Iraq and held for 10 days in 2004 while filming a documentary about the looting of archaeological sites.

This event is free and open to the public. To RSVP, email [email protected] or call 212 626-9220.

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If you can't make it, the event will be livestreamed here.