A New Pedagogy to Enhance the Safety and Resilience of Journalists in Dangerous Environments Globally

Autor/inn/en	Murphy, Colm; Deeny, Pat; Taylor, Nigel
Titel	A New Pedagogy to Enhance the Safety and Resilience of Journalists in Dangerous Environments Globally
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 10 (2020), Artikel 310 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Journalism Education; Safety Education; Global Approach; Resilience (Psychology); Risk Assessment; War; Trauma; Natural Disasters; News Reporting; Holistic Approach; Information Security; Simulated Environment; Vignettes; Outdoor Education; Foreign Countries; Freedom of Speech; United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sicherheitserziehung; Globales Denken; Risikoabschätzung; Krieg; Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; News report; Reportage; Holistischer Ansatz; Künstliche Umwelt; Freiluftunterricht; Ausland; Redefreiheit
Abstract	Risks to journalists are rising with disasters, epidemics, physical, mental and digital harassment all increasing globally. Some 1382 journalists have been killed since 1992 and 246 are imprisoned. However, the threat type has been changing, with the majority of journalists killed annually being ones working in their own country, often who are targeted for assassination. In response, UNESCO and others have called for research into best practice for safety education to halt this and the consequential decline in global media freedom. This five-year award winning project, A Holistic Humanitarian Approach to Enhance the Safety and Resilience of Journalists Globally, tested the hypothesis that a new pedagogy based on a 'holistic humanitarian' philosophy would be more effective in protecting journalists working in dangerous domains globally than existing provisions. The little-changed 30-year-old dominant international provision, the 'military battlefield' pedagogy, is used by the world's major news organizations like BBC, CNN and the New York Times. This new pedagogy adapted and customized best practice from other professions and used Taylor's 2020 Competencies for Disaster Healthcare professionals. A new program was devised and the two international cohorts who took it in 2018 and 2019 judged that it 'very significantly' enhanced their resilience and safety skills. Its concentration on group and individual physical and mental resilience building, risk mitigation, psychology, communication, self-defence, and digital security skill acquisition was a paradigm shift in training internationally for news professionals in dangerous environments. The research, thus, proved the study's hypotheses. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01