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Join us for a 3-hour, hands-on workshop of security training designed for local and regional news organizations, independent and citizen journalists, and other at-risk practitioners in communications, education, the arts and civil society organizations.
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This free program is offered as part of the WVU College of Creative Arts and Media First Amendment and Free Expression semester-long programming. This workshop recognizes that digital safety and security is necessary for exercising free expression and protecting a free press in a digital landscape.
Please join us for a 3-hour, hands-on workshop of security training designed for local and regional news organizations, independent and citizen journalists, and other at-risk practitioners in communications, education, the arts and civil society organizations. This training is designed to sharpen your digital security skills, conduct a personal or organizational threat assessment, and to build your digital resilience and other skills for safe, ethical best practices online and in the field.
Participants will be able to address security risks and settings across devices, platforms, and different types of media, learn new tools and actionable steps to mitigate risks and improve the security of your devices, your data, your internet footprint and your identity. These practices can help organizations and independent practitioners prepare for, respond to, and recover from threats against themselves or their employees when undertaking sensitive work.
Register OnlineSpace is limited and registration is required.
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Harlo Holmes strives to help individual journalists in various media organizations become confident and effective in securing their communications within their newsrooms, with their sources, and with the public at large. She is a media scholar, software programmer, and regular contributor to the open source mobile security collective Guardian Project, where she spearheaded the media metadata verification initiative currently empowering ProofMode, Save by OpenArchive, eyeWitness to Atrocities, and others.
Consultant for Digital Safety & Free Expression at PEN America
Jeje provides training and resource development for journalists, academics, and writers, equipping them with tools, safety tips, and resources to defend themselves against online harassment. She has over a decade of experience in journalism, human rights, and safety and security. She provides training, practical tools, and strategies for journalists and activists on trauma-informed and identity-aware digital safety, physical safety, de-escalation, and psychological first aid. She has worked as a journalist in Egypt and the United States, producing documentaries and podcasts on human rights abuses.
Director, Digital Safety and Free Expression at PEN America
Viktorya created the Online Abuse Defense Program, which equips writers and journalists with self-defense training and resources, partners with media organizations and publishers to strengthen protections for writers and journalists, and conducts research and advocacy on platform accountability. Her work has been featured on PBS Newshour, The New York Times, Slate, and Harvard Business Review, and she regularly speaks at conferences on digital safety and press freedom, including for the Online News Association, RightsCon, International Journalism Festival, Investigative Reporters and Editors, and MozFest, among others.
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