Services
Your newsroom has its own reporting realities, staffing limits, and risk profile. My services adjust to match. You still get a clear process and clear deliverables.
How it works
Why this matters
Student reporters, freelancers, and small newsroom staff face real risk. Many organizations rely on informal advice, outdated policies, or one editor carrying safety alone.
I turn best practice guidance and newsroom experience into a practical safety system that matches your community, your resources, and your duty of care.
De-escalation is treated as a core reporting skill: clear scripts, shared thresholds, and repeatable practice so safety does not depend on improvising under stress.
Best for
Teaching newsrooms, student media, and small or mid sized outlets that want a clear starting point.
What we do
- Short intake conversations about beats, staffing, and coverage patterns
- Review of policies, syllabi, assignment workflows, and incident response routines
- Map strengths and gaps across field, digital, privacy, and mental health safety
- Map how de-escalation currently happens (if at all) and where reporters need scripts, exit options, and editor backup
What we do
- A written safety snapshot
- A 90 day roadmap with top risks, quick wins you can implement now, and longer term changes worth planning
Outcome
A clear picture of where you are and what to do next.
Best for
Newsrooms and programs that want consistent expectations and repeatable workflows.
What we do
- Draft or revise a plain language safety guide for reporters and students
- Create editor or faculty protocols for assignment planning, approvals, and incident response
- Add de-escalation and disengagement guidance to those protocols, including reporter scripts and editor phone support checklists
- Build live or recorded training modules under one hour each, based on Common Sense Safety When Reporting in the Field
What we do
- Reporter and student safety guide
- Editor or faculty protocol for onboarding, syllabi, and assignment briefs
- Slide decks or videos you can reuse each term
- A de-escalation toolkit: decision tree, scenario drills, and short scripts for the most common conflict moments
Outcome
Clear expectations, shared language, and a repeatable way of working.
Best for
Small teams and assignment editors who want steady support for higher risk decisions and real incidents.
What we do
- Monthly or twice monthly check ins
- Scenario support for assignment planning and live issues
- Real-time coaching on de-escalation decisions when feasible, plus after-action reviews to strengthen practice
- Updates to guides, protocols, and training as your newsroom changes
What you get
- A consistent person to support journalist safety plannin
- Light updates that keep the system usable
- A sounding board for high pressure calls
Outcome
Safety does not sit on one person, and the system stays up to date.
Not sure what fits?
Get in touch and we will sort it out.