Journalist safety protects people so they can report and the public can stay informed.

We take a do no harm approach. Training should reduce risk, not create false confidence.

We design for local reality. Safety work should respect universal rights and the culture people are reporting in. Copy and paste solutions can backfire.

We build through dialogue. We involve journalists, editors, media leaders, and community stakeholders so plans reflect real constraints and local knowledge.

We avoid taking control. If we are not the long term holder of local expertise, we build for handoff. We plan for independence from the start.

We protect confidentiality. We collect as little data as possible, limit access to need to know, and treat safety plans and incident details as sensitive.

We measure what we can, with care. We use lightweight evaluation beyond satisfaction, since impact is hard to track and easy to misread.