Photojournalists Complete Safety and Risk Management Training

Kathmandu. A safety and risk management training for photojournalists has been completed under the organization of the Photojournalist (PJ) Club. The training, conducted at the hall of the Nepal Journalists Federation, was attended by more than 30 photojournalists working in various media outlets. This training, with the support of the Ministry of Information and Communications, was provided by experienced trainers and subject matter experts.

Iranian trainer Dr. Behrouz Moghaddasi provided information on the necessary safety measures that photojournalists should adopt when working in the front lines in direct and high-risk situations such as political movements, natural disasters, pandemics, conflict zones, demonstrations, and sensitive social events.

Similarly, senior photojournalist Chandrashekhar Karki provided training on safety standards to be adopted during field reporting and on the awareness, risk assessment, and personal safety plans that photojournalists should adopt in emergency situations like demonstrations, conflicts, and natural disasters.

Another photojournalist, Bikash Karki, shed light on the precautions to be taken while covering demonstrations, conflicts, and sensitive events under field safety, protective equipment, mental health, and stress management that photojournalists should undertake.

In the current context where systematic and practical safety and risk management training targeted at photojournalists is limited, this training has been very useful. The Photojournalist Club has stated that this training has enabled photojournalists to develop skills to work safely in risky situations in the future.

The club believes that this training will greatly assist in developing the safety and risk management capabilities of photojournalists who have to work first and at the forefront in increasingly risky situations and natural disaster sites.