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Embedding with Aid Agencies: Editorial Integrity and Security Risks

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6 April 2020
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Embedding with Aid Agencies: Editorial Integrity and Security Risks

Shrinking editorial budgets have resulted in journalists increasingly turning to aid agencies to cover stories. At the same time, aid agencies are being pushed to be more media savvy in order to get their message out and to support advocacy and fundraising efforts.

In conflict and disaster zones, aid agencies often have the local knowledge and access to affected communities. Journalists need these stories, while aid agencies are equally in need of the media coverage. Although it appears to be an ideal partnership, this kind of embedded journalism raises significant editorial and security questions.

In this event, an expert panel of journalists, security experts and humanitarian workers examine the editorial complexities and security risks presented by these partnerships. The media and aid agencies have long had a symbiotic relationship; we will be looking at how that is developing.

This event was hosted by the Frontline Club, in partnership with GISF.

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