Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Journalists reporting in conflict zones and high-risk environments face escalating threats, including physical danger, digital surveillance, legal risk and trauma. While safety is often framed as an individual or newsroom responsibility, funders play a critical and increasingly visible role in shaping what protection, support and sustainability look like in practice. This session brings funders into a rare, open conversation about how philanthropic institutions approach journalist safety and security, and what obligations they believe they have to the journalists and media organizations they support. Panelists will discuss how decisions are made around risk, emergency response, trauma and mental-health support, and cross-border collaboration; where current models fall short; and how safety considerations intersect with long-term sustainability for independent journalism. Attendees will gain insight into how funders are thinking about responsibility and accountability in some of the most challenging reporting environments in the world. Moderated by Abby Rapoport. Organised in association with Media Impact Funders.
Con: Jodie Ginsberg (CEO Committee to Protect Journalists), Marcia Parker (VP philanthropic partnerships The New York Times), Abby Rapoport (executive director Media Impact Funders), Jon Williams (executive director Rory Peck Trust)
Journalists reporting in conflict zones and high-risk environments face escalating threats, including physical danger, digital surveillance, legal risk and trauma. While safety is often framed as an individual or newsroom responsibility, funders play a critical and increasingly visible role in shaping what protection, support and sustainability look like in practice. This session brings funders into a rare, open conversation about how philanthropic institutions approach journalist safety and security, and what obligations they believe they have to the journalists and media organizations they support. Panelists will discuss how decisions are made around risk, emergency response, trauma and mental-health support, and cross-border collaboration; where current models fall short; and how safety considerations intersect with long-term sustainability for independent journalism. Attendees will gain insight into how funders are thinking about responsibility and accountability in some of the most challenging reporting environments in the world. Moderated by Abby Rapoport. Organised in association with Media Impact Funders.
Con: Jodie Ginsberg (CEO Committee to Protect Journalists), Marcia Parker (VP philanthropic partnerships The New York Times), Abby Rapoport (executive director Media Impact Funders), Jon Williams (executive director Rory Peck Trust)
