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Bryan Woolston retweeted
Because you cannot learn to save your colleagues life with lunch napkins via a Zoom call!
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#PressFreedom requires #JournalistSafety. Registration closes soon, please help us spread the word!
Our Domestic HEFAT is scheduled in Washington, D.C., Oct. 6-7 and Oct. 8-9.
Scholarships available for freelance and student journalists and for colleagues working for nonprofit or under-resourced newsrooms.
Course covers:
→ Physical safety
→ Digital security
→ Trauma-focused first aid
→ Mental wellness and resilience
Use Promo code “DCHEFAT” to waive registration fee and apply for scholarship.
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@NPCInstitute @RSF_en @NPPA @PressClubDC @FreedomofPress @uspresstracker @pressfreedom @spj_tweets
If you need HEFAT training, please join us in DC, OCT 6-7 or 8-9. If you support the #FreePress and would like to advance the @CrisisReadyNews journalist safety programs, please donate here: givebutter.com/journalistsaf…
🚨DC Press🚨 (Please excuse the dramatics)
Full scholarships available now for freelance and student journalists.
Our Domestic HEFAT is scheduled in Washington, D.C., Oct. 6-7 and Oct. 8-9.
Course covers:
→ Physical safety
→ Digital security
→ Trauma-focused first aid
→ Mental wellness and resilience
Scan the QR code or tap the link below. Use Promo code “DCHEFAT” to waive registration fee and apply for scholarship.
@whnpa @nppa @RSF_en @RTDNA @spj_tweets @GeorgetownSPJ @spjregion2 @merrillcollege (GoTerps)
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Cost should not be a factor in journalist safety training. @crisisreadymedia is eliminating that factor. To be clear, we’re broke. But this work must continue. If you or your organization can support our programs, please reach out.
Safer Journalists Make Stronger Stories!
Our next Domestic Hostile Environment and First Aid Training (D-HEFAT) is coming to Washington, D.C., Oct. 6–7 and Oct. 8–9. Scholarship Available.
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This two-day, hands-on course is built for journalists, by journalists. You'll train in:
🛡️ Physical safety
💻 Digital security
🩹 Trauma-focused first aid
🧠 Mental wellness and resilience
Instructors are working journalists and subject matter experts with decades of experience on assignment and in emergency management. Everything you learn is meant to be used on your next story, whatever the size of your newsroom.
Partial and full scholarships are available to cover the $1500 tuition. Priority goes to freelance and student journalists, those at nonprofit and under-resourced newsrooms, and journalists who have been laid off or recently lost a job. Cost should never be the reason you go into the field unprepared.
@whnpa @nppa @pressfreedom @RSF_en @PressClubDC @spj_tweets @FreedomofPress
❗️DC PRESS❗️Freelancers, student journalists, or anyone in need of HEFAT, here’s a great opportunity. Scholarships available! Use promo code “scholarship” ➡️ givebutter.com/DC-DHEFAT-OCT… If you can support our nonprofit journalist safety programs, here’s your opportunity ➡️ givebutter.com/journalistsaf…
🚨Scholarships available for October D-HEFAT classes in Washington, D.C. 🚨
Crisis Ready Media was founded make sure the journalists who need professional safety training get professional safety training.
We are offering full and partial scholarships for our Domestic Hostile Environment and First Aid Training (D-HEFAT) courses in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6–7 and Oct. 8–9.
Priority goes to freelancers, journalists at nonprofit and under-resourced newsrooms, journalists who have been laid off or recently lost a job, and student journalists, and anyone else for whom cost would otherwise keep them out of the room.
D-HEFAT is a two-day, hands-on course designed for journalists, by journalists. It prepares participants to work more safely at protests and civil unrest, natural disasters, breaking news scenes, and other high-risk assignments. Training covers physical safety, digital security, trauma-focused first aid, and mental wellness and resilience.
Instructors are working journalists and subject matter experts with decades of experience while on assignment and in emergency management. The goal is practical, boots-on-the-ground training you can use on your next assignment, whatever the size of your newsroom.
Use promo code “Scholarship” when applying at the link below ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Please help us spread the word.
@pressfreedom @RSF_en @ACOSalliance @spj_tweets @ChrisMPost
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AI Disclaimer: CRM uses AI to create social media design, this photo was made by a human (@woolstonphoto) while on assignment. We focus our time and energy on preparing journalists, not on graphic design
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DC MEDIA friends, we are headed your way!
Enrollment is open for our October Domestic Hostile Environment and First Aid Training (D-HEFAT) classes in Washington, DC. This course introduces our new Academic Year 26-27 Curriculum.
📅 Class 1: Oct. 6-7
📅 Class 2: Oct. 8-9
📍 Washington, DC
Two days of hands-on instruction built around the risks journalists actually face while on assignment:
🛡️ Physical safety
🔒 Digital security
🚑 Trauma focused first aid
🧠 Mental wellness
Designed for journalists, by journalists. Every session is taught by working journalists and subject matter experts with decades of experience, and the curriculum is updated monthly to reflect current conditions.
Seats are limited. Register now: givebutter.com/DC-DHEFAT-OCT…
#JournalistSafety #HEFAT #PressFreedom #Journalism #PhotoJournalism #DCMedia
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I run a nonprofit that benefits every American, every single American. We need your support. Freedom of the Press guarantees freedoms of every American.
Assuring that journalists can do their job as safely as possible, is a full time job. Our job. We don’t write strongly worded letters or lobby Congress, we train and equip journalists. We need your help.
As election season approaches, we need to provide support to those who will tell the stories about our communities, culture, and future. Please support our work. givebutter.com/journalistsaf…
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We at the Brigance Brigade are saddened to say that we have lost a giant. O.J. Brigance passed away quietly on August 17th, 2026 surrounded by his family. We will continue our mission led by O.J. and Chanda. For more information on how to give, go to BriganceBrigade.org.
“The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” -Douglas MacArthur
To the “Back in my day” crowd, remember that we complained, too. We endured real, unnecessary, systemic dysfunction. When we complained, no one listened. We were furious, we hated our leadership, and sometimes, people died.
Let’s not let that happen again
America doesn’t go to war. Rarely will the politicians who start the wars ever feel any hardship or make a single sacrifice.
America sends our best 0.4% to war. They and their families fell that hardship and make the sacrifice that the service demands.
Two things can be true.
1. Sailors aboard Lincoln and brave service members everywhere must keep up the fire and do their job; as tough as it gets.
2. Americans sitting at home, especially Veterans and most certainly politicians, must be do everything in our power to advocate for, protect, defend, and advance the cause those willing to serve; assuring that those folks are taken care of to the best of America’s ability.
That process includes insuring that service members and their families do not endure undo or unnecessary hardship.
Again, I’ve said too much.
#Journalists, the ones in the field, on assignment, pounding the pavement, hip deep in flood water, covering the disaster and protest, need your support. Please donate to their safety and well being. Ps, If you don’t have the means to donate, no problem; If cost nothing to spread the word with a retweet! #JournalistSafety givebutter.com/journalistsaf…
I’M OUT $10K and my @SONY 400mm lens.
A few weeks ago I decided to sell my @SonyAlpha 400mm f2.8 lens and use the proceeds to fund @CrisisReadyNews, the #JournalistSafety nonprofit I run. I sold the lens on @ebay; insured and shipped via @USPS.
The buyer refused the package, he never even opened the package, and sent it back. During the “return to sender” process the USPS lost the package, and refuse to pay the insurance claim because, despite the tracking logs, loss cannot be proven to be their fault.
To make things worse, EBay is charging me the $1100 transaction fee.
I'm at the end of my wits, frustrated on many levels. I've disputed with EBay and the USPS, without success.
If anyone has advice, I'd appreciate your help.
If you care to make a donation, we'd appreciate your support.
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Journalists: Want to protect your communications with confidential sources?
@rcfp attorney Jen Nelson shares 5️⃣ tips for reporters to keep in mind — from best practices around tech tools to secure ways of exchanging information.
Please support our work. givebutter.com/journalistsaf…
Journalists practice applying improvised tourniquets as part of Trauma-Focused First Aid training on day 1 of Crisis Ready Media #PressFreedom HEFAT class in NYC. Crisis Ready Media is a nonprofit, 501c3 organization dedicated to providing direct support and resources to journalists, especially freelancers, students, and those who working in under-resourced newsroom. Please support this critical #JournalistSafety Training givebutter.com/journalistsaf… Special thanks to our partners sponsors, and supporters @nppa @RSF_en @ChrisMPost @olsongetty
In a previous life, I was a small part of the large team protecting the WashDC Hilton for these events.What we witnessed last night was a deranged man attempting a heinous act. He was stopped when a meticulously-made, expertly-staffed security plan functioned as designed.
Journalism is a team sport. Care for yourself and watch out for your teammates! #JournalistSafety
After moments of crisis and trauma, like those witnessed at the White House Correspondents Dinner, feelings of overwhelming stress are normal. We need to care for ourselves and our colleagues. Psychological First Aid is a way to offer colleagues a place to recover and path to resources they may need. For more info visit: mhpsshub.org/resource/pfa-a-… #WHCD #DCPress
.@CrisisReadyNews is excited to partner with @RSF_en on this important #JournalistSafety initiative. We are grateful for their support of our work bringing direct support and resources to journalists. rsf.org/en/usa-rsf-launches-…
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Update: I have spoken to Shelly. She is recovering and being treated for some injuries. That is the reason she has not answered if you’ve tried to be in touch. She will speak when she is ready and asks for privacy in the interim
She lost everything
Help: gofundme.com/f/support-a-jou…
