We’ve compiled this resource database to support your efforts to be safer. They reflect the work and experience of countless filmmakers, funders, journalists, NGOs, lawyers, researchers, technologists, communication experts, and others.
Documentary Film Legal Clinic
UCLA Law
Pro bono services to independent documentary filmmakers needing legal help
Organization
Website
Visit
Ethical Journalism Network Training
Ethical Journalism Network
Training opportunities in ethical journalism
Online Training
Website
Visit
Press Mark?
ACOS Alliance
A guide for deciding when to visibly identify as a journalist
How-To
PDF
View PDF
Building Digital Safety for Journalism: a Survey of Selected Issues
UNESCO
Analysis of risks and recommendations for mitigation
How-To
Website
Visit
Interviewing Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Witness
Practical tips for conducting ethical interviews with survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.
How-To
PDF
View PDF
Risk Assessment for Social Film Screening
Freedom Film Network
Risk-assessment tool
Tool
PDF
View PDF
International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk
International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk
ICFR defends filmmakers and their right to continue their work in freedom and safety
Organization
Website
Visit
An Uncertain Future for the Global Internet
Freedom House
The immediate future of internet freedom will depend on how governments deploy incentives for and controls over the next wave of technological innova…
Report
Website
Visit
GenAI Best Practices Tool Kit
Archival Producers Alliance
Tips and resources for non-fiction media makers who are considering using GenAI in their productions
Tool
Website
Visit
Welcome To Chechnya/Case Study
Doc Society
Human rights abuses against LGBTQ people in Chechnya
Topic: Examples of Impact
Case Study
PDF
Queer
View PDF
Journalists in Distress Network
Journalists in Distress Network
Platform for international organizations to coordinate assistance to journalists in distress
Organization
Website
Visit
Emergency Assistance and Thematic Programs
Freedom House
Short-term support to human rights defenders, civil society organizations, non-traditional advocates, and survivors of severe religious persecution o…
Program/Initiative
Website
Visit