The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), along with The Hindu, launched a ‘Safety Guide for Journalists covering Indian elections 2024’ at an online event on March 8.
The guide has specific advice, including editor’s safety checklist while deploying staff on a hostile story, and detailed information on digital safety. The document features ways to tackle online campaigns, which particularly target women journalists in an orchestrated way, manage stress in the newsroom, address security challenges faced by Indian journalists and other issues.
Kunal Majumder, CPJ’s Indian representative, said the safety kit, which contains details on how to prepare for elections and ensure physical, digital and psychological safety, is available in four regional languages apart from English on https://cpj.org.
