Hostile Environment Training for Freelancers - 2015 competition - Update

[Ali Ledgerwood]

Just a quick update:

There is a new/additional safety training bursary that has been added to the Forum Freelance Fund 2015. For journalists and documentary filmmakers specializing in human rights projects.

Here is the link http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1537747/new-human-rights-bursary-announced-as-2015-freelance-safety-training-competition-opens to the CNW press release that just went up. Unlike the other general bursaries for Canadian freelancers or freelancers working worldwide for Canadian media organizations, this new Portenier Bursary award is open to any nationality.

Deadline for all applications 30 June.

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Just a quick heads up to everyone...

The 2015 round of the Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma "Forum Freelance Fund" competition will be welcoming applications starting 15 May. Please help spread the word to freelancers about the bursaries to help them get hazardous environment training. Canadian freelancers, other freelancers working abroad for Canadian media or for international media with bureaus in Canada, can all apply. For the fourth year running, the forum is working in co-operation with the Rory Peck Trust.


Details can be found at:  website www.journalismforum.ca or follow on twitter
@journalismforum ‪#‎FFF2015‬
https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/fff2015?source=feed_text
https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/freelancersafety?source=feed_text

[David Buzzard]

I went through conflict training in South Africa.  It was only two hours long when I took it, and was mainly learning how to hit the ground and plug bullet holes, but even that was really useful.