Global Journalist Security

03/14/2026

RIP John Burns

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In a 40-year career that brought him two Pulitzers, he reported from trouble spots around the world, eloquently conveying the chaos of war.

03/12/2026

HT Bill Gentile

How drones are changing the nature of warfare in Ukraine.

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A Ukrainian media producer explains how modern battlefield conditions have transformed war reporting in Ukraine.

03/12/2026

GJS has long recommended Proton Mail, the encrypted email service that is protected, or so we thought by Swiss privacy laws. Not anymore, apparently. Proton Mail just gave information about a protest, "Stop Cop City," email account in Atlanta, to Swiss authorities who have passed it on to the FBI, according to this account by 404media.

A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.

03/02/2026

RIP Paul Conroy

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Paul Conroy, the fearless photojournalist who was with Marie Colvin, The Sunday Times war correspondent, when she was killed, has died.

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03/01/2026

Landmines and unexploded ordnance litter western Myanmar, posing a risk to civilians, journalists and others.
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OPINION | The conflict between the Arakan Army and the regime has littered the westernmost state of Myanmar with landmines and unexploded ordnance, adding to the misery of a civilian population coping with war and economic collapse. By Aung Marm Oo.

02/26/2026

"TJ Johnson was wrapping up what he described as an amazing family trip to Puerto Vallarta when violence erupted Feb. 22, after the killing of a powerful cartel leader in Jalisco.

Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, who led the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación and was known as "El Mencho," was killed during a Mexican military operation. His death spurred unrest in Puerto Vallarta and chaos at its airport, as well as at Guadalajara’s airport.

Johnson, who co-hosts a morning show on 104.9 The More in Spencer, Iowa, believes he was among the last travelers to catch a cab from his resort before they stopped taking passengers."

The U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Mexico issued a security alert affecting Puerto Vallarta, Tijuana and more.

01/15/2026

Filming ICE and the LAW

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01/13/2026

GJS is making the most significant change to our curriculum in a decade by adding civil unrest in the U.S. to our most popular Hostile Environments & Emergency First Aid Training course.

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Hear GJS CEO Frank Smyth and GJS trainer Winter Salembier discuss how we're adapting our training to meet changing security conditions around the world, incl...

12/31/2025

From our colleagues at the International Women's Media Foundation. Seven women journliasts were killed around the world in 2025.
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12/15/2025

Three drone strikes have killed six U.N. peacekeepers from Bangladesh in Kadugli in south Kordofan province in Sudan.
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United Nations Secretary-general António Guterres strongly condemns the three horrific drone strikes that hit the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) logistics base in Kadugli on 13 December, resulting in six fatalities and eight injuries – all members of the Bangladeshi peacekeeping contingent stationed there.

The Secretary-general presents his deepest and heartfelt condolences to the Government of Bangladesh, to the families of the deceased and his support to the wounded peacekeepers who are being attended ahead of their evacuation.

The Secretary-General recalls that attacks targeting United Nations peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law and reminds all parties to the conflict of their obligation to protect UN personnel and civilians. He expresses his solidarity with the thousands of peacekeepers who serve under the blue flag in the most complex environments.

He calls once again on the warring parties to agree on an immediate cessation of hostilities and to resume talks to reach a lasting ceasefire and a comprehensive, inclusive and Sudanese-owned political process.

Learn more: https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/12/1166592

12/15/2025

“To keep him conscious, I just started talking to him, so he didn’t close his eyes and fall asleep,” Mr. Yang said in an interview from the hospital, where he was being treated for a wound in his leg."

The student, in his first year at Brown, described helping others who were more seriously injured than he was as they hid in their classroom.

12/01/2025

"Since The Stringer premiered at Sundance in January, there have been suggestions by some journalists that this story should not have been told; they posit that in this moment when journalism is being so savagely undermined by the very forces it seeks to hold to account, the last thing we need is to reveal our own failures. But journalism is essential to democracy, and it is in the interests of both the press and the public that trust in the Fourth Estate is repaired. That can’t be done if we choose to ignore accusations of wrongdoing in our own profession. The passage of time may increase the anguish of self-examination, but the search for truth is always worth the cost."

A new documentary, 'The Stringer,' investigates the story of the famous Vietnam War photo "Na**lm Girl," raising questions about who actually took it