Reporting Migration
In this episode, we speak to two experts about reporting migration, a topic that raises a number of ethical issues for journalists to confront.
Caitlin Chandler, a journalist covering migration, security and human rights and Georg Gassauer, a migration researcher and journalist based in Austria, discuss how we can do better when telling the stories of migration.
The Guests
Caitlin Chandler http://www.caitlinlchandler.com
Twitter @CaitLChandler
Georg Gassauer
Twitter @GGassauer
LinkedIn @georggassauer
Resources
Freelance Journalism Assembly https://journalismassembly.com/
Freelance Journalism Assembly free summer conference https://journalismassembly.com/conference/
UN World Migration Report 2020 https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/wmr_2020.pdf
International Organisation for Migration https://www.iom.int
Global Journalism Investigative Network migration reporting guides https://gijn.org/migration-reporting-sources-guidelines-contests/
Ethical Journalism Network migration reporting guide
https://ethicaljournalismnetwork.org/ethical-guidelines-on-migration-reporting
Examples of Caitlin’s reporting on migration
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/refugees-to-europe-do-better-than-this/
https://www.cjr.org/special_report/heiko-jessen-germany-me-too.php
Georg’s reporting on migration
https://www.potemkinharmattan.com/post/the-financial-dilemma-of-ingos-in-syria
Train of Hope https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.trainofhope.at/_www_/&prev=search&pto=aue
Hostile Environment Training and safety courses
https://dartcenter.org/events/2016/10/reporting-safely-crisis-zones-course
https://rorypecktrust.org/freelance-resources/safety-and-risk-assessment/taking-safety-training/
Grants and funding for journalists reporting on migration
https://www.newamerica.org/international-reporting-project/
https://www.investigativejournalismforeu.net
https://www.iwmf.org/programs/fund-for-women-journalists/
Sources of info and data for reporting on migration
