Yemile Bucay is a journalism risk advisor and safety trainer working to promote a culture of safety in the profession in order to have a sustainable, resilient and free press. She advises PEN America’s Free Expression Programs on safety and security matters and is a resident security advisor to the students and faculty of the Craig Newmark Graduate School for Journalism at CUNY. She was BuzzFeed’s Risk & Security Manager, where she worked with staff and freelance journalists of BuzzFeed News and HuffPost. She was also a Fellow in the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Next Gen Safety Trainers program, a cohort of media security professionals trained for the newly emergent risks faced in media today. Before working in news safety, Yemile was a journalist who reported on immigration, produced a documentary on violence in her native Mexico, led research on online information ecosystems, and taught the business of journalism at Columbia’s Journalism School. Yemile received a B.A. in Humanities from Yale University, and a Masters in Journalism from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
This interactive workshop enables visual journalists to confidently negotiate contractual terms to ensure fair treatment and safe working conditions.
Learn MoreA practical two-hour workshop introducing visual journalists to safety as a pillar of professionalism and best practice.
Learn MoreA practical 2-hour workshop introducing visual journalists to safety as a pillar for professionalism and best practice.
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