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Does Hostile Environments & Emergency First Aid Training (HEFAT) really work? Here is GJS trainee Luc Forsyth discussing how he applied what he learned during an attack by gunmen on his interviewee and crew in northern Mexico. youtube.com/watch?v=1pvER3…

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Many newsrooms face hostile environments reporting on ICE, by @Poynter & @IWMF fellow Michele Zenarosa: "One reporter’s family members were followed. Another staffer’s family went into hiding...Sources we’d cultivated for years...wouldn’t answer calls." poynter.org/business-work/…


Free speech?

🚨 A Tennessee resident has been arrested for posting memes about Trump. Yes, you heard that correctly.

micah_erfan's tweet image. 🚨 A Tennessee resident has been arrested for posting memes about Trump.

Yes, you heard that correctly.
micah_erfan's tweet image. 🚨 A Tennessee resident has been arrested for posting memes about Trump.

Yes, you heard that correctly.


GJS’ Frank Smyth with @gijn @gijnAfrica on interviewing potentially dangerous sources.

📢 @BerynOrera speaks with @SmythFrank, CEO of @GJSsecurity, & @beetromp, an investigative reporter & convener of @AIJC_Conference, who offered tips on how journalists can safely interview potentially dangerous actors. Here’s what they shared via @IJNet. twp.ai/4ipGsu



GJS' Frank Smyth going on AJ English at 11:30 EST US.

I am going on Al Jazeera English at 11:30 EST US to discuss the IDF's targeting of Anas al-Sharif, killing him and his crew in northern Gaza. Last year al-Sharif won the Amnesty International Human Rights Defenders Award. The IDF has claimed he was a combatant in Hamas.



We have 5 spots left for this subsidized training opportunity in Miami July 14 -1 6. Open to freelance journalists and student journalists. Details here: mailchi.mp/gjs-security.c…

GJSsecurity's tweet image. We have 5 spots left for this subsidized training opportunity in Miami July 14 -1 6. Open to freelance journalists and student journalists. Details here: mailchi.mp/gjs-security.c…

We still have subsidized training spots for freelance journalists or student journalists for the Sotloff Hostile Environments & Emergency First Aid Training in Miami July 14 - 16. Details here: mailchi.mp/gjs-security.c…

GJSsecurity's tweet image. We still have subsidized training spots for freelance journalists or student journalists for the Sotloff Hostile Environments & Emergency First Aid Training in Miami July 14 - 16. Details here:
mailchi.mp/gjs-security.c…

Five aid workers killed who were all Sudanese contractors working for WFP and UNICEF. The convoy had travelled over 1,800 kilometres from the city of Port Sudan, located on the Red Sea coast, carrying supplies for displaced people in North Darfur. news.un.org/en/story/2025/…


Are you a freelance journalist or a student journalist? The 4th Sotloff Memorial Training will occur in Miami July 14 - 16. Spots covering costs are available to freelancers or student journalists Please click here for more information. mailchi.mp/gjs-security.c…

GJSsecurity's tweet image. Are you a freelance journalist or a student journalist? The 4th Sotloff Memorial Training will occur in Miami July 14 - 16. Spots covering costs are available to freelancers or student journalists Please click here for more information. mailchi.mp/gjs-security.c…

4th Steven Sotloff Memorial Training Course in Miami for Qualified Freelance Journalists 3-Day Hostile Environments & Emergency First Aid – Armed Conflict Miami, Florida USA July 14 – 16, 2025 To apply, please see this LinkedIn link: shorturl.at/LYDXN

GJSsecurity's tweet image. 4th Steven Sotloff Memorial Training Course in Miami for Qualified Freelance Journalists  

3-Day Hostile Environments & Emergency First Aid – Armed Conflict 

Miami, Florida USA 
July 14 – 16, 2025  

To apply, please see this LinkedIn link: shorturl.at/LYDXN

“Where once a blue press vest offered some guarantee of protection, now many journalists in war zones say it feels like it puts a target on their backs.” theguardian.com/media/2025/may…


Worst Russian attack in months.

Kyiv suffered its worst missile attack in months last night. At least 12 people were killed, with almost 100 injured. An entire residential building was obliterated. Several others were severely damaged. The scene is apocalyptic. This is not what a ceasefire looks like.

Sassovivente's tweet image. Kyiv suffered its worst missile attack in months last night. At least 12 people were killed, with almost 100 injured.  

An entire residential building was obliterated. Several others were severely damaged. The scene is apocalyptic. 

This is not what a ceasefire looks like.
Sassovivente's tweet image. Kyiv suffered its worst missile attack in months last night. At least 12 people were killed, with almost 100 injured.  

An entire residential building was obliterated. Several others were severely damaged. The scene is apocalyptic. 

This is not what a ceasefire looks like.
Sassovivente's tweet image. Kyiv suffered its worst missile attack in months last night. At least 12 people were killed, with almost 100 injured.  

An entire residential building was obliterated. Several others were severely damaged. The scene is apocalyptic. 

This is not what a ceasefire looks like.
Sassovivente's tweet image. Kyiv suffered its worst missile attack in months last night. At least 12 people were killed, with almost 100 injured.  

An entire residential building was obliterated. Several others were severely damaged. The scene is apocalyptic. 

This is not what a ceasefire looks like.


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Fatima Hassouna said: “I f I die…I don't want to be in a breaking news, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that the world will hear, an impact that will remain through time, and a timeless image that will not be buried by time or place.” Radio Nisaa

SmythFrank's tweet image. Fatima Hassouna said: “I f I die…I don't want to be in a breaking news, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that the world will hear, an impact that will remain through time, and a timeless image that will not be buried by time or place.” Radio Nisaa

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Dr James Smith, an emergency physician, says Israel’s targeting of Palestinian medics in Gaza is “not a mistake” but a “strategy” and lays bare the scale of devastation and killing.


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Over 200 Israeli academics accuse Trump of exploiting antisemitism to target universities haaretz.com/israel-news/20…


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A reminder that 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned' is now available in Spanish 🇪🇸: capitanswing.com/libros/cuando-… Italian 🇮🇹: bollatiboringhieri.it/libri/sally-ha… French 🇫🇷: buchetchastel.fr/catalogue/bien… Dutch 🇳🇱: nieuwamsterdam.nl/producten/en-d… & forthcoming in Polish 🇵🇱.

sallyhayd's tweet image. A reminder that 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned' is now available in 
Spanish 🇪🇸: capitanswing.com/libros/cuando-…
Italian 🇮🇹: bollatiboringhieri.it/libri/sally-ha…
French 🇫🇷: buchetchastel.fr/catalogue/bien…
Dutch 🇳🇱: nieuwamsterdam.nl/producten/en-d…
& forthcoming in Polish 🇵🇱.


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RIP and THANK YOU!!!

RIP to USMC Cpl. John Kinsel Sr. He passed away at the age of 107. He was one of the last 3 remaining Navajo Code Talkers and served with the 9th Marine Regiment & 3rd Marine Division during the taking of Iwo Jima. Enjoy your rest Marine 🇺🇸 🫡

MilitaryCooI's tweet image. RIP to USMC Cpl. John Kinsel Sr. He passed away at the age of 107. He was one of the last 3 remaining Navajo Code Talkers and served with the 9th Marine Regiment & 3rd Marine Division during the taking of Iwo Jima. Enjoy your rest Marine 🇺🇸 🫡


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IMS calls for the immediate release of No Other Land director Hamdan Billal and for the protection of all Palestinian journalists and filmmakers who must be allowed to report and document without fearing death and detention.

IMSforfreemedia's tweet image. IMS calls for the immediate release of No Other Land director Hamdan Billal and for the protection of all Palestinian journalists and filmmakers who must be allowed to report and document without fearing death and detention.

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My friend @DavidLat just published an email Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp sent to the firm. This excerpt is the most chilling. This is how constitutional republics die -- when rivals see a violation of fundamental rights not as an injustice, but as a business opportunity:

DavidAFrench's tweet image. My friend @DavidLat just published an email Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp sent to the firm. This excerpt is the most chilling. This is how constitutional republics die -- when rivals see a violation of fundamental rights not as an injustice, but as a business opportunity:

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ICYMI👀

Trump says reporting by independent news outlets is biased and should be deemed to be against the law. "It has to be illegal, it’s influencing judges and it’s really changing law, and it just cannot be legal. I don’t believe it’s legal." @AlexGangitano thehill.com/homenews/admin…



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