The professional training that will take place from February 14-20 at the Campo
de Mayo military barracks will be given by specialists in armed conflicts, diplomats,
government officials, military officers, and journalists from the Argentine
Training Center on Peace Operations (CAECOPAZ).
The course is for editors and reporters that cover news in risky areas. Professionals
from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and
Uruguay will attend the training. The agenda includes, among other topics, theoretical
and practical aspects of security, emergency exercises and risk factors in covering
news, hostage crises, negotiation techniques, and first aide in different situations.
“This professional course constitutes another link in our chain of activities
aimed at preventing journalists from becoming targets of violence,” commented
Alberto Ibargüen, publisher of The Miami Herald Publishing Co., and chairman
of the IAPA’s Committee against Impunity. “Through the collaboration
of many different international organizations, we are developing a continuous
training plan geared towards fighting the high level of violence against journalism
in the region,” remarked Enrique Santos Calderón, director of El
Tiempo, in Bogotá, Colombia, and chairman of the Journalists-at-Risk
Committee.
This seminar, as well as other IAPA activities to defend and promote press freedom,
is made possible thanks to the generous support of the John S. and James L.
Knight Foundation
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