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Source protection

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This course will guide you on how to integrate sources responsibly into the journalistic production of a media outlet.

Course Contents

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At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Identify and check the credibility of sources to ensure that their information is reliable
  • Check facts and corroborate sources to ensure accuracy of information
  • Describe the issues involved in protecting the privacy of sources
  • Describe the challenges of anonymizing sources
  • Understand the potential risks to vulnerable sources (such as children, trauma victims or refugees) and identify how to avoid harming them in the course of journalistic work
  • Understand the potential conflicts of interest that can arise when working with sources, and learn how to avoid them while maintaining journalistic integrity and independence
  • Understand the importance of being transparent with the public about sources and reporting methods to promote accountability and credibility
  • Systematize consultation of various sources

Jacqueline Dalton –
Fondation Hirondelle 

Jackie Dalton is head of editorial content at Fondation Hirondelle, an organisation which aims to ensure that populations in crisis-affected countries have access to reliable information and spaces for dialogue. Jackie has 20 years’ experience in media and in humanitarian programming.

Emmanuel De Solère Stinzy -
Journalism trainer

Emmanuel is the founder and director of Journalists and Mediators, a French non-profit which works to strength democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights through quality journalism and mediation. Emmanuel also works as a journalist for various partners in Africa and France including CFI, Syfia International and Fondation Hirondelle.

Fondation Hirondelle is a Swiss non-profit organization working to ensure that people facing crises have access to reliable, local, independent information. It has been supporting local media and journalists in fragile contexts for over 30 years (since 1995).

To successfully complete the course and get your certificate, you will need to achieve a 60% pass rate for the graded assessment.