Press Freedom Ukraine Media Safety USAGM
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- Press Freedom Ukraine Media Safety USAGM
- March 23, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English FOR USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: Press Freedom Ukraine Media Safety (TV) HEADLINE: With Risks to Media Rising in Ukraine, Safety Efforts Ramp Up TEASER: Local and foreign media are offered safety equipment, training as rights groups warn media are not targets PUBLISHED AT: Wednesday, 03/23/2022 at: 2:48 pm BYLINE: Sirwan Kajjo CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: PRODUCER: Marcus Harton SCRIPT WRITER: Sirwan Kajjo SCRIPT EDITORS: JJ, Bowman VIDEO SOURCE (S): AP, Reuters, AFP, Other (see courtesies)) PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 2:56 VID APPROVED BY: BR TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: For VOA Press Freedom)) ((INTRO)) [[With four journalists killed and several wounded since Russia invaded Ukraine, international groups are stepping up efforts to support media safety. VOA’s Sirwan Kajjo has more.]] ((NARRATOR)) Amid the crackle of gunfire and thud of a shell hitting, journalists run from a column of flames. This footage, shot in the Ukrainian city of Irpin in early March, is becoming a common scene in a war that so far has claimed the lives of four journalists and left others wounded. Media groups and international bodies are stressing safety and reminding all sides that journalists are civilians, not military targets. Warnings increased after FOX News journalists Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleksandra Kuvshynova were killed and correspondent Benjamin Hall was seriously injured near the capital, Kyiv, on March 14. ((Courtesy: Nieman Foundation for Journalism)) A day earlier, award-winning American filmmaker Brent Renaud was killed and his colleague, Juan Arredondo, was injured in Ukraine when their vehicle came under fire. And on March 1, a Russian strike on a TV tower in Kyiv killed Yevhenii Sakun, a Ukrainian camera operator for LIVE TV. ((Radio track)) ((Scott Griffen is deputy director at the International Press Institute)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Skype logo)) ((Scott Griffen, International Press Institute)) ((Male in English)) “Journalists under international humanitarian law are civilians, and attacks on civilians are never acceptable. And targeted attacks on journalists in a conflict zone amount to a war crime.” ((NARRATOR)) Journalists on the ground are in need of equipment and other help, which is why Reporters Without Borders on March 12 opened a resource center in Lviv, near the Polish border. ((GRAPHIC/TWITTER)) UNESCO is supporting those efforts, providing safety equipment and training resources. ((END GRAPHIC )) Keeping journalists safe is also the focus of the ACOS Alliance. The coalition of news organizations is sharing resources and knowledge to help local media. ((Radio track)) ((Elisabet Cantenys is executive director at the ACOS Alliance)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Skype logo)) ((Elisabet Cantenys, A Culture of Safety Alliance )) ((Female in English)) “We are not an emergency response organization as many of our signatories are, but of course the scale of what's happening is so great that we are doing our best to support not only our members but also the journalists on the ground. And we've been supporting in many different ways.” ((NARRATOR)) Griffen says journalist deaths in Iraq and Syria should serve as a reminder for newsrooms to conduct proper risk assessments before sending reporters to Ukraine. Beyond dangers in Ukraine, Griffen says the International Press Institute is also documenting repression and censorship in Russia. ((Mandatory courtesy: Skype logo)) ((Scott Griffen, International Press Institute)) ((Male in English)) TC: 00:22 – 00:41 “We have two actually different and important situations going on. One is obviously the war in Ukraine and what that means for Ukrainian and foreign journalists covering the conflict. And on the other side, we have this immense wave of repression in Russia itself targeting independent media.” ((NARRATOR)) For those on the ground, the support could go a long way. ((Sirwan Kajjo, VOA News, Washington))
- Transcript/Script FOR USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: Press Freedom Ukraine Media Safety (TV) HEADLINE: With Risks to Media Rising in Ukraine, Safety Efforts Ramp Up TEASER: Local and foreign media are offered safety equipment, training as rights groups warn media are not targets PUBLISHED AT: Wednesday, 03/23/2022 at: 2:48 pm BYLINE: Sirwan Kajjo CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: PRODUCER: Marcus Harton SCRIPT WRITER: Sirwan Kajjo SCRIPT EDITORS: JJ, Bowman VIDEO SOURCE (S): AP, Reuters, AFP, Other (see courtesies)) PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 2:56 VID APPROVED BY: BR TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: For VOA Press Freedom)) ((INTRO)) [[With four journalists killed and several wounded since Russia invaded Ukraine, international groups are stepping up efforts to support media safety. VOA’s Sirwan Kajjo has more.]] ((NARRATOR)) Amid the crackle of gunfire and thud of a shell hitting, journalists run from a column of flames. This footage, shot in the Ukrainian city of Irpin in early March, is becoming a common scene in a war that so far has claimed the lives of four journalists and left others wounded. Media groups and international bodies are stressing safety and reminding all sides that journalists are civilians, not military targets. Warnings increased after FOX News journalists Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleksandra Kuvshynova were killed and correspondent Benjamin Hall was seriously injured near the capital, Kyiv, on March 14. ((Courtesy: Nieman Foundation for Journalism)) A day earlier, award-winning American filmmaker Brent Renaud was killed and his colleague, Juan Arredondo, was injured in Ukraine when their vehicle came under fire. And on March 1, a Russian strike on a TV tower in Kyiv killed Yevhenii Sakun, a Ukrainian camera operator for LIVE TV. ((Radio track)) ((Scott Griffen is deputy director at the International Press Institute)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Skype logo)) ((Scott Griffen, International Press Institute)) ((Male in English)) “Journalists under international humanitarian law are civilians, and attacks on civilians are never acceptable. And targeted attacks on journalists in a conflict zone amount to a war crime.” ((NARRATOR)) Journalists on the ground are in need of equipment and other help, which is why Reporters Without Borders on March 12 opened a resource center in Lviv, near the Polish border. ((GRAPHIC/TWITTER)) UNESCO is supporting those efforts, providing safety equipment and training resources. ((END GRAPHIC )) Keeping journalists safe is also the focus of the ACOS Alliance. The coalition of news organizations is sharing resources and knowledge to help local media. ((Radio track)) ((Elisabet Cantenys is executive director at the ACOS Alliance)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Skype logo)) ((Elisabet Cantenys, A Culture of Safety Alliance )) ((Female in English)) “We are not an emergency response organization as many of our signatories are, but of course the scale of what's happening is so great that we are doing our best to support not only our members but also the journalists on the ground. And we've been supporting in many different ways.” ((NARRATOR)) Griffen says journalist deaths in Iraq and Syria should serve as a reminder for newsrooms to conduct proper risk assessments before sending reporters to Ukraine. Beyond dangers in Ukraine, Griffen says the International Press Institute is also documenting repression and censorship in Russia. ((Mandatory courtesy: Skype logo)) ((Scott Griffen, International Press Institute)) ((Male in English)) TC: 00:22 – 00:41 “We have two actually different and important situations going on. One is obviously the war in Ukraine and what that means for Ukrainian and foreign journalists covering the conflict. And on the other side, we have this immense wave of repression in Russia itself targeting independent media.” ((NARRATOR)) For those on the ground, the support could go a long way. ((Sirwan Kajjo, VOA News, Washington))
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date March 23, 2022 14:51 EDT
- Byline Sirwan Kajjo
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America