Conducting the Activity

At the start of the exercise, the trainer explains that the purpose of the module is to learn ways to identify risks to journalists and their electronic devices. Since human rights’ defenders e.g. journalists often have to be good investigators, this activity should be perfect for them. The trainer then:

• Invites participants to walk up to or around the prepared space (or view a prepared photograph) for five minutes and take notes of risks they see.
• Organizes participants into groups of two or three and asks them to work together to share their findings with each other, and to then take five minutes to write their observations on a sheet of chart paper.
• Reminds participants that some “risks” will be obvious while others may not be obvious to all members in the group, and encourages discussion among participants to explore their views.
• When 10 minutes are left in the activity, asks teams to take turns •presenting their “risks list” and to explain why individual items on the list might create a risk.
• Takes some time to point out any prepared risks that the group has not identified.