Mobile Security Survival Guide for Journalists

"The Mobile Security Survival Guide for Journalists helps you better understand the risks inherent in the use of mobile technology. It also discusses some tactics you can use to protect yourself."

From the SaferMobile website, This guide is designed to help navigate the challenges for any journalists or person engaged in sensitive work to understand the lack of security and the risks inherent in mobile communications. For example, the awareness section covers the data trail stored in a mobile phone and the location finder, as well as how to disable certain functions and when to strategically turn off a phone.

The online free-to-access guide is written "with the workflow of a journalist in mind" and offers the following sections:

• "Mobile Network Awareness: The Basics - What does your mobile use say about you?
• Preparing for Assignment - Assess your digital risks and prepare your phone.
• Reporting/In the Field - Talking to sources and conducting interviews; checking in with your newsroom, your phone in emergency situations
• Filing the Story - Sending updates, news bursts, or multimedia content from the field
• BONUS! Social Media - Safer use of social media to follow news, connect with sources, share breaking stories and promote your work."