Training & Workshops

Credible Humanitarian Reporting

ICRC Pakistan and Humanitarian Reporting Initiative invite journalists across the country to join our free, intensive two-day training workshops designed to build the skills, ethics and tools that define credible humanitarian reporting. Workshops are held in cities across Pakistan throughout the year. All sessions are free. Places are limited to 30 per session.

121

Total Trained Journalists

Free

Cost to Attend

2-Day

Intensive Format

30

Places Per Session

What you will learn

Each workshop covers six core areas, combining theory with hands-on exercises and real Pakistani case studies.

Practical field skills

Source protection, trauma-informed interviewing, and safe access to conflict and disaster zones.

Humanitarian principles

IHL, the Geneva Conventions, and the core principles of humanity, neutrality, and independence.

Safety & security

Hostile environment assessment, digital security, and psychological first aid for journalists.

OSINT & verification

Open-source tools to geolocate images, verify claims, and fact-check sources in the field.

Ethics of representation

How to portray survivors, IDPs, and children with dignity, consent, and editorial accuracy.

International standards

Align your reporting with IHL and ICRC principles and understand your rights as a journalist in the field.

Who should attend

  • Print, broadcast, and digital journalists
  • Photojournalists and documentary filmmakers
  • Editors commissioning humanitarian coverage
  • NGO and aid agency communications staff
  • Freelancers and independent YouTubers
  • Final-year journalism students

Sessions delivered in Urdu and English. Journalists associated with regional-language news organisations are encouraged to apply.

Certificate of completion

Participants who complete a workshop receive a jointly issued certificate from ICRC Pakistan and Humanitarian Reporting Initiative. Completing a training also makes you eligible to submit work for the annual MU-ICRC Humanitarian Reporting Awards.

Workshops

Karachi

Oct 24 & 25, 2025

Closed

Lahore

Nov 27 & 28, 2025

Closed

Karachi

April 06 & 07, 2026

Closed

Lahore

May 04 & 05, 2026

Closed

Islamabad

August

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Gilgit

September

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