Centurion in the Media
Merced Sun-Star - Reporters' Notebook - Adios, Paul, a guardian angel with tats and an AK-47
Paul went home today. He's one of two of the bureau's security guards who take turns--six weeks in-county, six weeks off--protecting us when we venture into Baghdad. More like a guardian angel, if you can describe a small-college linebacker-sized bloke from Manchester, both Popeye arm muscles tattooed, who carries an AK-47, in angelic terms.
Paul went home today. He's one of two of the bureau's security guards who take turns--six weeks in-county, six weeks off--protecting us when we venture into Baghdad. More like a guardian angel, if you can describe a small-college linebacker-sized bloke from Manchester, both Popeye arm muscles tattooed, who carries an AK-47, in angelic terms.
Broadcast - Danger Zone
With journalists facing ever increasing danger in the field, how can hostile environment training help lower the risks?
With journalists facing ever increasing danger in the field, how can hostile environment training help lower the risks?
Five News team talk - From autocue to gunshots
You know what a hard life it is being a newscaster? Well, my nice editor Mark Calvert has sent me away for a few days R&R. I arrived at this tranquil country estate in leafy Hampshire, and 10 minutes later found myself in a room full of land mines, anti-personnel mines, hand grenades, letter bombs, and thermos flasks disguised as bombs.
You know what a hard life it is being a newscaster? Well, my nice editor Mark Calvert has sent me away for a few days R&R. I arrived at this tranquil country estate in leafy Hampshire, and 10 minutes later found myself in a room full of land mines, anti-personnel mines, hand grenades, letter bombs, and thermos flasks disguised as bombs.
The New Yorker - School for Survival
Just how vulnerable is a reporter covering war?
Just how vulnerable is a reporter covering war?
BBC - Britons in Baghdad hotel blast
Two British security advisers led people to safety after a bomb blast near a hotel in Baghdad.
Two British security advisers led people to safety after a bomb blast near a hotel in Baghdad.
The Washington Post - Report: Attacks on U.S. Personnel in Iraq Rising
Attacks on civilians and U.S. military personnel in Iraq have become so commonplace that a brazen assassination attempt last month on two military officers in civilian dress working for the Coalition Provisional Authority wasn't even reported at the time.
Attacks on civilians and U.S. military personnel in Iraq have become so commonplace that a brazen assassination attempt last month on two military officers in civilian dress working for the Coalition Provisional Authority wasn't even reported at the time.
SportsShooter - Hostile Environment Training 101
Perhaps my father put it best. "You're more a soldier than a journalist these days, " he said as he tried on my gas mask in London. He'd come up on an overnight visit from Paris, following my one-week course in the United Kingdom, aimed at better preparing journalists who cover conflicts.
Perhaps my father put it best. "You're more a soldier than a journalist these days, " he said as he tried on my gas mask in London. He'd come up on an overnight visit from Paris, following my one-week course in the United Kingdom, aimed at better preparing journalists who cover conflicts.
The Freedom Forum - Reporters Covering Armed Conflicts
During 2001 The Freedom Forum sponsored the participation of six Colombian reporters and photographers in a safety training course designed for journalists covering armed conflicts throughout the world.
During 2001 The Freedom Forum sponsored the participation of six Colombian reporters and photographers in a safety training course designed for journalists covering armed conflicts throughout the world.
AP World Magazine - Hostile Environment Training
Manila Chief of Bureau Paul Alexander has covered stories from Somalia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Johannesburg and Singapore. He wrote this article about Centurion after attending the hostile environment course in March 2001.
Manila Chief of Bureau Paul Alexander has covered stories from Somalia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Johannesburg and Singapore. He wrote this article about Centurion after attending the hostile environment course in March 2001.
AP World - Bringing Lessons Home
APTN newsman Rick Gentilo grabbed his Centurion handbook the morning of Sept. 11, when he was told to go to New York to help cover the World Trade Center attacks.
APTN newsman Rick Gentilo grabbed his Centurion handbook the morning of Sept. 11, when he was told to go to New York to help cover the World Trade Center attacks.
The Christian Science Monitor - Reporters go back to school
The Christian Science Monitor staff writers get a hostile lesson in covering war.
The Christian Science Monitor staff writers get a hostile lesson in covering war.
Reuters Foundation - How to be a real survivor
A bomb explodes as the van turns the corner. Masked gunmen burst from the bushes and swarm over the vehicle. "We are only journalists," he says, "we are only journalists."
A bomb explodes as the van turns the corner. Masked gunmen burst from the bushes and swarm over the vehicle. "We are only journalists," he says, "we are only journalists."
Eve Magazine - A walk in the woods
Stay out of Comayaguela, I was told. But I didn't. I went there every day. What I thought I'd become from these experiences was tough, but I now realise that all I had was a terrific capacity for ignorance.
Stay out of Comayaguela, I was told. But I didn't. I went there every day. What I thought I'd become from these experiences was tough, but I now realise that all I had was a terrific capacity for ignorance.
British Film & TV Facilities Journal - Hostile environments
The hazards of working abroad. For film crews working abroad, covering stories is becoming ever more hazardous. Paul Rees looks at ways of minimising the risk.
The hazards of working abroad. For film crews working abroad, covering stories is becoming ever more hazardous. Paul Rees looks at ways of minimising the risk.
Brill's Content - Deadly competition
As demand for war footage to air on the network news heats up, more journalists are taking chances in dangerous situations - and for two of them, the risks proved fatal.
As demand for war footage to air on the network news heats up, more journalists are taking chances in dangerous situations - and for two of them, the risks proved fatal.
Daily News Record - Training In Woodstock
Training In Woodstock Prepares Journalists/Aid Workers For Hostile Situations.
Training In Woodstock Prepares Journalists/Aid Workers For Hostile Situations.
The Daily Telegraph - Fully prepared to take the flak
Do you know what to do in a mortar attack or how to cross a minefield? Janie Lawrence does now.
Do you know what to do in a mortar attack or how to cross a minefield? Janie Lawrence does now.
Journalist - Danger, this Virtual War is for Real
Freelance Peter Moszynski. an experienced reporter in war-torn areas, still wanted to learn the basics of self-preservation. He found the NUJ course he went on so good that it almost scared him into not going back ever again.
Freelance Peter Moszynski. an experienced reporter in war-torn areas, still wanted to learn the basics of self-preservation. He found the NUJ course he went on so good that it almost scared him into not going back ever again.
Northern Virginia Daily - War Zone
Just as the Massanutten Military Academy bus crosses a low-water bridge, an explosion pierces the quiet morning countryside in Shenandoah Country.
Just as the Massanutten Military Academy bus crosses a low-water bridge, an explosion pierces the quiet morning countryside in Shenandoah Country.
Merced Sun-Star - Reporters' Notebook - Five former Royal Marines, 11 journos, fake blood and real guts
They're all former British Royal Marines, enlisted men and noncommissioned officers, who've done time for two decades or more in Northern Ireland, the Falklands, the Arctic, Afghanistan, the Middle East and, most recently, rural Virginia. These salty ex-commandos are trainers for Centurion Risk Assessment Services Ltd., founded in the United Kingdom in 1995 to help teach journalists, diplomats, relief workers, peace organizations and other outfits how to survive in "hostile environments."
They're all former British Royal Marines, enlisted men and noncommissioned officers, who've done time for two decades or more in Northern Ireland, the Falklands, the Arctic, Afghanistan, the Middle East and, most recently, rural Virginia. These salty ex-commandos are trainers for Centurion Risk Assessment Services Ltd., founded in the United Kingdom in 1995 to help teach journalists, diplomats, relief workers, peace organizations and other outfits how to survive in "hostile environments."
The Times - US journalists sign up for terrorism survival course
NEVER mind optimum split times for the individual medley or the importance of upper-body strength in Greco-Roman wrestling - and never mind the designer steroids and superstar tantrums either. A bunch of American sports hacks are preparing for the Olympic Games with a terrorism survival course.
NEVER mind optimum split times for the individual medley or the importance of upper-body strength in Greco-Roman wrestling - and never mind the designer steroids and superstar tantrums either. A bunch of American sports hacks are preparing for the Olympic Games with a terrorism survival course.
Reuters World - Life on the Front Line
The Reuters Foundation has helped train journalists from all over the globe in news writing. But it does more - course participants now get tips on how to survive in war zones.
The Reuters Foundation has helped train journalists from all over the globe in news writing. But it does more - course participants now get tips on how to survive in war zones.
The Washington Post - For Reporters in Iraq, Security Gets Personal
Michael Holmes was in a Chevy Suburban headed toward Baghdad late last month when the first armor-piercing bullet blasted through the seat between him and his cameraman.
Michael Holmes was in a Chevy Suburban headed toward Baghdad late last month when the first armor-piercing bullet blasted through the seat between him and his cameraman.
National Defense - Journalists Taught How To Survive Kidnapping
The gunfire began shortly after the bus forded the Shenandoah River in the backwoods of northwestern Virginia. As the bus came to a halt, five armed, black-masked gunmen swarmed aboard.
The gunfire began shortly after the bus forded the Shenandoah River in the backwoods of northwestern Virginia. As the bus came to a halt, five armed, black-masked gunmen swarmed aboard.
Newsweek - Athens 2004: Trained for the Games
As reporting assignments go, the Olympics is up there with a posting to Paris. There's exotic food, historic sites and an international cast of characters. These days, that happens to include Al Qaeda.
As reporting assignments go, the Olympics is up there with a posting to Paris. There's exotic food, historic sites and an international cast of characters. These days, that happens to include Al Qaeda.
Libertad-Prensa.org - An Ounce of Prevention
On an American farm, a group of journalists learns how to survive the dangers of our profession.
On an American farm, a group of journalists learns how to survive the dangers of our profession.
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