Training & Workshops

Free, two-day intensive workshops for journalists across Pakistan, built around the skills, ethics, and tools that credible humanitarian reporting requires. Workshops run in cities across the country throughout the year. Every session is free. Each one is capped at 30 participants.

121

Total Trained Journalists

Free

Cost to Attend

2-Day

Intensive Format

30

Places Per Session

What you will learn

Six core areas, each combining theory with hands-on exercises drawn from 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 and verification

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

Ethics of representation

How to portray survivors, displaced people, and children with dignity, consent, and accuracy.

International standards

Reporting aligned with IHL, and a clear understanding of 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 run in Urdu and English. Journalists from regional-language outlets are especially encouraged to apply.

Certificate of completion

Finish a workshop and you'll receive a certificate of completion — and become eligible to submit your work for the annual 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

Aug 31 – Sep 1, 2026

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Gilgit

September 2026

Closed