Letter of Intent Regarding Travel to High Risk Areas

Letter of Intent Regarding Travel to High Risk Areas

Letter of intent regarding travel to high risk areas The following Swedish media companies have agreed on a joint declaration of intent regarding travel to high risk areas. The purpose is to establish an industry-wide approach with the ultimate goal of strengthening the security of our employees and media contractors. We have therefore agreed on the following requirements when traveling to high risk areas of war or unrest: • Each trip to a high risk area is preceded by a transparent risk analysis - It is the responsibility of each company to carry out the risk analysis in the way they consider best • Every employee who is sent to a high risk area must have undergone a qualified safety course, including medical first aid training - It is the responsibility of each company to ensure that all employees sent to high risk areas have the relevant training • Every employee sent to a high risk area must carry relevant and updated field emergency medical equipment and appropriate protective equipment - It is the responsibility of each company to ensure that all travelers have the relevant equipment • It is the responsibility of every employee sent to a high risk area to comply with the pre-arrangements made with management. This includes the use of social media, including personal accounts • Every employee sent to a high risk area should keep in touch with the newsroom as agreed upon ahead of travel. - It is the responsibility of each company to ensure that there is a functioning organization in place with the capacity to communicate with employees in high risk areas • In case of serious and life-threatening incidents, such as kidnapping or personal injury, a representative for the media company’s upper management may take over responsibility from the newsroom • In cases where companies send contracted freelance journalists or photographers to high risk destinations, the media companies shall take the same responsibility for them, and have the same demands for them, as for full time employees The following media companies intend to continue working together on safety issues. Stockholm June 16, 2017 Casten Almqvist, CEO Tv4 Cilla Benkö, Director General Swedish Radio Lotta Edling, Editor-in-chief Dagens Industri Fredric Karén, Editor-in-chief Svenska Dagbladet Thomas Mattsson, Editor-in-chief Expressen Sofia Olsson Olsén, CEO and Editor-in-chief Aftonbladet Hanna Stjärne, Director General Swedish Television Peter Wolodarski, Editor-in-chief Dagens Nyheter .

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