Safety Training

After working as a journalist for 25 years in some of the most dangerous corners of the world, I realized that the best way to reduce the odds of getting harmed was to assess the particular risk in each situation and generate a plan to mitigate. That’s how I became a safety training expert. The program began as part of my war reporting class at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism School and has since expanded into a consultancy for anyone facing perilous situations and concerned about mass shootings, hacking, rape and natural emergencies such as pandemics, hurricanes, and wildfires.

Security Rules LLC offers expert hands-on workshops and advice for nearly every danger we face today:
• Health emergencies and first aid
• Active shooters
• Natural disasters
• Securing digital communications and financial accounts
• Dodging surveillance
• War
• Riots and civil unrest
• Cyber harassment
• Psychological trauma and self-care
• Sheltering in place
• Sexual harassment and assault
• Crisis planning

Contact Judith if you would like to set up a session: judith@judithmatloff.com

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TESTIMONIALS

“Judith brings her tremendous experience as a journalist who has worked in some of the world’s most dangerous places. She has been at the forefront of recognizing the importance of both physical and emotional health in any safety training. We admire Judith’s ability to guide students through very difficult material with authority, empathy and wit — an invaluable combination that has won her fans around the world.”
—Jane Hawkes, co-founder of the Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma

“I lack words to thank you for the time you devoted to share your knowledge about coverage of zones of violence. Our colleagues were left very moved and impressed by this experience.”
—Daniela Pastrana, Executive Secretary, Red de Periodistas de a Pie, Mexico

“Columbia Journalism School has enjoyed its collaboration with Judith because she is viewed so authoritatively by the journalists she trains. She has a unique mix of experience as a seasoned journalist who worked in numerous locations around the world, long experience as a trainer in conjunction with other world-known experts and institutions, and strong familiarity with the educational process as a professor in a major journalism school.”
—Ernest R. Sotomayor, Dean of Student Affairs, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism

“We recently worked together on a project to reach in an online course more than 100 reporters and editors from the areas of Mexico that have been most affected by the current wave of violence. Ms. Matloff was fundamental for the success of the program and demonstrated clearly not only the expertise but also cultural sensibility that allows her to communicate in an efficient way.”
—Rosental C. Alves,Director, Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, the University of Texas at Austin

“The course was incredibly informative and helpful. It will make the next generation safer, wiser and more informed.”
—Andrew Burton, photographer for Getty Images