IDA x ITVS x Freedom of the Press Foundation: Digital Security Training for Filmmakers

By International Documentary Association

Date and time

Saturday, June 10, 2017 · 2 - 6pm PDT

Location

ITVS Offices

1435 Folsom St San Francisco, CA 94103

Description

Saturday, June 10th, 2:00PM - 6:00PM
Location:
ITVS Offices
1435 Folsom St
San Francisco, CA 94103 (Map)

With increasing challenges to the privacy and security of filmmakers, do you know how to protect your digital communications and equipment? This half-day intensive, co-hosted by the International Documentary Association, ITVS and Freedom of the Press Foundation will provide how-to guides and resources for protecting your privacy in the age of mass surveillance.

From understanding encryption tools to password management, attendees will adopt tools and practices to protect their press freedoms.

Topics covered will include:

Surveillance Self Defense
E-mail Security Tips
Mobile Security Prevention Tips
Types of Passphrases

The 4 hour Intensive will include breaks and time for hands on instruction with workshop leaders. Participants are encouraged but not required to bring laptops and/or smart phones.

This intensive is ideal for:

Filmmakers who need to protect their media or communications with sources
Doc makers of all types who need an introduction or deeper dive into digital security
Doc makers of all types that will benefit from hands on instruction with their devices

Freedom of the Press Foundation Workshop Leaders

Harlo Holmes, Director of Newsroom Digital Security

Harlo Holmes is the Director of Newsroom Digital Security at Freedom of the Press Foundation. She strives to help individual journalists in various media organizations become confident and effective in securing their communications within their newsrooms, with their sources, and with the public at large. She is a media scholar, software programmer, and activist; and contributes regularly to the open source mobile security collective The Guardian Project.

Olivia Martin, Digital Security Fellow

Olivia Martin is a Digital Security Fellow at Freedom of the Press Foundation. A graduate of NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, her professional work focuses on researching and delivering digital security trainings to journalists, activists, and human rights defenders. She has spent years in newsrooms as a designer and editor with new media and student publications, and uses this experience to aid in assessing the evolving needs of journalists in today's media landscape.

David Huerta, Digital Security Fellow

David Huerta is a technology fellow at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, where he's working on methods to train journalists to take advantage of privacy-enhancing technology to empower a free press. He's organized dozens of trainings across the US, including co-organizing workshops at the Whitney Museum of American Art as part of Laura Poitras's Astro Noise exhibition in 2016. He's also spoken on the subject of usable privacy technology at DEF CON, Radical Networks, Rightscon and random cocktail bars.

Parking:

Folsom / 10th is the intersection of the ITVS office. The main entrance to the ITVS office is entered from Folsom Street. There is no reserved parking on site. Metered or other street parking is available. Read signs carefully. Paid public garage parking available at Soma Hub Garage

Public Transportation:

From Civic Center BART, the ITVS office is a 0.6mile / 12 minute walk.

Special support provided by:

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Members and Supporters of the IDA

Organized by

International Documentary Association

Founded in 1982, the International Documentary Association (IDA) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that promotes nonfiction filmmakers, and is dedicated to increasing public awareness for the documentary genre. Our major program areas are: Advocacy, Filmmaker Services, Education, and Public Programs and Events.

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