For freelancers,
by freelancers.

Representing freelance journalists exposed to risk while gathering news.

Frontline Freelance Register (FFR) is run by freelancers, for freelancers. FFR is open to actively working, international freelance foreign and conflict journalists who take physical risks in their work, and adhere to the Code of Conduct. We aim to provide members with representation and a sense of community, vital in this fragmented profession.

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The Frontline Freelance Register is a representative body for freelancers, created and run by freelancers.

The FFR's core objective is to support the physical and mental wellbeing of freelance journalists.
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Membership is open to all freelance journalists who face significant risk while working in foreign environments and who commit to the FFR Code of Conduct.

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Security is an issue we all take seriously. The difference is that if an independent journalist gets kidnapped or killed, he or she will most likely be labelled as ‘an irresponsible daredevil'. If a staffer from a large organisation is kidnapped, he or she will most likely get television interviews and praise for ‘risking it all' to get the story.
Javier Manzano

News

The Risks and Rewards of Solitude

15 Sep 2017

FFR's Jack Losh latest article for World Press Photo's Witness online magazine looks at one aspect of freelance journalism that is often not mentioned - loneliness.

Freelance journalist killed in South Sudan

28 Aug 2017

The Frontline Freelance Register is deeply saddened by the death of member Chris Allen while covering the ongoing conflict in South Sudan. Chris was embedded with rebel forces and died during heavy clashes with government troops in the town of Kaya in Yei River State on Saturday.