Gap Analysis Yields New Projects, New Partnerships

At the Internet Freedom Festival in Valencia Spain, the International Women’s Media Foundation, the Committee to Protect Journalists and Troll-Busters.com hosted a 2 ½ hour session to create strategies for supporting women journalists online.

Michelle Ferrier leads the workshop in crowdsourcing a gap analysis of organizations working in online abuse.

Dr. Michelle Ferrier, founder of TrollBusters and an associate professor in the E.W Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University, led a design-thinking workshop of digital security advocates to identify needs and global activities. She used a matrix that examined impacts on journalists before, during and after an attack and the research, education, policy and technical work being done to support freedom of expression, digital security and other supports for journalists.

Attendees were invited to contribute organizations and projects working at the intersections of the matrix. Participants then suggested projects to serve gaps. Top projects were further developed in small groups, identifying concept, impact and next steps. If you would like your organization or project considered for this resource, please submit your recommendation to us using this form.

Gap Analysis: Online Threats and Journalists
	BEFORE ATTACK	DURING ATTACK	AFTER ATTACK	OTHER
FRAMING Language/ Definitions	TrollBusters Article 19Women’s Center for Global Leadership – Rutgers	Article 19 International Federation of Journalists TrollBusters	Article 19 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Committee to Protect Journalists TrollBusters	Unions
RESEARCH	TrollBusters International Women’s Media Foundation Google U.S. Director of National Intelligence International Federation of Journalists Digital Rights Foundation Pakistan	Article 19 FLIP International Women’s Media Foundation FFR TrollBusters	Article 19 International Women’s Media Foundation Committee to Protect Journalists TrollBusters Fundacion Karisma International Media Support Reuters Initiative for Freedom of Expression TrollBusters
POLICY	SEAJU Network of SE Asia APC Article 19 SCM IFEX TrollBusters SAMSN Network of South Asia Fundacion Karisma Center for Independent Journalism-Hungary	Article 19 Women in Media Australia TrollBusters	Article 19 Women’s Media Center Reporters Sans Frontieres Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe TrollBusters
EDUCATION		SecDev MLDI TrollBusters International Association of Women in Radio and Television	Reporters Sans Frontieres SecDev Article 19 Women’s Media Center TrollBusters	Dutch MFA Sida: Swedish MFA SIF event
TECHNICAL	Women’s Media Center IREX Safe Project Guardian Project Ciber Seguras – Mexico TrollBusters	Citizen Lab TrollBusters	24/7 Committee to Protect Journalists CitizenLab Guardian Project
TACTICAL RESPONSE	TrollBusters	TrollBusters Guardian Project Rory Peck Trust Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma HeartMob Digital Defenders Program Syria Response Group Access Now Digital Rights Foundation Pakistan Lifeline-Civil Society Response for India	Access Now Article 19 Fundacion Karisma TrollBusters Syria Response Group Digital Defenders Program Dart Center Initiative for Freedom of Expression Rory Peck Trust
OTHER			IREX Safe Fundacion Karisma