Safety planning starts here.
Safety planning starts here.
JESS helps journalists and editors identify risks and prepare for assignments, with expert guidance from leading press freedom NGOs.
Support your team with informed safety conversations. Get expert guidance to help you protect your journalists as you plan and prepare assignments.
Build a culture of safety across your organization. JESS can help you establish consistent protocols and ensure your entire team is prepared.
Plan assignments when you don't have a safety desk to call. Access vetted resources from trusted safety experts.
JESS is optimized for use in the US and draws on best-practice resources from leading security advisors and press freedom NGOs.
"The trick with AI is restricting what it knows. JESS isn't trained on everything — it's trained on vetted guidance from real safety experts. That's what makes it trustworthy."
— Gina Chua, Chair of JESS Advisory Board and Executive Director, Tow-Knight Center for Journalism Futures
Ask a quick question, or build a full safety plan for an upcoming assignment. Both are grounded in the same expert sources.
Walk through a short assessment of your assignment and get a personalised plan grounded in expert guidance — one that you can save, edit, share with colleagues.
Get sourced answers on protests, digital security, harassment, natural disasters, conflict zones, and more — drawn directly from vetted expert sources.
Describe your assignment or your safety concerns. The more context you provide, the better the guidance.
Get safety recommendations drawn from expert resources. Ask follow-ups and dig deeper.
JESS guidance is general, so consider how it fits your situation, context or circumstances, and use the Source Knowledge option to help you verify the guidance given.
Use the guidance to inform your planning, team conversations, and safety documentation. Revisit when plans or contexts change.
JESS also works inside the AI tools you use. Connect JESS to Claude or ChatGPT and get the same vetted guidance alongside your research, drafting, and editing — without switching tabs.
JESS is a non-commercial project from organizations dedicated to press freedom and journalist protection.
JESS works best when you know what to ask and what to expect.
Take a few minutes to learn how JESS can help you plan safer assignments, what it can and can't do, and how to get better guidance.
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