How Hancel Technology Could Mean Safer Reporting for Mexican Journalists HanselApp.com
go to original February 24, 2014

Hancel is an Android app that links journalists working in high-risk areas in Mexico to a preselected list of contacts and to NGOs dedicated to defending freedom of expression. (Diego Mendiburu)

Hancel is a cell phone app that connects journalists to each other and to organizations dedicated to defending freedom of expression.

Latin America is one of the most dangerous regions in the world to be a journalist. Hancel allows journalists to create networks with colleagues and organizations. The app can be used to plan assignments in high-risk areas, to report aggressions as they happen and to send an alert in case of an incident.

• Links journalists with organizations dedicated to protecting freedom of expression.
• Hancel can be programmed to monitor journalists working in high-risk areas and also sends an automated alert when a journalist fails to report in.
• Sends an alert to a list of preselected contacts with the exact GPS location
• Creates a secure network of contacts and organizations that can react instantly in case of an alert.
• Hancel gives journalists greater control over their own security.

Hancel is a Factual project funded by the Knight Foundation.

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