Bulletproof vests and gas masks: Journalists prep for Inauguration Day

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At the end of December, Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau Chief Kimbriell Kelly was looking at getting Moleskine notebooks as gifts for her staff. A couple weeks later, she was procuring gas masks, helmets and body armor for coverage of the inauguration.

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Newsrooms like the LA Times have distributed protective equipment and held safety trainings to prepare reporters for Inauguration Day. Protests and demonstrations around the ceremony in Washington, DC are typical, but after the riots on January 6, journalists are preparing for another violent outbreak. "I quickly saw my role as a person who had to adapt," Kelly told CNN Business."My goal is to protect my staff, protect my reporters and make sure that everybody is taken care of.

Media organizations have recently sent out tips and guidance for journalists in the field. The Radio Television Digital News Association launched a journalist training and resource center last week about reporting"ethically and safely" during civil unrest. "This is the most perilous time for journalists in the field in the modern history of the United States," RTDNA Executive Director Dan Shelley told CNN's Brian Stelter on"Reliable Sources" Sunday.

— Paul McLeod January 6, 2021 For Inauguration Day, McLeod said he plans to not wear anything that could identify him as a member of the press. One striking difference he noticed between Trump rallies and the insurrection was the aggression from the crowd. "For all of the pageantry and theater of booing the media, when you go up to talk to people afterward, in my experience, they'd actually been pretty polite," McLeod said about covering Trump rallies.

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