E3: Self Defense

Jodi Hilton in conversation with Alison Baskerville

In this episode, Jodi Hilton speaks with Alison Baskerville, a former British Army soldier, a documentary photographer, and personal safety trainer and founder of ROAAAR, a UK-based safety training collective tailored to women and non-binary people of the media community.

In their conversation, Alison talks about the importance of recognizing how our own identity shouldn't be a barrier to safety, and what we can do to build a support network and mental resources to prepare ourselves to face our challenges.

Alison also shares stories from her extensive experience in the field, both as a military and civilian photographer, who challenges gender stereotypes in her documentary and portrait photographs.

Jodi Hilton is a photojournalist and volunteer organizer with Trauma Training for Journalists, a group dedicated to providing basic life-saving skills training to local journalists working in insecure and war-torn regions who may lack the resources or ability to travel to training offered elsewhere.

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Jodi Hilton is a Boston-based freelance photojournalist. Her work is focused on stories of migration, minorities and marginalized people.

Alison Baskerville is a British documentary photographer and artist. A former-soldier-turned-artist, She is the founder of the safety training movement ROAAAR and co-founded Powering the Matriarchy Together (P.M.T).