Those gathering the news are increasingly considered a legitimate target of violence, illegal detention, kidnap and torture and the means of making a political statement, by those who would prevent the footage, images, first-hand accounts getting out to the foreign press, broadcasters and news agencies.

The need for quality, hostile environment training for journalists, news gathers and those working in such environments has never been greater. For those who are freelance it can be harder to gain access to quality training at an affordable price. Remote Trauma's Hostile Environment and Trauma Training (HETT) course is specifically aimed at freelancers from all areas of current affairs, documentary film-making, photojournalism and news gathering. To help freelancers access quality, affordable training, we are providing places on our HETT course for just £792.00 + VAT per person (normal cost of £2,100 + VAT).

March sees our first Hostile Environment and Trauma Training (HETT) course of 2013. We are continuing to offer places on the course at a heavily discounted rate for all freelancers.

With so many freelance journalists putting their lives at risk to document the reality on the frontline of a war or disaster, and in the many communities affected, there is a real need to have access to the highest quality safety training at affordable rates. Hostile Environment and Trauma Training (HETT) is essential for all those working in areas that are potentially hazardous whether through conflict, civil unrest, natural disasters or the remoteness of the location.

This course is for freelancers from all areas of current affairs, documentary film-making, photojournalism and news gathering - our goal is to make such training accessible to those who need it most, at a price they can afford.

Our courses normally retail for £2,100 + vat, per person, but we are currently providing places for freelancers on our HETT courses at a specially discounted rate of just £750 per person including vat.

Following the outstanding success of our October Hostile Environment and Trauma Training (HETT) course specifically targeting freelancers, Remote Trauma is running another HETT course for freelancers from December 10th to 14th, 2012.

Freelancers from all areas of current affairs, documentary film-making, photojournalism and news gathering need access to the highest quality safety training at affordable rates. Our goal is to make such training accessible to those who need it most at a price they can afford. Our courses normally retail for £2,100 + vat, per person but we are currently providing this training for freelancers at a specially discounted rate of just £750 per person including vat.

As part of our corporate social responsibility, we offer a limited number of substantially discounted places once a year on our hostile environment training courses, for freelance members of the media industry. We believe that freelancers play a unique and essential role within news gathering, current affairs and documentary making and deserve top quality training. Our courses normally retail for £2,100 + vat, per person but we are currently providing this training for interested freelancers at a specially discounted rate of £750 per person including vat.

Remote Trauma has developed online risk assessment software tailored for the TV and film industries. 

The software allows production crews to carry out comprehensive assessments of the risk involved in carrying out all aspects of a shoot - be it in the studio, on the streets of London, or in an extreme or hostile environment anywhere in the world.

Tonight sees the launch of a new series on the BBC, exploring the inner-workings of our planet like never before. Presented by Richard Hammond, Journey to the Centre of the Earth boasts stunning cinematography and an up close look at the true power of the planet in all it's glory. 

Remote Trauma are pleased to be involved with specialist factual and attention grabbing reality television producer Twenty Twenty, as they celebrate the return of two of their most successful programmes - the award winning The World's Strictest Parents, now in its fourth series and for the second year running, The Big Performance - where a group of 'shy children who love to sing but are terrified of performing in public are put through their paces by choirmaster extraordinaire Gareth Malone'.

For the team at Remote Trauma, 2010 drew to a close in the same way it began, with falling snow and plunging temperatures. The same arctic conditions that saw some of RT's finest advising and supporting ITV's epic ice adventure show, 71 Degrees North, at the start of the year.

Remote Trauma supported this new ITV series by providing all the on location H&S advice for Freddie Flintoff and his crew.

ITV's epic adventure show, 71 Degrees North, premiers this Saturday with a host of celebrities pitting their strength against the extremes of an unforgiving, Nordic environment and Remote Trauma was there, every step of the way.