Eric Phillips is a consultant and subject matter expert on journalist/media safety.

He is a senior safety, security, crisis management, and operations leader with more than 20 years of experience protecting people and sustaining mission-critical operations in high-threat and complex environments.

Eric most recently served as Director of Safety at the Voice of America, where he led enterprise-wide safety, risk management, and crisis response operations supporting 48 departments and journalists deployed worldwide, including active conflict zones. Eric acted as the principal authority on safety decisions affecting domestic and overseas staff and advised senior leadership across multiple U.S. administrations on operational risk, duty of care, and continuity.

Eric's experience includes directing sensitive evacuations and emergency operations, designing standardized risk assessment and safety training frameworks, overseeing security and logistics contracts, and leading continuity-of-operations planning to ensure organizational resilience during global disruptions. During the 2021 Afghanistan crisis, he directed evacuation planning and execution for U.S. government media personnel and families, achieving a 100% safe extraction with no loss of life.

MediaSafe LLC was founded in 2025 to advance journalist safety and support media organizations’ commitment to duty of care.

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