Committee to Protect Journalists Advises Inauguration Reporters to Not Wear Press Lanyards

Concertina razor wire tops the 8-foot 'non-scalable' fence that surrounds the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, on Jan. 14, 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a non-profit that promotes press freedom and journalists’ rights, issued a safety advisory for covering the Jan. 20 inauguration, included in which was a recommendation for journalists to not wear lanyards around their necks.

“It is recommended that journalists avoid wearing lanyards around their neck for safety reasons,” the advisory reads. It proceeded to refer to a video of Associated Press photographer John Minchillo being attacked in Washington on Jan. 6.