Yemeni journalists are exposed to risks of all kinds, including psychological, physical, digital, legal, financial, social, and professional. Perpetrators of crimes against journalists often go unpunished.

The confiscation of freedom of opinion and expression and freedom of the press is one of the crimes that has its repercussions on the present and future of the country.

This descriptive study aimed to identify the extent to which Yemeni journalists are aware of the risks of press coverage and its relationship to their adoption of professional safety measures by identifying the risks of press coverage and measuring the extent to which Yemeni journalists adopt professional safety measures. The study employed the professional practice approach and the theory of diffusion of innovations. The study used the survey method to reach a sample of 307 journalists using the purposive sampling method from Yemeni journalists practicing the profession.

The study found that Yemeni journalists are highly aware of the risks of press coverage, primarily the risks of political and legal intimidation, exposure to danger in a war or conflict zone, and confiscation of press tools. However, they have information about professional safety measures and are aware of the need to adhere to them to a moderate degree, although their interest in obtaining information about professional safety measures is high. More than half of them adopt professional safety measures that they have previously experienced because professional safety measures do not protect journalists from murder, imprisonment, or torture as a first cause. Identifying reliable contacts was the most important professional safety measure in terms of evaluation and experience. Nearly half of Yemeni journalists do not feel completely safe while practicing their profession. Psychological risks are at the forefront of the risks faced by journalists despite their exposure to physical risks to a lesser extent. Journalists described the work environment as dangerous and hostile together, which means that Yemen does not protect journalists and does not support freedom of the press, which necessitates adherence to professional safety measures at least .