Salary disparity among journalists is acknowledged in our other interviews. Journalists operating within Myanmar and producing content exclusively in Burmese generally earn lower wages compared to their counterparts abroad who write in English. This issue is compounded in an industry where journalists already contend with low wages, often experiencing delayed or partial salary payments. The impact is particularly severe on small-scale media, which still struggles to develop revenue sources after the coup (Media Development Investment Fund, 2022), and ethnic media outlets, where salaries can be up to five times less than that of other media, compensated instead “by the nationalist commitment.” (Htwe, 2017) In crises, journalists have expressed concerns about the lack of contingency plans within their media organisations. Journalist #8, employed by an international media outlet, did not receive adequate instruction and support when a lawsuit was brought against a news article they wrote. The company was still deliberating on a course of action, despite being aware of the potential risk. As they put it: My organisation said, “We could wait and see” and I didn’t believe that, so I ran away. Similarly, Journalist #1 noted that her company has a [Messenger] group of editors and journalists. I think it shouldn't exist. Each editor and journalist can communicate directly. What if one of them gets arrested? They don’t even acknowledge such a risk. So, the idea of [the company being capable of] providing digital security training is farfetched. They don’t have digital security knowledge either. Only after a journalist was put at risk did they remove that journalist from the group. This experience made them realise the risk of having such a group. Fortunately, that one journalist did not get arrested. Later, they learned that they shouldn't have such a group. 30