Opinion

• So you want to write a newsletter

  Accessibility still matters to your readers when news is delivered to their inboxes

• Low disability funding makes nonprofit work a challenge

  Good news: It doesn’t have to be that way because accessibility is part of everything

• Letter from the editor: We missed Disability Pride Month

  The Word didn’t publish in July — a month dedicate globally to disability and accessibility — because we ran out of funding

• Access may be global but news audiences like me are local

  African journalism remains a challenge because of technology, language, and accessibility

• The quiet struggles — Part 2

  How to manage the hidden stresses of reporting

• The quiet struggles — part 1

  Taking time to process and rest helps to avoid burnout from the news cycle grind

• Challenging visual assumptions in news

  Strategic communication is key to journalists reaching those in the audience with blindness and low vision

• Accessibility overlays create problematic ‘quick-fixes’

  Accessibility overlays create problematic ‘quick-fixes’ Without fixing the foundation, overlays create disruption for some users, but fail to offer legal protection Newsrooms today are under pressure — from shrinking revenue to shrinking staff. In that environment, anything that promises speed and simplicity is hard to ignore. Accessibility overlays fit that promise perfectly. With a single […]

• Letter from the editor: Bluesky panned a column without reading it

  The headline drove negative reposts, while the attention drove readers to the site

• Are we reporting the news — or repeating it?

  Holding power to account means more than simply parroting quotes