Opinion

• A very a11y 2026

  Some possible ways we can make this year-in-journalism a little more accessible

• What we mean when we say ‘accessibility’

  The word is thrown around in journalism, but it’s often not really what we intend

• The hidden bias in readability tools

  Common AI reader tools are based on long-flawed methods used to make text accessible

• The invisible readers

  Accessibility gaps quietly shrink news audiences

• Whose words survive

  In conflict reporting, whose words are heard above the noise of bombs and gunfire? Accessibility is more than WCAG. It’s about trauma-informed reporting and editing.

• The declaration of an independent Press

  We, the journalists of the free Press, hold these truths to be self evident

• Transphobic misinformation is a gateway drug

  Over the last week more people have — perhaps for the first time — noticed the fascist lean of their news diets and social media feeds, if not social circles.

• Streets to screens

  Citizen journalists fill the gap during Indonesian protests, but face a digital foe.

• Inclusive journalism as style

  Journalism boasts of telling the truth and representing the general will of the public.

  Who is the public when our stories cannot be seen or listened to by everyone?

• Slow down when news breaks

  When major news breaks, news outlets try to get the most information to their audience as quickly as possible.

  In that rush to get the newest, freshest information, we often rely on “people close to the investigation” — unnamed sources from the law enforcement community who may or may not have the correct information.