# The Word

> The Word. (noun) A magazine about journalism and accessibility, publishing the first Thursday of the month.

This is the official website of The Word, located at https://the-word.news/.

## Pages

- [Home](https://the-word.news/)
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- [Editorial policies](https://the-word.news/editorial-policies/)
- [Pitching](https://the-word.news/pitching/)
- [Contact us](https://the-word.news/contact-us/)
- [Privacy policy](https://the-word.news/privacy/)
- [Opinion](https://the-word.news/opinion/)
- [Analysis](https://the-word.news/analysis/)
- [News](https://the-word.news/news/)
- [About](https://the-word.news/about-us/)

## Posts

- [So you want to write a newsletter](https://the-word.news/2026/0806/write-a-newsletter/)
- [Low disability funding makes nonprofit work a challenge](https://the-word.news/2026/0806/nonprofit-disability-funding/)
- [Letter from the editor: We missed Disability Pride Month](https://the-word.news/2026/0806/letter-from-the-editor-2/)
- [Access may be global but news audiences like me are local](https://the-word.news/2026/0604/global-accessibility-awareness-day-african-journalism/)
- [The Daily Moth shows what Deaf-first journalism looks like](https://the-word.news/2026/0604/daily-moth-deaf-news/)
- [The quiet struggles — Part 2](https://the-word.news/2026/0604/the-quiet-struggles-part-2/)
- [Equal Access Public Media to rebrand as Organization for Accessible Journalism](https://the-word.news/2026/0604/equal-access-public-media-organization-accessible-journalism/)
- [News must adapt for people who are deafblind](https://the-word.news/2026/0604/deafblind-awareness-month-news-accessibility/)
- [The quiet struggles — part 1](https://the-word.news/2026/0507/quiet-struggles-part-1/)
- [When awareness isn’t accessible](https://the-word.news/2026/0507/when-awareness-isnt-accessible/)
- [Adaptive tech changes who gets to work in journalism](https://the-word.news/2026/0507/adaptive-tech/)
- [The voices of journalism](https://the-word.news/2026/0507/college-radio/)
- [Challenging visual assumptions in news](https://the-word.news/2026/0507/visual-communication/)
- [Journalist: Paralympic news still focuses on disability over sports](https://the-word.news/2026/0402/paralypmic-news-disability-sports/)
- [Accessibility overlays create problematic ‘quick-fixes’](https://the-word.news/2026/0402/accessibility-overlays-create-problematic-quick-fixes/)
- [As DOJ Title II deadline looms, some gray persists in who must comply](https://the-word.news/2026/0402/student-news-title-ii/)
- [Accessibility problems hide inside AI-generated websites](https://the-word.news/2026/0402/accessibility-problems-hide-inside-ai-generated-websites/)
- [Letter from the editor: Bluesky panned a column without reading it](https://the-word.news/2026/0401/letter-from-the-editor/)
- [Are we reporting the news — or repeating it?](https://the-word.news/2026/0305/accountability-journalism/)
- [Starting a newsletter as a disabled user: a journalist’s story](https://the-word.news/2026/0305/disabled-newsletter/)
- [Re-framing mental health in journalism](https://the-word.news/2026/0305/trauma/)
- [NICAR26 kicks off IRE’s 50th anniversary year](https://the-word.news/2026/0305/nicar26/)
- [Attention: most people won’t finish your 3,000 word article](https://the-word.news/2026/0305/attention-span/)
- [Accessibility is Black History](https://the-word.news/2026/0205/black-history-accessibility/)
- [April 9 marks inaugural Local News Day](https://the-word.news/2026/0205/local-news-day/)
- [Clarity is not the enemy of depth](https://the-word.news/2026/0205/clarity/)
- [How to write alt text for news](https://the-word.news/2026/0205/alt-text-for-news/)
- [For the love of editing](https://the-word.news/2026/0205/editing/)
- [ONA touts 2026 convention plan](https://the-word.news/2026/0205/ona26/)
- [The Word goes monthly](https://the-word.news/2026/0129/publishing-schedule-change/)
- [Accessibility in journalism needs funding too](https://the-word.news/2026/0116/fund-accessibility-in-journalism/)
- [Lead with local](https://the-word.news/2026/0115/share-local-news/)
- [Speaking the local language](https://the-word.news/2026/0109/local-news-language/)
- [How reporters should cover law enforcement shootings](https://the-word.news/2026/0108/law-enforcement-reporting/)
- [Eulogy for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting](https://the-word.news/2026/0107/cpb/)
- [A very a11y 2026](https://the-word.news/2026/0106/accessibility-predictions/)
- [A blueprint for local news survival](https://the-word.news/2025/1210/lion/)
- [NewsGuild launches campaign to challenge AI-driven content](https://the-word.news/2025/1205/newsguild-ai/)
- [When a lie is a lie](https://the-word.news/2025/1203/lie/)
- [Teaching journalism at this moment](https://the-word.news/2025/1201/teaching-journalism/)
- [New tool tracks how media covers trans communities](https://the-word.news/2025/1128/trans-news-initiative/)
- [What we mean when we say ‘accessibility’](https://the-word.news/2025/1123/accessibility-meaning/)
- [Protecting the facts](https://the-word.news/2025/1119/ire/)
- [Designing for everyone](https://the-word.news/2025/1118/designing-for-everyone/)
- [The hidden bias in readability tools](https://the-word.news/2025/1118/readability-tools/)
- [Journalism moves unevenly to adopt accessibility practices](https://the-word.news/2025/1107/adapt/)
- [The invisible readers](https://the-word.news/2025/1107/invisible-readers/)
- [Deafblind activists discuss educational funding cuts](https://the-word.news/2025/1104/deafblind/)
- [Student media face off with universities](https://the-word.news/2025/1023/ids/)
- [IDS Interview transcript](https://the-word.news/2025/1023/idsvideotranscript/)
- [Journalism’s overlooked key to public trust](https://the-word.news/2025/1014/accessibility-trust/)
- [Behind closed doors](https://the-word.news/2025/1009/pentagon-policy/)
- [Not a strange word anymore](https://the-word.news/2025/1008/womens-health-media/)
- [Whose words survive](https://the-word.news/2025/0930/trauma-journalism/)
- [Trump takes the American cultural wars to international level at U.N.](https://the-word.news/2025/0926/trump-un/)
- [The declaration of an independent Press](https://the-word.news/2025/0925/freedom-press/)
- [Transphobic misinformation is a gateway drug](https://the-word.news/2025/0923/transphobic-misinformation/)
- [Streets to screens](https://the-word.news/2025/0918/citizen-journalists/)
- [Inclusive journalism as style](https://the-word.news/2025/0916/accessibility-style/)
- [The media made a bad situation even worse](https://the-word.news/2025/0914/media-screwup/)
- [Slow down when news breaks](https://the-word.news/2025/0912/breaking-news/)

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