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Journalism moves unevenly to adopt accessibility practices - The Word News sites continue to overlook accessibility, continuing to rank among the worst offenders of digital access

Did you catch the two articles about accessibility in the news industry today?

Two great reads for a Friday:

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The invisible readers - The Word Accessibility gaps quietly shrink news audiences

Then, check out thoughts on why this gap exists and what to do about it from Akinyele Akintomiwa Michael, an up-and-coming journalist who focuses on accessibility.

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Journalism moves unevenly to adopt accessibility practices - The Word News sites continue to overlook accessibility, continuing to rank among the worst offenders of digital access

The Word is back this morning with two pieces!

First, how is the media doing over all on accessibility? Not well, apparently.

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How journalists covered the attack on trans rights in Trump's first 100 days Trans perspectives were rarely present in articles about the consequences federal actions would have on their lives, according to an analysis conducted by Berkeley Media Studies Group in partnership w...

Visible, yet vulnerable: What journalists can learn from how we covered the attack on trans rights in Trump’s first 100 days.
One big takeaway: Based on analysis of a representative sample of articles, 70% of stories about anti-trans executive orders didn’t quote trans people.
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Deafblind activists discuss educational funding cuts - The Word When news broke that the Dept. of Ed was halting grants, deafblind voices were left out of the conversation

If you missed Jodi Miskell's article yesterday interviewing two deafblind activists about the Dept. of Ed. cuts to deafblind education centers, check it out today!

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Really important reporting on the DeafBlind program funding issue.

Deafblind activists discuss educational funding cuts - The Word When news broke that the Dept. of Ed was halting grants, deafblind voices were left out of the conversation

New! When funding cuts hit deafblind education centers, news outlets interviewed educators and parents — but not deafblind people. The word talks to two deafblind activists about what happened, deafblind education, and more.

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Pitching A guide to pitching articles, commentary, and analysis to The Word.

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Could you have your tab navigation turned off on your browser?

That's what I asked if you meant. It is there.

I'm staring at the skip links/code right now. I don't have an answer for you. However, I have reached out to better coders than me because if you're seeing a problem, than there's a problem.

We know. This one works better and has two close buttons (plus the opt-in button) and does escape out. And it's been screenreader tested by yours truly who uses a screenreader. Think I found the image at issue.

Still not sure about skip article. Do they mean skip content?

We launched at about 8:10 a.m., so I'm pretty pleased that one link was broken. As for the others, I'm not sure.

Editor here: The broken link is fixed. (Was trying to link back to the old site not the current site.)

I don't see the yellow-on-white text on the slide-in

Don't know what you mean by skip article. Skip content? Skip header?

Which alt-text you are looking at?

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