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Crowd protesting Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: rajatonvimma /// VJ Group Random Doctors | Flickr | Creative Commons
April 13, 2022
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News outlets and social media provide an avalanche of information during a crisis

How do you sift out the accurate from the inaccurate?

December 20, 2021
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Three disability questions every editor should ask

Accessible editing practices elevate disabled voices, eliminates ableism and makes journalism more accurate.

Journalist working during a protest against illegal arrest of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny. Photo: Kirill Zharkoy | Unsplash
December 15, 2021
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Best practices for trauma-informed journalism

Experts and journalists provide tips to keep yourself and your sources safe.

Show me the errors
December 8, 2021
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Communicating corrections across multiple newsrooms

When content is shared, there needs to be a plan to quickly create corrections across all outlets.

Burned electrical outlet
November 10, 2021
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It is imperative that we think about our writers’ physical, emotional and legal safety

Lessons from the Global Press Institute’s Duty of Care program.

Alt text: A screenshot of the Twitter alt-text editor. Hannah is using dark mode, so the editor appears on a black background. The heading reads “Write alt-text.” And it is above an image with the following alt-text description written beneath: Forest green crocheted fabric with a pink crochet hook sits on Hannah’s lap in the airplane. She’s in a Southwest plane and the red and white safety card can be seen poking out of the blue seat pocket in front of her.”
October 14, 2021
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Alt-text is journalism: Enhancing your reporting with accessibility

Learning to write alt-text can deepen your reporting and improve how you tell stories online.

A tweet from Kent C. Dodds using special characters to demonstrate how inaccessible this style of Twitter meme is to people who use screen readers or assistive technology. The tweet reads: “You this it's cute to write your tweets and usernames this way. But have you listened to what it sounds like with assistive technologies like VoiceOver?”
October 7, 2021
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Digital accessibility is a cultural shift newsrooms need now

You don’t need to be an engineer or web developer to make your work accessible to disabled audiences.

How to design your inclusive source diversity audit
September 15, 2021
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How to design your inclusive source diversity audit

Five months ago, Chalkbeat and the Reynolds Journalism Institute launched a project that will make it easier for newsrooms to track the diversity of their sources.

Illustration of a woman connecting with people around the world
September 9, 2021
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I’m redesigning brainstorming for asynchronous participation and I love it

Making effective meetings accessible to people not in the room.

Should we mind the gap between U.S. and U.K. small drone policy?
July 26, 2021
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Should we mind the gap between U.S. and U.K. small drone policy?

Many of the U.S. rules that apply to drone use are based on the purpose for which the drone is being flown. In the U.K., the real focus is just how much damage a drone can do.

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