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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.

Understanding the photography and video needs of smaller newsrooms
October 6, 2021
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Understanding the photography and video needs of smaller newsrooms

Local outlets struggle to find and pay visual journalists.

Image by Mudassar Iqbal from Pixabey
October 5, 2021
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Small publishers can build meaningful engagement practices without more time or resources

It will help you serve the people who are most on board with your mission — and most likely to read and need your reporting.

Illustration: Black Illustrations
October 4, 2021
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Redesign your live meeting agenda doc with these templates

How to prioritize people who are participating on their own time.

Reynolds Journalism Institute fellow Kate Abbey-Lambertz speaks to Columbia Missourian students Friday, Aug 27, 2021, in Columbia, Missouri. Photo: Erin Hooley
September 27, 2021
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Utilizing RJI resources to take next steps

The Covering Your Community project prepares for our first listening session.

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.

Disability Matters logo features two overlapping circles creating a Venn Diagram effect. A teal circle is on the left overlaid on a blue circle on the right. All caps sans serif font in white that says Disability Matters is on top of both circles and positioned slightly more to the right. The design conveys the idea of people with shared experiences and differences coming together to learn about each other and build a stronger group for all.
August 18, 2021
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Is disability invisible in your newsroom? It’s beyond time to fix that

If teens on TikTok can add captions to videos, you can, too.

Neil Mara, 2019–2020 RJI Fellow
July 28, 2021
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News archives: The untapped resource Part 3

This excerpt from Neil Mara’s research report highlights the top selections from each of the five categories of examples showing how newsrooms are using the content of their news archives to their benefit.

Headphones lying on a pile of confetti.
May 21, 2020
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Challenge Accepted! Expandable audio journalism lets listeners take control

What if people could control the way an audio story plays out while listening to it? Missouri School of Journalism students Slone Salerno, Vivian Wang, Elliot Bauman and Sarai Vega worked with RJI Fellow Michael Epstein to find out.

A series of cylindrical smart speakers
March 4, 2020
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Expandable Audio Journalism: The next frontier for podcasting

News story listeners will get prompts to decide if they want to learn more about a person, topic, or place.

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