Accessibility – RJI

December 20, 2021

Three disability questions every editor should ask

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

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

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

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.

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