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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.

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.

Try these apps for easy entry into audio for breaking news and audience reaction
September 8, 2021
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Try these apps for easy entry into audio for breaking news and audience reaction

‘Voices of Kabul’ shows how audio can be harnessed in newsgathering and engagement efforts.

Some social media perks you should know about
August 16, 2021
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Some social media perks you should know about

Third party design apps and tools for social media are your allies in engaging with audiences.

Neil Mara
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.

Jefferson City News Tribune Instagram page
July 19, 2021
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Creating advertising graphics for your newsroom’s Instagram

Creating graphics for Instagram may seem easy, but strategy and technique are required when generating graphics for your organization to engage your audience.

Journalism’s broken talent pipeline
June 22, 2021
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Journalism’s broken talent pipeline

It’s impossible to address what journalists do and why we exist without understanding how and who becomes a journalist today.

Pregame podcast
June 15, 2021
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Eight ways smaller newsrooms can make audio pay

As advertising reliance becomes an increasingly redundant, risky and outdated strategy, it is incumbent on publishers large and small to implement strategies which generate revenue from multiple sources.

Photo: Kelly Sikkema, Unsplash | https://unsplash.com/@kellysikkema
April 27, 2021
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9 ways newsrooms can incorporate more audio in their work

The ability to hear stories is essential for visually impaired audiences — and anyone who wants to consume content on the move.

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