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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 14/07/2026

Your donations: • Help pay for journalism-focused accessibility training • Maintain and build free resources such as the Style and Accessibility Guide • Keep the magazine The Word free to all • Help pay for writers for @the-word.news It's why $5 a month can do so much.

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Together, we build a more accessible journalism industry and more accessible public-facing news products so we can make #NewsForAll.

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EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide @styleguide.accessiblejournalism.org · 14/07/2026

We're moving on Aug. 1 to styleguide.accessiblejournalism.org as @equalaccesspublicmedia.org becomes the Organization for Accessible Journalism. Don't worry if you forget to update your bookmarks. Our current website will automatically redirect you.

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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 10/06/2026

We are looking for 20 new supporters right now! Are you in?

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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 01/06/2026

Ok. We've made you wait long enough. It's time to finally tell you. equalaccesspublicmedia.org/press-releas...

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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 21/05/2026

We hope you'll join us in recognizing Global Accessibility Awareness Day. EAPM is focused on improving accessibility in the field of journalism and in public-facing news. Join us in our mission. www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org #GAAD #GAAD15 #MakeItAccessible #NewsForAll

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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 12/05/2026

Accessibility in the journalism industry and public-facing news is our mission — and we won't go down without a fight. If you're with us, let us know. Spread the word about us, and back us with a few dollars. givebutter.com/buildnews

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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 12/05/2026

We’ve struggled. Since starting, we’ve never exceeded $1000 budget. We solely depend on small donors because foundations have turned away. That’s why we need you more than ever. equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/

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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 17/12/2025

One mission. Four projects. equalaccesspublicmedia.org

Text reads 1 mission: Accessibility in news.
We break down barriers for people with disabilities and chronic illnesses, people who are neurodivergent, for veterans and caregivers, and people with low literacy so more people get news and more people like us are in newsrooms.
4 projects: Accessibility in action.
• the EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide
• training for journalists, media outlets and news organizations
• The Word magazine
• the National Tab (coming soon)
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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 06/04/2026

Hey EAPM donors and supporters! You may have heard it's our Spring Fund Drive. Did you know we're not asking you to donate again? Nope. We're asking you to spread the word about us instead. You can read our entire wacky plan in this months newsletter. equalaccesspublicmedia.org/april-newsle...

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April Newsletter: This Spring Fund Drive, we won’t ask donors for more funds

What if we flipped the Spring Fund Drive on its head and didn’t ask our regular donors for funds?

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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 28/03/2026

This April is our annual Spring Fund Drive. Except we're not asking our current donors for funds. Instead, we're taking a page from Kermit the Frog in his role as Kermit the Frog in "The Muppets Take Manhattan." We want you to help us with a sort of "whisper campaign." 1/2

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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 07/04/2026

You may have heard it's our Spring Fund Drive. You probably also heard that we're not asking our donors to give money again. Instead we're asking you to talk about us. So we thought you might like to have the facts about us. (And please share our website, too! www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org)

It's the Equal Access Public Media Spring Fund Drive, and you can help by spreading the word about EAPM.

Equal Access Public Media
• Focuses on improving accessibility in the journalism industry and public-facing news products.
• Is a nonprofit in the public interest.
• Funded almost entirely by small-dollar donors.
• Trains journalists in accessible skills.
• Built projects including The Word magazine and the EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide.

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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 08/04/2026

It's our Spring Fund Drive — and instead of asking our current donors for more funds, we're asking you to spread the word about us. Today, we'd like you to tell others why you support www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org.

It's the Equal Access Public Media Spring Fund Drive and you can help by spreading the word about EAPM.

Do you support EAPM - or one of our projects such as The Word, the EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide, or journalist accessibility skills training?

Share your reason why you've donated or volunteered!

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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 02/03/2026

As this retreat from #DEIA has ramped up, our funding has dried up. Which is why we need your help. Donate now. www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/

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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 04/12/2025

The end of the year is here. Time to put your money where your heart is. Make an individual donation through Givebutter (givebutter.com/buildnews). Want all the ways to donate? Check our website (equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-…).

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EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide @styleguide.accessiblejournalism.org · 23/11/2025

Public service announcement: words have meaning. The autism community has largely defined autism as a neurodivergent identity. Autism/autistic has meaning. Austism spectrum disorder is a diagnosis. This has parameters. ASD (F84.0) has meaning. eapmstyleguide.org/autism-autis...

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autism, autistic - EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide

A disability that affects how people experience the world around them, which can be...

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.

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EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide @styleguide.accessiblejournalism.org · 21/11/2025

We're still building. Please help us continue our work.

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EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide @styleguide.accessiblejournalism.org · 17/11/2025

Do you love the Style and Accessibility Guide? Hate it? Haven't used it, but simply love taking surveys? Great! We're looking for you! Take our User Feedback Survey! eapmstyleguide.org#survey

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Welcome to EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide. Browse by chapter or search for a term.

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EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide @styleguide.accessiblejournalism.org · 09/11/2025

Yes, we love the em-dash as much as the next journalist — and apparently as much as gen AI, so we're told. But did you know that a screen reader doesn't necessary read the em-dash?

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Use the em-dash between the dateline and the start of the first paragraph, surrounded by...

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EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide @styleguide.accessiblejournalism.org · 06/11/2025

Are you a Style and Accessibility Guide patron? Not only do you help fund the Style and Accessibility Guide — and the people who contribute to it! — but you are part of building the only journalism accessibility guide out there.

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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 05/11/2025

Two years ago this month, we went from idea to reality. Help continue our work by donating $2 in honor of our second birthday.

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EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide @styleguide.accessiblejournalism.org · 05/11/2025

Happy day after elections. With so many candidates focusing on affordability, we thought it might be helpful to post two terms: • minimum wage (eapmstyleguide.org/minimum-wage/) • living wage (eapmstyleguide.org/living-wage/) and a song.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

When using Microsoft Word or Google Docs, don't just make text bigger and bolder to make it a heading. That will work for sighted users, but screen reader users will miss that and just hear it as normal paragraph text. Use actual heading styles, like level 1 through 6.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

When possible, use simple and familiar data visualization techniques. Complex data visualizations can be visually appealing, but they can also be more difficult to understand. If a visualization gets overly complex, consider alternate chart types for the sake of understanding.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Some people replace the word "season" with "szn" or the word "please" with "plz." Not all sighted users will know what those spellings are supposed to mean, and many screen reader users won't, either. Many screen readers will read "szn" as S-Z-N and "plz" as P-L-Z.

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EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide @styleguide.accessiblejournalism.org · 24/10/2025

We figured, as a new account, it's important to post a controversial opinion. So here we go. We love the Oxford comma. (It makes serial lists more accessible.)

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

People who want to make the web accessible need to understand the many different ways that people with disabilities use the web. This W3C resource offers a good introduction to how disabled people navigate the web, and barriers they commonly encounter. www.w3.org/WAI/people-u...

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How People with Disabilities Use the Web

Introduces how people with disabilities, including people with age-related impairments, use the Web.

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EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide @styleguide.accessiblejournalism.org · 23/10/2025

They tried to make me go to rehab And I said, "Great, but my HMO only covers outpatient physical therapy once a week for five weeks." And they said, "No, we meant an inpatient SNF." And I said, "Wait, these Amy Winehouse lyrics just got really confusing."

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Short for rehabilitation. A generic term for a program or facility that treats a person with a diagnosed...

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

The same photo could appear on three different pages and require different alt text for each instance. The alt text for an image can vary, depending on the context of the image, its role on the page, and the intended message.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

The #NoMouse Challenge is a global effort to raise awareness about accessible web design. Try using your website without a mouse. Use the keyboard instead. Is it possible to access all features and operate all buttons, sliders, and other controls? nomouse.org

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EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide @styleguide.accessiblejournalism.org · 21/10/2025

This guy on social media ends a lot of posts by thanking people for their "attention to this very important matter" in all capital letters. Screen reader software may read that letter by letter. What is the best way to emphasize text anyway?

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Avoid using italic or bold text to convey emphasis. This will not be read by screen readers. In audio...

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Screen readers are an assistive technology that interprets the information on a screen and translates it to either synthesized speech or Braille output. This helps blind people, people with low vision, and people with cognitive or learning disabilities. www.afb.org/blindness-an...

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EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide @styleguide.accessiblejournalism.org · 20/10/2025

Hi. We're the EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide. You probably know us best from seeing posts about us by @equalaccesspublicmedia.org. We thought it was time we had our own account so we could bring you more daily tips on style and accessibility.

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Welcome to EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide. Browse by chapter or search for a term. Check out The Word magazine, too.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Vestibular disorders affect people's balance as well as their visual perception of their world around them. Don't make animations, sliders, videos, or rapid movement start automatically, as autoplaying elements could trigger a bad reaction in people who have vestibular disorders.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

A lot of big breaking news stories involve visuals, such as timelines of events, photos, memes, and screen shots. All of those images need alt text. Without alt text, screen reader users are left out. Today, the big event that is image-heavy and all over social media is the #NoKings protests.

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