Reporters on Newsroom Accessibility-Northeast for The Word

Editors, reporters, and others in the news-o-sphere: If you haven't been reading the magazine The Word from Equal Access Public Media, you're missing out on great interviews, analysis, and opinions on accessibility (and more) in journalism. Check it out at https://the-word.news. I have been taking off the editor hat a little more to report and write a bit more. On that note, I'm actually looking for reporters who might be interested in letting me interview them for a couple pieces I have in mind. Yes, this right here is a journo-request seeking other journalists. •Do you work at a news outlet and your job is actually accessibility? I'd love to hear from you! I'd like to do the "day-in-a-life-of" the newsroom accessibility coordinator or visuals accessibility expert at a news outlet. Would especially help if you are in the Northeast so I could shadow you in person for a couple of hours so we could really do the "day-in-a-life-of" properly. •Do you cover politics and you go the extra mile in your stories and on social media to make it understandable because you want to reach as many people as possible? To explain the jargon? To really let your news audience know what those elected officials are talking about? To demystify the process and the bills? Reach out to me. I'd love to interview about making politics more accessible. • Are you out there covering the anti-ICE protests? Did you cover protests in the past? Do you have a lot of experience in covering protests? I'd love to talk to you about the best way to cover protests, including how to keep yourself safe. (Also, if you are a neurodivergent reporter out there covering protests, I'm really curious to talk to you.) I am very flexible with my fellow journalists when it comes to interviewing because, well, we're all busy working journalists. I know I personally am wearing quite a few hats. Feel free to reach out to me! [email redacted] or on Signal, stacykess.01. #JournoRequest #News #NewsForJournalists #NonprofitNews