EAPM’s first webinar a resounding success

Equal Access Public Media hosted “News for all: the standard for accessible news” June 18.

The webinar officially launched the EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide to a live audience of 49 people. Another 47 received a link to watch the webinar by video later. Attendees engaged in a lively question-and-answer session for nearly 45 minutes.

Based on the success of our first webinar, we’re planning more events in the future. Keep an eye out for what’s next!

Board of directors to add new members in August

The Equal Access Public Media board of directors is seeking new board members in August. Board members are EAPM’s key cheerleaders and boosters. Could it be you? As a board member, you will be expected to be engage in fundraising activities. Some examples are:

• posting on social media for fundraising;
• reaching out to potential individual donors;
• helping connect EAPM leadership with organizations, clubs, and alumni associations that are potential funders;
• writing thank you notes to donors you engage;
• or hosting fundraising events.

EAPM’s board is also responsible for ensuring EAPM is adhering to its mission. The board will hear from our leadership with reports on what projects we are doing and what impact we are making.

If you or someone you know want to make a difference by volunteering for a three-year term on the board, send a resume and cover letter to info@equalaccesspublicmedia.org. We’ll put you in touch with the board.

EAPM offers journalism-specific accessibility services

EAPM wants to share our accessibility tips and tricks across the journalism world. That’s why we’re now offering journalism-focused accessibility services to journalists, news outlets, news organizations, and others in the media space. We’ll personalize the help to the client and the project. This includes:

• reviewing your specific situation and making a customized journalism-focused accessibility plan;
• conducting workshops on journalism accessibility for news staff and teams;
• performing journalism-focused accessibility reworks of news websites, newsletters, or other web features;
• and bringing in trusted partners from the accessibility space as needed.

We are ready to work with journalists, news outlets, and journalism organizations of any size and ready to help make the journalism world more accessible. Email info@equalaccesspublicmedia.org for inquiries today and let’s get started.

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