Check out htpp://www.newswatch.sfsu.edu for some
thoughtful information on the reporting disability issues.
The page contains a range of information including the links
below.
Study Offers Insights Into Improving Reporting on Disability
Community
By Bill Breisky
A dozen years ago, when I was chairing the Disabilities
Committee of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and
compiling an ASNE brochure titled "Reporting on People with
Disabilities," I spent several evenings on our living room
sofa interviewing my most reliable source on the subject-my
daughter Karen.
On the Job
By Yomi S. Wronge
Whenever I'm asked to describe the challenges of being a
reporter with a disability, I tell about the time I was sent
to cover a child's murder while working for The Californian
in Salinas.
The Best and Worst of Disability Reporting
By Mary Johnson
Some journalists get it, others miss the point.
Understanding and Reporting on Disability
By Suzanne C. Levine
Opportunities for good, accurate reporting on disability are
being missed. ... These stories are being missed because
society's assumptions about disability aren't considered
when disability becomes a news item.
A Muslim Perspective
Being Disabled and Muslim
By Azizah staff writers and Basimah Legander-Mourcy
This article originally appeared in Azizah magazine.
Making the Pilgrimage in a Wheelchair
By Betty Hasan Amin
L. Scott Lissner
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