Hello, I know that I am replying to a message nearly 1 and a half years
old, but does anyone know where I can find the Disability media directory
mentioned in the below message? I clicked on the fredom forum site today,
and it wasn't there anymore. Thanks for any input.
Darren
At 07:29 PM 10/20/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 22:32:20 EDT
>From: Steve Hegg <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Disability Media Directory
>
>More than 1,200 mass media resources that serve people with disabilities are
>contained in the 1998-99 edition of America's Telability Media, the nation's
>first disability media directory, published by the National Telability Media
>Center in Columbia, MO.
>Charlie Winston, editor and NTMC director, has added more than 200 new
entries
>to the fourth edition, which provides current information resources that
serve
>the disability community and the rehabilitation industry.
>The nearly 300-page book is based on an annual nationwide survey, which
>presents data on the growth and development of telability media and offers
the
>only national view of America's newest field of journalism.
>For the first time, the new directory and the center's newsletter will be
>available to anyone free of charge on the web at http://www.freedomforum.org.
>The web site is managed by The First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt
>University, a fully funded program of the Freedom Forum, one of the nation's
>leading foundations concerned with media and press freedom.
>Winston said, "The NTMC is most grateful for our partnership with the Freedom
>Forum, which allows our research and publications to be made available to
>people around the world."
>Each directory entry contains a full description of the resource, along with
>full contact information, including web sites and e-mail addresses. Included
>are more than 1,000 magazines, newspapers and newsletters; nearly 90
broadcast
>producers; 20 newspaper columnists; nearly 55 dial-in newspapers for the
>blind; and several professional organizations.
>" Our book," Winston added, " is a marketing tool for corporations and a
>thorough reference guide for libraries and service organizations."
>Winston, who is blind, founded the NTMC in 1992 as a non-profit organization
>to support the growth and development of mass media for persons with
>disabilities. He holds BJ and MA degrees from the University of Missouri
>School of Journalism.
>America's Telability Media is available in print or on disk, in Word Perfect
>or Word. The price is $30 per copy. Mailing labels can be purchased on disc
>for $125, with unlimited use.
>Checks or money orders should be made to Telability Media, P.O. Box 1488,
>Columbia, MO 65205-1488. Telephone 573-445-7656.
>This year's highlights include the steady growth of dial-in newspapers for
the
>blind, and the first Internet captioning of a nationally syndicated radio
>show, "On A Roll."
>First-run Hollywood movies, described for the blind, began showing in General
>Cinema theaters across the country, and more periodicals are providing
content
>in Spanish.
>
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