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.