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.