Stacy Kess, dissident editor
@stacykess.bsky.social
Editor of @equalaccesspublicmedia.org.
Woman on a mission to make news accessible.
#Journalist with 25-plus yrs experience and handful of awards.
Former #RN.
View from #Boston.
No filter.
Cuss too much.
Typos on social media.
equalaccesspublicmedia.org
Woman on a mission to make news accessible.
#Journalist with 25-plus yrs experience and handful of awards.
Former #RN.
View from #Boston.
No filter.
Cuss too much.
Typos on social media.
equalaccesspublicmedia.org
Pinned
Why donate here when every Public Media Affiliate station takes donations?
IMO people should donate to their local station
IMO people should donate to their local station
I think this is a challenge @equalaccesspublicmedia.org has faced a lot.
What are we? Are we affiliated with NPR and PBS, or before it started shutting down, CPB? Did we get government funding from the public media funds for CPB?
The answer to all that is no.
equalaccesspublicmedia.org
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What are we? Are we affiliated with NPR and PBS, or before it started shutting down, CPB? Did we get government funding from the public media funds for CPB?
The answer to all that is no.
equalaccesspublicmedia.org
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No really. This time I'm working on my article.
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
No really. This time I'm working on my article.
Alright, I'm buckling down and I'm working on this article. I swear.
Yes, I know I've said that 7 bazillion times, but I mean it this time.
Yes, I know I've said that 7 bazillion times, but I mean it this time.
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Alright, I'm buckling down and I'm working on this article. I swear.
Yes, I know I've said that 7 bazillion times, but I mean it this time.
Yes, I know I've said that 7 bazillion times, but I mean it this time.
Hint: It's the accessibility thing. People don't care about accessibility and don't get it.
...at least not until they need the world to be more accessible for themselves or a disabled loved one. Once you see it you can't unsee it.
...at least not until they need the world to be more accessible for themselves or a disabled loved one. Once you see it you can't unsee it.
Can I just say that it makes me a little miffed watching start-up media come on here and raise $40k for a newsletter that doesn't even exist? But I ask for donations for @equalaccesspublicmedia.org and I raise $40? Why?
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Hint: It's the accessibility thing. People don't care about accessibility and don't get it.
...at least not until they need the world to be more accessible for themselves or a disabled loved one. Once you see it you can't unsee it.
...at least not until they need the world to be more accessible for themselves or a disabled loved one. Once you see it you can't unsee it.
Can I just say that it makes me a little miffed watching start-up media come on here and raise $40k for a newsletter that doesn't even exist? But I ask for donations for @equalaccesspublicmedia.org and I raise $40? Why?
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Can I just say that it makes me a little miffed watching start-up media come on here and raise $40k for a newsletter that doesn't even exist? But I ask for donations for @equalaccesspublicmedia.org and I raise $40? Why?
Ooof. People don't trust the news, according the Economist/YouGov poll.
Doesn't change by age, race, party affiliation, politics, or who you voted for in 2024.
@trustingnews.bsky.social @the-word.news
(Pages 16 and 18.)
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Doesn't change by age, race, party affiliation, politics, or who you voted for in 2024.
@trustingnews.bsky.social @the-word.news
(Pages 16 and 18.)
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November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Ooof. People don't trust the news, according the Economist/YouGov poll.
Doesn't change by age, race, party affiliation, politics, or who you voted for in 2024.
@trustingnews.bsky.social @the-word.news
(Pages 16 and 18.)
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
Doesn't change by age, race, party affiliation, politics, or who you voted for in 2024.
@trustingnews.bsky.social @the-word.news
(Pages 16 and 18.)
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People… I just got to inbox zero!
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
People… I just got to inbox zero!
I see your "Obamacare plans" rage and raise you "Medicare for All" rage.
No, no. What you mean is either "universal health care" or "single-payer" healthcare. Medicare is a very specific program, and a goddamn mess of a program at that.
No, no. What you mean is either "universal health care" or "single-payer" healthcare. Medicare is a very specific program, and a goddamn mess of a program at that.
As the issue of expiring ACA tax credits looms large, I look forward to being readily sent into a fit of rage by journalists calling subsidized private health insurance plans bought via state- or government-run marketplaces "Obamacare plans" as though the ACA actually had a public option.
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I see your "Obamacare plans" rage and raise you "Medicare for All" rage.
No, no. What you mean is either "universal health care" or "single-payer" healthcare. Medicare is a very specific program, and a goddamn mess of a program at that.
No, no. What you mean is either "universal health care" or "single-payer" healthcare. Medicare is a very specific program, and a goddamn mess of a program at that.
In the name of Shameless Self-Promotion (possibly a registered trademark of the @kenschneck.bsky.social School of Things), I'll be on the radio next Monday, and then on a podcast in January.
So, if you want to keep up with all the EAPM (and me) that you can tolerate...
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So, if you want to keep up with all the EAPM (and me) that you can tolerate...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
In the name of Shameless Self-Promotion (possibly a registered trademark of the @kenschneck.bsky.social School of Things), I'll be on the radio next Monday, and then on a podcast in January.
So, if you want to keep up with all the EAPM (and me) that you can tolerate...
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So, if you want to keep up with all the EAPM (and me) that you can tolerate...
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I made this offer yesterday (no takers), and I will make it again today. Want to see a super embarrassing photo of me circa 1990? 50 donations to Equal Access Public Media. Today.
Ok, I just found a 1990 photo that reads as, “I just watched the movie Heathers, and I want to be Winona Ryder.” And I will post it if @equalaccesspublicmedia.org gets 50 donations today.
Donate to get that photo: www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us
Donate to get that photo: www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us
Ok, because this morning’s Bluesky is full of terrible things, I’m going to post embarrassing photos. My mom sent me all my childhood photos (I don’t know why) and here’s me at 20 and 24 months. With some serious hair.
November 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I made this offer yesterday (no takers), and I will make it again today. Want to see a super embarrassing photo of me circa 1990? 50 donations to Equal Access Public Media. Today.
Reposted by Stacy Kess, dissident editor
What do the movie "The Princess Bride" and the word "accessibility" have in common?
Journalists keep using that word. We do think it means what they think it means.
the-word.news/2025/1123/ac...
Journalists keep using that word. We do think it means what they think it means.
the-word.news/2025/1123/ac...
What we mean when we say 'accessibility' - The Word
"Accessibility" is thrown around in journalism, but it’s often not really what we intend
the-word.news
November 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
What do the movie "The Princess Bride" and the word "accessibility" have in common?
Journalists keep using that word. We do think it means what they think it means.
the-word.news/2025/1123/ac...
Journalists keep using that word. We do think it means what they think it means.
the-word.news/2025/1123/ac...
I wrote a thing. Sometimes I do that.
Sunday: a day to discuss the meaning of the word "accessibility," with some help from Inigo Montoya from "The Princess Bride."
By our very own chief of editorial, @stacykess.bsky.social.
the-word.news/2025/1123/ac...
By our very own chief of editorial, @stacykess.bsky.social.
the-word.news/2025/1123/ac...
What we mean when we say 'accessibility' - The Word
"Accessibility" is thrown around in journalism, but it’s often not really what we intend
the-word.news
November 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I wrote a thing. Sometimes I do that.
Ok, I just found a 1990 photo that reads as, “I just watched the movie Heathers, and I want to be Winona Ryder.” And I will post it if @equalaccesspublicmedia.org gets 50 donations today.
Donate to get that photo: www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us
Donate to get that photo: www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us
Ok, because this morning’s Bluesky is full of terrible things, I’m going to post embarrassing photos. My mom sent me all my childhood photos (I don’t know why) and here’s me at 20 and 24 months. With some serious hair.
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Ok, I just found a 1990 photo that reads as, “I just watched the movie Heathers, and I want to be Winona Ryder.” And I will post it if @equalaccesspublicmedia.org gets 50 donations today.
Donate to get that photo: www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us
Donate to get that photo: www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us
Ok, because this morning’s Bluesky is full of terrible things, I’m going to post embarrassing photos. My mom sent me all my childhood photos (I don’t know why) and here’s me at 20 and 24 months. With some serious hair.
November 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Ok, because this morning’s Bluesky is full of terrible things, I’m going to post embarrassing photos. My mom sent me all my childhood photos (I don’t know why) and here’s me at 20 and 24 months. With some serious hair.
Reposted by Stacy Kess, dissident editor
Next time someone bitches about the "blue state elites"? They may want to reconsider.
Dear rest of the U.S.,
Next time you meet someone from California, N.J., N.Y., Massachusetts, Washington, Minnesota, or Illinois, thank us for our federal tax dollars.
usafacts.org/articles/whi...
Dear rest of the U.S.,
Next time you meet someone from California, N.J., N.Y., Massachusetts, Washington, Minnesota, or Illinois, thank us for our federal tax dollars.
usafacts.org/articles/whi...
November 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Next time someone bitches about the "blue state elites"? They may want to reconsider.
Dear rest of the U.S.,
Next time you meet someone from California, N.J., N.Y., Massachusetts, Washington, Minnesota, or Illinois, thank us for our federal tax dollars.
usafacts.org/articles/whi...
Dear rest of the U.S.,
Next time you meet someone from California, N.J., N.Y., Massachusetts, Washington, Minnesota, or Illinois, thank us for our federal tax dollars.
usafacts.org/articles/whi...
So the big wins for today (before I log off for today b/c you all know I get up at 4 a.m.) is that @equalaccesspublicmedia.org raised at least $40. It's a start. I have hope.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
So the big wins for today (before I log off for today b/c you all know I get up at 4 a.m.) is that @equalaccesspublicmedia.org raised at least $40. It's a start. I have hope.
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Reposted by Stacy Kess, dissident editor
We're still building. Please help us continue our work.
Here's the sad reality. @equalaccesspublicmedia.org just paid this month's freelance bill for @the-word.news. Without a miracle, without an angel donor, without something happening quickly, by the end of the December 15, we're out of money.
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/
Support
Donations to EAPM help build the future of accessible news.
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We're still building. Please help us continue our work.
Reposted by Stacy Kess, dissident editor
Don't let us down! You can become a patron right on our site for as little as $2.99 a month.
Here's the sad reality. @equalaccesspublicmedia.org just paid this month's freelance bill for @the-word.news. Without a miracle, without an angel donor, without something happening quickly, by the end of the December 15, we're out of money.
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/
Support
Donations to EAPM help build the future of accessible news.
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Don't let us down! You can become a patron right on our site for as little as $2.99 a month.
Reposted by Stacy Kess, dissident editor
Here's the sad reality. @equalaccesspublicmedia.org just paid this month's freelance bill for @the-word.news. Without a miracle, without an angel donor, without something happening quickly, by the end of the December 15, we're out of money.
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/
Support
Donations to EAPM help build the future of accessible news.
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Here's the sad reality. @equalaccesspublicmedia.org just paid this month's freelance bill for @the-word.news. Without a miracle, without an angel donor, without something happening quickly, by the end of the December 15, we're out of money.
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/
The attached post is getting reposted. And if you are seeing it, great. And if you repost it, I appreciate it. But what we really need is donations. @equalaccesspublicmedia.org and its products and services won't survive into the new year without donations (or a grant or other funds).
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Here's the sad reality. @equalaccesspublicmedia.org just paid this month's freelance bill for @the-word.news. Without a miracle, without an angel donor, without something happening quickly, by the end of the December 15, we're out of money.
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/
Support
Donations to EAPM help build the future of accessible news.
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The attached post is getting reposted. And if you are seeing it, great. And if you repost it, I appreciate it. But what we really need is donations. @equalaccesspublicmedia.org and its products and services won't survive into the new year without donations (or a grant or other funds).
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Reposted by Stacy Kess, dissident editor
Help us keep publishing @the-word.news and the @eapmstyleguide.bsky.social. Help us bring accessibility to news outlets across the U.S. — and as a result, more news readers, listeners, and watchers. Every $5 and $10 donation adds up to keep us going.
Don't let us close down these vital projects!
Don't let us close down these vital projects!
Here's the sad reality. @equalaccesspublicmedia.org just paid this month's freelance bill for @the-word.news. Without a miracle, without an angel donor, without something happening quickly, by the end of the December 15, we're out of money.
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/
Support
Donations to EAPM help build the future of accessible news.
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Help us keep publishing @the-word.news and the @eapmstyleguide.bsky.social. Help us bring accessibility to news outlets across the U.S. — and as a result, more news readers, listeners, and watchers. Every $5 and $10 donation adds up to keep us going.
Don't let us close down these vital projects!
Don't let us close down these vital projects!
Ok, while the attached post makes the rounds, this is a *proposed* rule, The government must take public comment on the rule this spring. So be prepared to comment. Have your friends and loved ones comment. Have everyone you know comment.
Here's an informative article with a response from nurses.
Here's an informative article with a response from nurses.
November 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Ok, while the attached post makes the rounds, this is a *proposed* rule, The government must take public comment on the rule this spring. So be prepared to comment. Have your friends and loved ones comment. Have everyone you know comment.
Here's an informative article with a response from nurses.
Here's an informative article with a response from nurses.
Here's the sad reality. @equalaccesspublicmedia.org just paid this month's freelance bill for @the-word.news. Without a miracle, without an angel donor, without something happening quickly, by the end of the December 15, we're out of money.
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/
Support
Donations to EAPM help build the future of accessible news.
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Here's the sad reality. @equalaccesspublicmedia.org just paid this month's freelance bill for @the-word.news. Without a miracle, without an angel donor, without something happening quickly, by the end of the December 15, we're out of money.
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/
www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/
Proud to say one of my freelancers just worked himself into a beat of covering journalism organizations for @the-word.news. He took the initiative and ran with it.
As editors, we love to see it. You know we do.
As editors, we love to see it. You know we do.
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Proud to say one of my freelancers just worked himself into a beat of covering journalism organizations for @the-word.news. He took the initiative and ran with it.
As editors, we love to see it. You know we do.
As editors, we love to see it. You know we do.
So I'm making a list of conference I or others from the board of @equalaccesspublicmedia.org will be attending next year. Right now, the bill is coming in for just the first two conferences at nearly $800. That's just for fees to attend. That's exactly what we have in the bank right now.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
So I'm making a list of conference I or others from the board of @equalaccesspublicmedia.org will be attending next year. Right now, the bill is coming in for just the first two conferences at nearly $800. That's just for fees to attend. That's exactly what we have in the bank right now.
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