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Stacy Kess, dissident editor

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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. Zero filter. Cuss too much. https://equalaccesspublicmedia.org

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Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 5d

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.

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Anemone @zeenemywithin.bsky.social · 5d

Why donate here when every Public Media Affiliate station takes donations?

IMO people should donate to their local station

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Equal Access Public Media (EAPM) @equalaccesspublicmedia.org · 9h

Our Style and Accessibility Guide and our magazine The Word are free, don't have paywalls, and don't have ads. That's the public model. But it also means that those who can afford to give do it for those that can't. Donate now during our fall fund drive.

Equal Access Public Meda

Making journalism more accessible for you

www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org

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Equal Access Public Media (EAPM) @equalaccesspublicmedia.org · 10h

Today in The Word: @bethmccowen.bsky.social talks to BBC 4's Emily Barnett and ESPN's @emilyskeogh.bsky.social about how the media covers (and doesn't cover) endometriosis and women's health.

Not a strange word anymore - The Word / EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide

Endometriosis gains media attention through women journalists with first-hand knowledge, but coverage challenges continue

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Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 13h

One of my best new reporters. Don’t miss this article today. I’ve already assigned her another long-term article and told her to start brainstorming.

Equal Access Public Media (EAPM) @equalaccesspublicmedia.org · 16h

New today in The Word: How does the media handle misunderstood women's diseases like endometriosis? Reporter @bethmccowen.bsky.social talks to journalists who live with endometriosis and report on women's issues and sports.

Not a strange word anymore - The Word / EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide

Endometriosis gains media attention through women journalists with first-hand knowledge, but coverage challenges continue

eapmstyleguide.org

Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 13h

I was named beer? Huh. Interesting…

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Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 13h

1984 RNC!

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Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 13h

You've been ignoring my messages, so I'm not talking to you... wait.

I see what you are doing.

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Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 14h

My husband would like to correct the record.

I don't live under a rock.

I live under *two* rocks.

I live under a rock which is under a bigger rock.

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Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 14h

I was a kid then, and too busy listening to news, and ... not his music obviously. Same thing as now.

Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 14h

That crowd went wild for him! "Most streamed artist in the world." See? I knew he is the biggest thing since the biggest thing ever. And I still have no idea who Lee Greenwood is.

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Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 14h

I'm starting to feel that way.

Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 14h

I guess being old sometimes has it's perks. But the kids in the neighborhood love Bad Bunny so I've heard a lot of his music, and I gotta say, he rocks.

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Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 14h

Wait. I know I live under a rock, but who the hell is Lee Greenwood? I thought Bad Bunny was the biggest thing since the biggest thing ever?

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Equal Access Public Media (EAPM) @equalaccesspublicmedia.org · 15h

Not being a shill for Amazon or Bezos.

Just part of the value we bring as a broke nonprofit out to make journalism more accessible with journalism-focused accessibility trainings, the Style and Accessibility Guide, The Word, and one day when its funded, the National Tab.

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Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 15h

My org runs one pub at the moment. (We also have a national U.S. pub that's ready to go if we ever get the funding). It's a magazine called The Word, attached to the EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide. We didn't do this. Here's what we ran today:
eapmstyleguide.org/10-8-20205-w...

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 16h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Equal Access Public Media (EAPM) @equalaccesspublicmedia.org · 16h

Not a strange word anymore - The Word / EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide

Endometriosis gains media attention through women journalists with first-hand knowledge, but coverage challenges continue

eapmstyleguide.org

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Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 17h

Pour one out for my neighbor who is just being trained on Citrix and Epic as a brand new practice manager for radiology, and I had to just help her through getting them set up. She's like "You're a genius!" And I'm like, nah, just someone who was a nurse manager eons ago.

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 2d

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where users could feel safer, but inconsistent moderation quickly eroded trust.

When systemically marginalized users pushed back, Bluesky’s leadership minimized concerns and began to target them for bans.

Bluesky’s CEO meltdown: How leadership continues to fail its most marginalized users

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where systemically marginalized users could feel safer, but…

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Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 1d

Kinda hating it myself at the moment...

Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 1d

Interested in learning more about plain language and how to use it in journalism? I'm holding a discussion "hour" from 3:10 to 3:50 p.m. ET today! You can sign up for this and more discussions this month here: equalaccesspublicmedia.org/fall-fund-dr...

Event: Back to school with EAPM

School’s back in session. So are fall fund drives. At Equal Access Public Media, we got a bright idea: why not combine the two?

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Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 1d

Uhhhh, friends take my side or pay for such transgressions…

Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 1d

See? This is exactly why I demand data and not vibes. You are representing what the data showed.

Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 1d

Hubs is trying to convince me, a journalist/editor, that Tuesday is the least popular day of the week. Without evidence. Just a feeling.

Cite a source, honey. Cite a source.

Text exchange

Him: Um, why? Because each and every other day of the week is more l popular than Tuesday. It's science!
Me: YouGov say it's Monday at least among Americans polled
Him: YouGov is patently wrong. Ha!
Me: Says who?
Him: The other 2.9 billion people YouGov didn't poll. Tuesday is the stupidest day of the week and everyone knows it.
Me: Vibes?
Me: I have data.

Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 1d

I've been editing all day (with a quick break for a bit of reporting). I'm excited for tomorrow's article in The Word about how media deals with a certain women's health issue.

No, not that one.
Or that one.

You'll just have to read to find out.

Oct. 8 in www.eapmstyleguide.org/the-word/

The Word - EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide

What's happening in journalism? What's important in style and accessibility? We've got The Word on all that and more.

www.eapmstyleguide.org

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Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 1d

Hey! It's our fall fund drive. Support organizations that don't give up on DEIA. And we're literally all about the A.

(Accessibility, that is.)

www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org

Equal Access Public Media (EAPM) @equalaccesspublicmedia.org · 1d

Do you know why we're still all in on DEI at EAPM? Because you can't have accessibility without diversity, equity, and inclusion.

There. We said it.

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Equal Access Public Media (EAPM) @equalaccesspublicmedia.org · 1d

Do you know why we're still all in on DEI at EAPM? Because you can't have accessibility without diversity, equity, and inclusion.

There. We said it.

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