[stylist] Ideas about Newsletter please?

[Robert Newman]

On a format, its up to you to decide what look you want. (I can't seem to
get this next word close enough to being correct to get the spell checker to
help me; sorry; but JAWS is saying it real good; so I leave it as a point of
ADA accommodation.) Cemetry in form is subjective. 

As for asking for sighted help with doing the picture bit- until you know
what you are doing, ask someone in the know and learn from them, be they
sighted or blind. I'm sure there are accessible facts about a digitized
picture file that you and JAWS can make sense of. Just got to find out the
facts. 

And don't for get, putting one of those together is a team effort. So you do
your best, then you pass it on to the next person who checks it out, then
send it on to a third and because it will also be a visual medium, going to
sighted readers, it makes sense to have one of the editing team be a sighted
person. (Just as, if a publication is to go out to the blind and the
sighted, the editing staff should have one blind person on the team to
ensure that the product is assessable.) 

I'm happy for you! What a great opportunity. 


Robert Leslie Newman 
Email- newmanrl at cox.net
THOUGHT PROVOKER Website- 
Http://www.thoughtprovoker.info

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Justin Williams
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 8:52 AM
To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [stylist] Ideas about Newsletter please?

yes, get the sighted person to help so the pictures look correct.  Swallow
that  pride your lady.  You would rather it look good, and have a little
help, then to do it on your own and have it look terrible.  
Of course you can do it on your own, then just get a sighted person to look
at it.  If there is some ajusting to be made, then I'm sure they wouldn't
mind helping you.  

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Aziza C
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 1:45 AM
To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: [stylist] Ideas about Newsletter please?

Hi everyone,
Sorry I've been a little quiet lately.
Anyways, I was recently asked to be in charge of a bimonthly newsletter for
my state's student devision. The newsletter will highlight upcoming events,
and the lives of other students.

I have a few questions though, how can a newsletter be formatted? I am on my
school's newspaper staff, and they work with this program called Layout. I
was wondering if making a template would be in our best interest. Also, many
newsletters have visual appeal. How can we ensure that our newsletter is
fun, and still talk about the in portance of the devision? Do people think
that the help of a sighted person should be enlisted when attempting to
insert pictures?
Thanks,
Aziza

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