[Journalists] Requesting interview with one or more blindjournalists about accessibility of FoI process.

[Elizabeth Campbell]

Hi Darrell,

Have you gotten volunteers for your interviews?

Sorry to be so late in responding to your request, but I am happy to help if 
you still need someone.

Liz
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darrell Shandrow" <darrell.shandrow at gmail.com>
To: "'Blind Professional Journalists List'" <journalists at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:46 PM
Subject: [Journalists] Requesting interview with one or more 
blindjournalists about accessibility of FoI process.


> Hello Everyone,
>
> I posted a note last week asking about FoI requests and their 
> accessibility.
>
>
> I am writing a legal issues story on this subject.
>
> Although FoI laws don't specifically address accessibility, do laws like 
> ADA
> and Section 504 apply? Have you tried using them to gain equal access to 
> the
> FoI request process and resulting public records? If you haven't tried, 
> why
> not?
>
> I'd really appreciate 10 or 15 minutes of your time for a serious
> journalistic investigation of this issue.
>
> Please send a direct reply or call me at 480-389-5627.
>
> Regards,
>
> Darrell Shandrow - Accessibility Advocate
> Information should be accessible to us without need of translation by
> another person.
> Blind Access Journal blog and podcast: http://www.blindaccessjournal.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Journalists mailing list
> Journalists at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/journalists_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> Journalists:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/journalists_nfbnet.org/batescampbell%40charter.net
>