Apparently ICE has not met Mainers. Or winter. (Or Mainers in winter.)

In the last month, @equalaccesspublicmedia.org has been featured in magazine articles and on podcasts. It's great to get all this press! Sadly, attention isn't funding. So we're asking you to help us by supporting us. www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/ 1/2

And yes! You can hear and see more about us: — on the Journalism Salute - tinyurl.com/5n84tk6s — on the Blind Blogger Max Ivey - tinyurl.com/2p6zvere — on the @a11yshow.bsky.social - tinyurl.com/5b3k5kfj — and in the magazine People Excellence - tinyurl.com/mr54r47f 2/2

I'm just gonna leave this link here and say, check out page 60. www.workplaceinaction.com/people-excel...

Wait! Is that @stacykess.bsky.social talking about Equal Access Public Media in yet another publication? Why yes, it is!

Ah, I see we’ve reached the raiding journalists homes part of the authoritarian takeover.

Keep thinking of more articles I want to write for @the-word.news. Which would be awesome if I had more time or there was any money to pay for the work I do.

This is how the occupation is going

Ok, if Olivia Reingold really was in those Signal chats, which I want to call bullshit on, then it was "undercover" under a fake name. And then we need to talk about journalism ethics. Or it's The Free Press, so what ethics?

I'm just gonna leave this link here and say, check out page 60. www.workplaceinaction.com/people-excel...

Checked in on my messages on LinkedIn, as I do every so often. I came across a post and a bunch of responses with accessibility people arguing over whether we should stop internally using #a11y, which you can pronounce however you freaking want. But worse, they started arguing if... 1/2

It's been a unique experience having the tables turned on me to be the interviewee for all these podcasts (The Journalism Salute, The Blind Blogger, Making Blank Accessible, etc.), but I've been having a lot of fun. Question is: Who dares interview me next?

If you missed this weekend's @onthemedia.bsky.social, go back and listen. You'll hear from the editor-in-chief at Caracas Chronicles about what's really driving Trump's policy in Venezuela [21:32]. And you'll be introduced to a new term about this administration's foreign policy [36:15].

...in which I end the interview by saluting a few people I think are journalism badasses: @nickimayonews.bsky.social, @nicolefcarr.bsky.social, Jason Strother, and my fellow Boston journalist Meghan Irons.

Learn about the amazing @stacykess.bsky.social’s work. Just click. It’s worth it.

@marksimon.bsky.social interviewed me long after my usual hours of operation (6 p.m.)! But feed me enough coffee and you can get me to say the best things.

New journalist interview: Stacy Kess (@stacykess.bsky.social) of Equal Access Public Media (@equalaccesspublicmedia.org) We talk accessibility - what more can be done and what her group is trying to accomplish And this great quote on why journalism is a calling podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

I want to be shocked by this. I am not. There are many politicians who feel this way and just haven't had the guts to say it so boldly until recently. But if you are shocked by this, let's talk about the Voting Rights Act and how it hasn't passed since 2015.

We can lift up Renee Good without "say her name." It's not *just* about not coopting Black women's space, it's understanding the PURPOSE of language. Say her name recognizes the ongoing erasure of Black women's stories from conversations about police violence. Recommend www.ted.com/talks/kimber...

One mission. Four projects. https://equalaccesspublicmedia.org

I polled one of one ice cream aficionados in our house*, and husband said he had "serious reservations about cookies and cream as the official flavor of the Commonwealth." malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3... *I don't eat ice cream due to dairy allergy.

Of course they did. It happens in rural areas. It happens in urban areas. Maybe they should consider not building — anywhere.

How you know it's going to be a good day: The site you built, and which you administer, locks you out, refuses to let you back in with basically, "an I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do that." Well, Hal, I also administer the server, so we'll see about that, won't we?

OK, I found one where it's a video of it coming out of his own mouth: www.ms.now/opinion/vanc...

Around the 1 minute mark, @sergiomarbel.bsky.social says that ICE is going door-to-door in Minneapolis. 1/2 www.npr.org/2026/01/11/n...

Novelist Geraldine Brooks & I met each other for the first time twice, in 2010: first she met me; about nine months later, I met her & we met each other — on the evening that I also met her husband Tony Horwitz, when he & I commiserated over the lack of beer at a wine-only dinner party. #booksky

*Looks at Boston* *Looks at Copenhagen* *Looks at Boston again*

From the video: Agent: "Why are you guys running from me?" Woman: "Cuz you guys are stealing people." Agent: "No we're not." ictnews.org/news/five-na...

Have you been reading @the-word.news from @equalaccesspublicmedia.org this week? These writers have been busy! It started like this: 1/4

New! Our writer Akinyele Akintomiwa Michael talks about the language of local news. the-word.news/2026/0109/lo...

Yesterday, I wrote an article for @the-word.news about how to cover law enforcement shootings. The suggestions from the expert reporters were really common sense. The statements in this article from DHS make no sense. 1/

Rally against ICE terrorism in Boston Common

If you are a reporter who has to cover the next shooting by an ICE or Border Patrol agent — or any other law enforcement agent — are you ready? I talked to two great journalists today who gave great advice in this article.

An afternoon offering: How should reporters cover law enforcement shooting civilians? @stacykess.bsky.social talks to two veteran journalists, @justinfenton.bsky.social and @nicolefcarr.bsky.social, for advice and perspective. the-word.news/2026/0108/la...

Ok, I've been working on something all day. I took off the editor hat and put on the reporter hat again. Really delves into the concept of active language.

Ok, I've been working on something all day. I took off the editor hat and put on the reporter hat again. Really delves into the concept of active language.

A right wing proposal would force public universities to gather/publish standardized test scores (SAT, GRE, etc.) for every faculty applicant across stages of a faculty search, to “restore meritocracy.” 👀 My op-ed today explains one of the many reasons this is nonsense: bad statistics. #AcademicSky

It's been an hour and a half since I woke up and my hands are still stiff and numb. Usually by now, they're awake. This does note bode well for a very busy day of work. Wake up, damn you! *typed with meat hands*

I love this. Use your imagination of how we could try something different. (Over my career, I have talked to several people inside law enforcement who have said the exact same thing.)

Minneapolis will change the country. Again.

If you missed this yesterday, read it! Such a good piece.

If you missed this earlier, give it a read. Maybe you don’t know why CPB was vital to rural communities. Maybe you don’t know public media’s connection to closed captioning. So read and find out.

New! @stacykess.bsky.social eulogizes the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. the-word.news/2026/0107/cpb/

I know telling Boston drivers to be safe on the roads is a little like telling my baby dog not tear a new toy to shreds, but also, it's really slick out there, and I slid my way across the street while walking the boys, so just... um... ya know... drive not... terrible.

The power strip on my desk is making a terrible buzzing noise. I'm no electrician... but I don't think that's right.

I will not stop talking about public media funding. I will not stop talking about public media funding. I will not stop talking about public media funding. I will not stop talking about public media funding. I will not stop talking about public media funding. I will not stop talking about public med

Um... what is A11ySpaces exactly? A11ySpaces (pronounced Accessibility Spaces or Ally Spaces, your choice!) is a web and mobile accessibility consultant.

Inspired by this initial post, I wrote up my own hopes for what the new year could bring in terms of journalism and accessibility. The great @stacykess.bsky.social of @equalaccesspublicmedia.org published this in @the-word.news. #PartyLikeAJournalist #AMNewsers

New today! Don't miss @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social's possibilities for 2026 — an accessible future, if we want it. the-word.news/2026/0106/ac...

I mean, not to toot our own horn, but we have the best journalism predictions.