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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I'm a pushover. I added images to breakup text to main website because one person said it to me this morning and therefore #7891 on my list is now checked off.
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I'm a pushover. I added images to breakup text to main website because one person said it to me this morning and therefore #7891 on my list is now checked off.
New pet peeve of the day and it's only *checks clock* 6:36 a.m.
Volunteer I rarely hear from and tells me things they want me to do.
Them: Hey, can you add graphics to the main site to break up text?
Me: Yes, I have them, but it's #7,891 on my list.
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Volunteer I rarely hear from and tells me things they want me to do.
Them: Hey, can you add graphics to the main site to break up text?
Me: Yes, I have them, but it's #7,891 on my list.
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November 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
New pet peeve of the day and it's only *checks clock* 6:36 a.m.
Volunteer I rarely hear from and tells me things they want me to do.
Them: Hey, can you add graphics to the main site to break up text?
Me: Yes, I have them, but it's #7,891 on my list.
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Volunteer I rarely hear from and tells me things they want me to do.
Them: Hey, can you add graphics to the main site to break up text?
Me: Yes, I have them, but it's #7,891 on my list.
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When I say people don't understand what accessibility means, I'm not kidding.
I just adore (heavy sarcasm) waking up, checking social media, and seeing replies to @equalaccesspublicmedia.org posts like this.
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I just adore (heavy sarcasm) waking up, checking social media, and seeing replies to @equalaccesspublicmedia.org posts like this.
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November 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
When I say people don't understand what accessibility means, I'm not kidding.
I just adore (heavy sarcasm) waking up, checking social media, and seeing replies to @equalaccesspublicmedia.org posts like this.
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I just adore (heavy sarcasm) waking up, checking social media, and seeing replies to @equalaccesspublicmedia.org posts like this.
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That essays like this need to be written makes me so sad, but I'm glad for people who write them like @lollardfish.bsky.social.
No two ways about it: Hate symbols are hate symbols. Hate is hate. Racism is racism. And so on.
No two ways about it: Hate symbols are hate symbols. Hate is hate. Racism is racism. And so on.
Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
Perry: The pro-Hitler problem with the American right
"We need to get back to the basics: Hitler was bad. The people who suggest otherwise are also bad," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
That essays like this need to be written makes me so sad, but I'm glad for people who write them like @lollardfish.bsky.social.
No two ways about it: Hate symbols are hate symbols. Hate is hate. Racism is racism. And so on.
No two ways about it: Hate symbols are hate symbols. Hate is hate. Racism is racism. And so on.
This is some of the best reporting I have read all year.
This article has it all (Canadian-style):
the good guy just trying to make a living, shady government, the brilliant researcher, Big Lobster pretending to "do it for conservation," the Lobster mafioso-turned-whistleblower...
This article has it all (Canadian-style):
the good guy just trying to make a living, shady government, the brilliant researcher, Big Lobster pretending to "do it for conservation," the Lobster mafioso-turned-whistleblower...
Some commercial lobster fishers say Indigenous treaty fishing threatens stocks. Government memo says otherwise | CBC News
The fifth estate investigates misconceptions and allegations fuelling conflict in Canada’s largest lobster fishery, where Mi’kmaw fishers face broad opposition when exercising treaty rights.
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This is some of the best reporting I have read all year.
This article has it all (Canadian-style):
the good guy just trying to make a living, shady government, the brilliant researcher, Big Lobster pretending to "do it for conservation," the Lobster mafioso-turned-whistleblower...
This article has it all (Canadian-style):
the good guy just trying to make a living, shady government, the brilliant researcher, Big Lobster pretending to "do it for conservation," the Lobster mafioso-turned-whistleblower...
People, someone sent me a new mug!
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
People, someone sent me a new mug!
Reposted by Stacy Kess, dissident editor
Help us make more coverage like this possible in @the-word.news.
Help us grow the @eapmstyleguide.bsky.social.
Help us do more free training for reporters in 2026!
Help us launch our biggest project yet, the NatTab.
Donate: equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/
Help us grow the @eapmstyleguide.bsky.social.
Help us do more free training for reporters in 2026!
Help us launch our biggest project yet, the NatTab.
Donate: equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/
New! @bethmccowen.bsky.social talks to the people behind the new data vis tool, the Trans News Initiative, by the @transjournalists.org.
the-word.news/2025/1128/tr...
the-word.news/2025/1128/tr...
New tool tracks how media covers trans communities
The Trans News Initiative quantifies and categorizes coverage with data
the-word.news
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Help us make more coverage like this possible in @the-word.news.
Help us grow the @eapmstyleguide.bsky.social.
Help us do more free training for reporters in 2026!
Help us launch our biggest project yet, the NatTab.
Donate: equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/
Help us grow the @eapmstyleguide.bsky.social.
Help us do more free training for reporters in 2026!
Help us launch our biggest project yet, the NatTab.
Donate: equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/
Recorded for a podcast this morning that I'm told will be out in December. (Will let you all know when I know when.) Got to tell my a11y origin story.
Or maybe it's my superhero origin story.
Or maybe my villain origin story.
I suppose it all depends on how you look at it.
Or maybe it's my superhero origin story.
Or maybe my villain origin story.
I suppose it all depends on how you look at it.
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Recorded for a podcast this morning that I'm told will be out in December. (Will let you all know when I know when.) Got to tell my a11y origin story.
Or maybe it's my superhero origin story.
Or maybe my villain origin story.
I suppose it all depends on how you look at it.
Or maybe it's my superhero origin story.
Or maybe my villain origin story.
I suppose it all depends on how you look at it.
Let me tell you my favorite thing about this article. It is such a data vis news story. I mean, yes, it's a trans news story. But, when you read the article, you see data vis journalism people get excited that @bethmccowen.bsky.social is asking about the tool itself. I love this. Nerd on, friends.
New! @bethmccowen.bsky.social talks to the people behind the new data vis tool, the Trans News Initiative, by the @transjournalists.org.
the-word.news/2025/1128/tr...
the-word.news/2025/1128/tr...
New tool tracks how media covers trans communities
The Trans News Initiative quantifies and categorizes coverage with data
the-word.news
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Let me tell you my favorite thing about this article. It is such a data vis news story. I mean, yes, it's a trans news story. But, when you read the article, you see data vis journalism people get excited that @bethmccowen.bsky.social is asking about the tool itself. I love this. Nerd on, friends.
Let me tell you all a little story.
Friend (also a supporter/donor to @equalaccesspublicmedia.org) texted me over this holiday. "I've been talking to my sister for a long time about what you do." Sister and her husband? Hard-core conservative.
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Friend (also a supporter/donor to @equalaccesspublicmedia.org) texted me over this holiday. "I've been talking to my sister for a long time about what you do." Sister and her husband? Hard-core conservative.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Let me tell you all a little story.
Friend (also a supporter/donor to @equalaccesspublicmedia.org) texted me over this holiday. "I've been talking to my sister for a long time about what you do." Sister and her husband? Hard-core conservative.
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Friend (also a supporter/donor to @equalaccesspublicmedia.org) texted me over this holiday. "I've been talking to my sister for a long time about what you do." Sister and her husband? Hard-core conservative.
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Wake up data vis peeps! New tools just dropped!
New! @bethmccowen.bsky.social talks to the people behind the new data vis tool, the Trans News Initiative, by the @transjournalists.org.
the-word.news/2025/1128/tr...
the-word.news/2025/1128/tr...
New tool tracks how media covers trans communities
The Trans News Initiative quantifies and categorizes coverage with data
the-word.news
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Wake up data vis peeps! New tools just dropped!
Now my article is done. But our editorial intern is out for the holiday. And I don't have anyone to edit the article. Sigh. Sad face.
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Now my article is done. But our editorial intern is out for the holiday. And I don't have anyone to edit the article. Sigh. Sad face.
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.)
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
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.