{"id":220786,"date":"2017-10-08T02:25:02","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T09:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=220786"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:22:10","slug":"ep-4-disabled-people-in-media-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2017\/10\/08\/ep-4-disabled-people-in-media-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 4: Disabled People in Media &#038; Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9533\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-220786-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_Ep4.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_Ep4.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_Ep4.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_Ep4.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_pinw=220786-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_Ep4.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Final_Ep4.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('220786-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_220786-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_220786-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_embed=220786-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/disability-visibility\/id1282878324\u00a0?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fdisabilityvisibilityproject.com%2F%3Fp%3D220786\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>This episode is on disabled people in media and representation. Alice talks with social justice journalist s.e. Smith and Vilissa Thompson, a disability rights consultant, writer, and advocate. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many marginalized communities pushing for better representation in media, but what does that really mean? What does it look like? In this episode, they have a\u00a0conversation on how editors and newsrooms can improve media coverage of disabled people and what they can do to increase newsroom disability diversity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Transcript<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1E56JV0mfqXHVcLEXyDzraCQNGKRO5_8dgyUCnn3qgV8\/edit?usp=sharing\"><strong>[Google doc]<\/strong><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Disabled-People-in-Media-Journalism.pdf\"><strong>[PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Related Links<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rampyourvoice.com\/\">Ramp Your Voice!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.disabledwriters.com\/\">Disabled Writers, a resource to help editors connect with disabled writers and journalists, and journalists connect with disabled sources. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/realsesmith.com\/\">s.e. smith&#8217;s website<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_220793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220793\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ep4_se.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"220793\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2017\/10\/08\/ep-4-disabled-people-in-media-journalism\/ep4_se\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ep4_se.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ep4_se\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Image description: A head and shoulders shot of s.e. smith, a white person with short brown hair and glasses, posing against the wall of a red building. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ep4_se.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ep4_se.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-220793\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ep4_se.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image description: A head and shoulders shot of s.e. smith, a white person with short brown hair and glasses, posing against the wall of a red building. \" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ep4_se.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ep4_se.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ep4_se.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ep4_se.jpg?resize=1500%2C1000&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ep4_se.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-220793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image description: A head and shoulders shot of s.e. smith, a white person with short brown hair and glasses, posing against the wall of a red building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realsesmith.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s.e. smith<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Northern California-based social justice journalist with bylines in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Bitch Magazine, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rewire, Vice, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In These Times, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and many other fine publications. Follow smith on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sesmith\">@sesmith<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_220792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220792\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Vilissa.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"220792\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2017\/10\/08\/ep-4-disabled-people-in-media-journalism\/vilissa-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Vilissa.jpg?fit=594%2C597&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"594,597\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Vilissa\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Image description: Photo of a young Black woman with her hair parted and hanging down straight. She is smiling and facing the camera sideways in her wheelchair. She is outside under the tree branches while wearing a white and black dress.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Vilissa.jpg?fit=298%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Vilissa.jpg?fit=594%2C597&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-220792\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Vilissa.jpg?resize=298%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image description: Photo of a young Black woman with her hair parted and hanging down straight. She is smiling and facing the camera sideways in her wheelchair. She is outside under the tree branches while wearing a white and black dress.\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Vilissa.jpg?resize=298%2C300&amp;ssl=1 298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Vilissa.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Vilissa.jpg?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Vilissa.jpg?w=594&amp;ssl=1 594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-220792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image description: Photo of a young Black woman with her hair parted and hanging down straight. She is smiling and facing the camera sideways in her wheelchair. She is outside under the tree branches while wearing a white and black dress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vilissa Thompson: a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0macro-minded social worker from South Carolina. Ramp Your Voice! is her organization where she discusses the issues that matters to her as a Black disabled woman, including intersectionality, racism, politics, and why she unapologetically makes good trouble. Follow Vilissa on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VilissaThompson\">@VilissaThompson.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Support Disability Media and Culture<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/donate\/\"><b>DONATE<\/b><\/a><b> to the Disability Visibility Project\u00ae<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whoamitostopit.com\">Cheryl Green<\/a>, Audio Producer, Text Transcript<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFdirewolf\">Alice Wong<\/a>, Writer, Producer, Interviewer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kut2smooth\">Lateef McLeod<\/a>, Introduction<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeeMort\">Mike Mort<\/a>, Artwork<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Theme Music (used with permission of artist)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Song: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wKOU_Z6Y8yQ\">\u201cHard Out Here for A Gimp\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Album: NO BIG DEAL<\/p>\n<p>Artist: <a href=\"https:\/\/wheelchairsportscamp.bandcamp.com\/\">Wheelchair Sports Camp<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Music<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Evan_Schaeffer\/Big_Splash\/Evan_Schaeffer_-_16_-_Roll_1778\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roll<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d by Evan Schaeffer (Source: freemusicarchive.org. Licensed under an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/legalcode\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attribution 4 International License<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Evan_Schaeffer\/Big_Splash\/Evan_Schaeffer_-_02_-_Bright_Side\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bright Side<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d by Evan Schaeffer (Source: freemusicharchive.org. Licensed under an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/legalcode\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attribution 4 International License<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Evan_Schaeffer\/Big_Splash\/Evan_Schaeffer_-_04_-_Mantra\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mantra<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d by Evan Schaeffer (Source: freemusicharchive.org. Licensed under an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/legalcode\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attribution 4 International License<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Sounds<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/Jack_Master\/sounds\/248096\/\">\u201cVOCODER countdown\u201d<\/a> by Jack_Master. <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/sheepfilms\/sounds\/153583\/#\">8 Bit Beeping Computer Sounds<\/a>\u201d by sheepfilms. <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_Ep4.mp3Podcast\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_Ep4.mp3Podcast<\/a>: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSThis episode is on disabled people in media and representation. 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