Kayla Hand- Diversity

According to the National Center on Disability and Journalism (http://ncdj.org? 54.4 million people in America have disabilities. Considering this is 19% of the U.S. population, journalists will most likely interact with many people who have disabilities throughout their journalism career. The website ncdj.org provides many valuable resources for journalists located on the left hand side bar. The "Disability News Archive" is a compilation of news articles from various newspapers and resources having to do with disabilities. The link titled "Disability Organizations" sends you to a page that has a list of links and descriptions for disability organizations. The "Disability Resource List" is exactly what it's name suggests. It is a list of websites that would help a journalist research disabilities. The "Disability Style Guide" link provides a list of terms and phrases that are acceptable to use in writing. This would be an extremely valuable source for journalists so that they are sure to not offend anyone with their writing. The website provides information about the NCDJ advisory board, NCDJ staff and information about the history of NCDJ. On the right hand side of the website their is a colorful link called "NCDJ Interviewing Tips". These tips would be a huge help for a journalist who doesn't know how to interview a person with disabilities. Over all, this website does a good job of providing journalists with the resources to help develop their story as well as make the interviewee comfortable with the whole interview process.