Hosted by DJA team members, this is a space for Disabled journalists to come together for support, information-sharing, and community building. This month’s  event is being hosted on June 25 from 6-8 PM Eastern and will focus on a professional development presentation led by DJA team member John Loeppky.

At the end of may, with the support of Grist, DJA published a package of stories that focused in on the intersection between disability and climate justice in the rural US. In this session, editor of the package John Loeppky will showcase how the package came together, what lessons DJA is taking away, and how  knowledge gleaned from the production and sharing of the package can support other newsrooms and journalists looking to take on similar projects.

As a rule, all information shared among group members in these meetings should remain private and contained to the meeting space. Group members who are concerned about security and privacy should feel free to use an alternate name or otherwise remain anonymous. Group members should feel comfortable participating with the cameras off and/or through the chat function if necessary. The meeting may be recorded with the permission of those in attendance to help improve DJA’ educational offerings and to be provided in future to program participants.

This call will be CART captioned (or, in the unusual event of CART provider absence, auto-captioned through Zoom). Please let us know below if you require any other accommodations (described in registration intake form).

Click here to register for the event: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3aiBWLx8Q6a9Muv9A5exGA

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Please reach out to ariana.martinez@discojourno.com if you have questions about access or other aspects of this meeting space.