The Uptake gets deaf commission's award for captioning debates
The Uptake, the group that live-streams all kinds of political events, was honored today by the Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans during a rally at the Capitol.
The Uptake received the group's Accessible News Outlet Media Excellence. The commission said: "The Uptake was the only media outlet that covered candidates’ captioning of ads during the 2010 campaign. This resulted in more candidates complying with the state candidate captioning law. The Uptake also voluntarily captioned every gubernatorial debate online."
The Uptake live-streamed the commission's rally today, at which many other awards were given, too.
More like this
- Poultry and Prose: Transcribing helps keep deaf voters informed
- Unallotment hearing, Part Two: You can watch right now
- The Uptake remains in Capitol press area, but not in new space
- More bad press coming for the Coleman campaign
- John Wodele: Experience dealing with hearing problems make him good fit for state commission duties
Most Commented