Mohawk College to make digital and broadcast news fully accessible

HAMILTON – Hamilton’s Mohawk College will launch a new course next year which will teach all of its journalism students how to ensure the news they produce is accessible to people with disabilities.The course, believed to be the first of its kind in Canada, will launch in the fall of 2016 and be mandatory for all students in Mohawk’s three-year journalism program.The college has been awarded an $80,000 grant from the Broadcast Accessibility Fund to develop the course. The $6 million BAF was established as an independent and impartial funding body supporting innovative projects to increase the accessibility of broadcasting...