The paper

Accessibility

What we have built for, and how to tell us when it fails.

The site is built to be readable and operable without a mouse.

What the design does

  • Keyboard focus has a visible outline, and a skip link leads to the main content.
  • Section selection uses a label and a blue underline, not color alone.
  • Filter results are announced to screen readers without moving keyboard focus.
  • Article text is real page content, so it is readable with JavaScript disabled.
  • The page reflows to a single column on narrow screens.
  • Reduced-motion preferences are respected; nothing autoplays.

Where it currently falls short

  • Some older photographs and image-based stories do not include complete image descriptions.
  • The print PDF is not a tagged, screen-reader-friendly document. Web article text provides another way to read the stories.
  • Archived videos can lack captions or transcripts.

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