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Published in Washington Post Engineering

·Jan 25

My goals as The Washington Post’s first-ever Accessibility Engineer

Note: To make this blog post understandable to more readers, we also published a shorter version in plain language. If you have questions regarding either post, please contact me via email, Twitter, LinkedIn or Mastodon. The Washington Post is furthering its commitment to accessibility, and the work employees are already…

Accessibility

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My goals as The Washington Post’s first-ever Accessibility Engineer
My goals as The Washington Post’s first-ever Accessibility Engineer
Accessibility

3 min read


Published in Washington Post Engineering

·Jan 25

My goals as The Washington Post’s new Accessibility Engineer (in plain language)

Note: This is the plain language version of my Accessibility Engineer blog post. If you have questions, please contact me via email, Twitter, LinkedIn or Mastodon. I am The Washington Post’s new Accessibility Engineer. I am excited to serve in this new role. To me, accessibility is about making something…

Accessibility

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My goals as The Washington Post’s new Accessibility Engineer (in plain language)
My goals as The Washington Post’s new Accessibility Engineer (in plain language)
Accessibility

2 min read


Published in Washington Post Engineering

·Mar 14, 2022

Accessibility case study: Pairing election data visualizations with tables

In a previous blog post, we discussed ways to make election results pages more accessible to users navigating via screen readers. An improvement we discussed was using aria-hidden so that screen readers would skip inaccessible county-level result maps, which are valuable for sighted readers but hindered page navigation for screen…

Screen Reader

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Accessibility case study: Pairing election data visualizations with tables
Accessibility case study: Pairing election data visualizations with tables
Screen Reader

2 min read


Published in Washington Post Engineering

·Dec 14, 2021

Keyboard focus: Helping users navigate The Post without a mouse

Imagine that you are in the middle of making a search on your computer, and you break your mouse. This search is urgent; you need to disprove a statement your in-law made ASAP. So what do you do without your mouse? Some people with motor disabilities do not use a…

Accessibility

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Keyboard focus: Helping users navigate The Post without a mouse
Keyboard focus: Helping users navigate The Post without a mouse
Accessibility

3 min read


Published in Washington Post Engineering

·Oct 7, 2021

Improving screen reader and keyboard accessibility on election results pages

Between primaries, a recall effort and a German election — and with the November elections imminent—The Washington Post’s News Engineering team (of which I’m a part) has been busy building and maintaining live results pages. We are always making improvements to the UX of these pages, but one thing that…

Screen Reader

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Improving screen reader and keyboard accessibility on election results pages
Improving screen reader and keyboard accessibility on election results pages
Screen Reader

8 min read


Published in Washington Post Engineering

·Aug 19, 2021

How we enhanced our site’s UX and boosted Core Web Vitals scores

By Holden Foreman (Software Engineer) and Julie Bacon (Site Engineering Manager) Ever opened an article and started reading, only to lose your spot because you were bumped down the page? This annoying occurrence is the result of layout shift, one of many performance issues that can crop up without consistent…

Core Web Vitals

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How we enhanced our site’s UX and boosted Core Web Vitals scores
How we enhanced our site’s UX and boosted Core Web Vitals scores
Core Web Vitals

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Published in Washington Post Engineering

·Jul 21, 2021

When fallbacks don’t work: Lessons on alt text for improving accessibility

Imagine listening to an audio book and hearing the same paragraph repeated twice in a row. For people who use screen readers to read online content, this could happen anywhere, from retail and government sites to media sites like The Post’s. In fact, a screen reader user contacted us in…

Accessibility

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We can’t automate alt text. Here are some mistakes, lessons and what we can do for accessibility.
We can’t automate alt text. Here are some mistakes, lessons and what we can do for accessibility.
Accessibility

5 min read

Holden Foreman

Holden Foreman

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Accessibility Engineer at The Washington Post

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