[Journalists] Introduction/challenge facing blind journalists

[Cheryl Wade]

	Hi, Ben,

I was one of those young people who developed such a passion for 
writing, only mine came in high school, I clicked at about age 16.

Feel free to call me whenever you like - except for 8 a.m. to around 
10:30 a.m. Eastern. (Oh, you'd still be sleeping by then!)

My work number is (989) 839-4272, home (989) 835-9572.

One thing that would be a challenge, I know, is to go to the police 
station and read through the reports they throw at you. I don't do 
it, because I'd really need to take someone with me evry time. So I 
have offered to help more often by contacting out-county (outside the 
county) police calls. Copying down routine court sentencings, too, 
would be nearly impossible without someone who can read print 
accompanying you, because you have to go in and read through all 
these files and write down the relevant information. Even if you had 
a portable scanner, it would be really, really time consuming. But 
... there are so, so many other things you can do.

Cheryl Wade
Business writer
Midland Daily News
Midland, MI