accessibility-compliance
Accessibility compliance
Practical accessibility patterns for journalism and academic web publishing.
When to activate
- Building or auditing news websites
- Writing alt text for article images
- Creating accessible data visualizations
- Developing tools that journalists use
- Ensuring multimedia content is accessible
- Meeting legal accessibility requirements
- Publishing academic content online
WCAG essentials for news sites
WCAG 2.2 became a W3C Recommendation in October 2023 and is backwards-compatible with 2.1. Targeting 2.2 AA is the right default for new work; 2.1 AA remains the floor in most legal regimes (see "Legal requirements" below).
WCAG 2.2 added nine criteria over 2.1. Most relevant for news sites: 2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum) AA — interactive targets at least 24×24 CSS pixels; 2.4.11 Focus Not Obscured (Minimum) AA — focused element not fully hidden by sticky headers / chat widgets; 3.3.8 Accessible Authentication AA — no cognitive function tests (e.g., transcribing distorted text) without an alternative; 3.3.7 Redundant Entry A — don't ask users to re-enter the same data within a session.
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