About Lens15 Media
What we do
Lens15 Media covers the news with a focus on disability and accessibility. We're a news agency, consultancy and accessible content producer.
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Why we do it
One-billion, or 15%, of all people across the globe have some kind of physical, Sensory or developmental impairment, but media depictions of this population largely reduce these individuals to caricatures that are either helpless or inspirational.
By looking at the news through the lens of disability, we strive to reveal a fuller picture of this community and point toward solutions to barriers that limit social, economic and political inclusion.
By looking at the news through the lens of disability, we strive to reveal a fuller picture of this community and point toward solutions to barriers that limit social, economic and political inclusion.
Who we work with
Lens15 Media is building a network of local and independently owned News platforms in New Jersey to distribute our accessible, multimedia journalism at no cost. We also create accessible versions of stories that concern disability for our partners.
Lens15 Media's Founder Jason Strother
Before launching Lens15 Media in 2022, Jason Strother spent 15 years filing stories for US and other international media outlets from Seoul, South Korea another datelines across the globe. His reporting on disability is informed by his own experience having a low vision impairment.
Jason is an adjunct professor at New Jersey’s Montclair State University, where he’s created courses on freelancing overseas as well as how people with disabilities are portrayed in entertainment, journalism and social media. He is also an advisory board member of the National Center on Disability and Journalism at Arizona State University.
Jason's work has been supported by grants from the National Geographic Society, UC Berkeley's 11th Hour Food in Farming Fellowship and he is a US Fulbright Scholar.
Jason is an adjunct professor at New Jersey’s Montclair State University, where he’s created courses on freelancing overseas as well as how people with disabilities are portrayed in entertainment, journalism and social media. He is also an advisory board member of the National Center on Disability and Journalism at Arizona State University.
Jason's work has been supported by grants from the National Geographic Society, UC Berkeley's 11th Hour Food in Farming Fellowship and he is a US Fulbright Scholar.
