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Protest in Print_2.mp4
During the interview, Janie and Dick recollected the time when Deaf printers came in handy in the printing room during the DPN protest. After writers had their articles written on the protest, it was handed down to the printers and several Deaf…

Brian_Brizendine.mp4
During the interview, Brian explains the memory of writers at the Washington Post coming down to the printing room to ask Deaf printers about their previous experience at Gallaudet University.

Bob_Zekas_Apprenticeship_2.mp4

Gallaudet Connections_1.mp4

A video featuring ASL interviews with several subjects. Dick Moore, a white older man seated in a darkened studio; Dennis Legler, a white older man seated at home; Robert Downing, a white older man standing in front of a dark curtain; Frank Amann, a white older man seated at home; Janie Golightly, a white older woman seated in a darkened studio; Jan DeLap, a white older woman seated in a darkened studio. The video begins with a still black and white image of the Composing Room at the Washington Post with the text Residential School Training.

Trade_School_Experiences_1.mp4

A color photograph of a tall board with dozens of small yellowed plastic tabs neatly arranged into two columns. Each tab has a smaller slip of paper with handwriting on it. The right column has an orange sticker stuck to the topmost plate labeling it “Top Priority.”
Substitute workers would show up for a shift and wait to be assigned using the slipboard.

A color photograph of a fair-skinned middle-aged woman seated at a large white paste up desk. She leans over a paste up board placing and pressing on pieces of printed text. In the background, paste up boards can be seen across multiple workstations.
Prior to computerized newspaper design, paste up was integral to the printing process. In the composing room of The Washington Post, employees used cutting tools to manually lay-out the text and images of each page. Pictured here, Deaf printer Sue…

A scanned image of an article describing new technologies. The accompanying black and white photograph shows several white, middle aged men and a white woman, standing at a desk with a box-computer terminal.
Employees of the composing room at The Washington Post created an internal newsletter for sharing information. Issues of CompWaves included announcements about workplace changes, covered the events held at work, and shared updates on the activities…

A color photograph of a fair-skinned older man as he stands in a large composing room at an angled desk. He wears a jacket with a white collar, a baseball hat, and glasses. A man stands directly next to him, working on his own newspaper layout, and in the background there are several other workers doing similarly.
Prior to computerized newspaper design, paste up was integral to the printing process. In the composing room of The Washington Post, employees used cutting tools to manually lay-out the text and images of each page. Pictured here, Talmage Flanagan is…
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