Deaf News is an important part of Deaf literature. It reflects the current events that are relevant to the

Deaf community Deafness has varying definitions in cultural and medical contexts. In medical contexts, the meaning of deafness is hearing loss that precludes a person from understanding spoken language, an audiological condition. In this context it is written ...

Silent News

In January 1969 the first

newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...

directed towards a deaf audience was created. It was founded by Julius Wiggins. It was from this newspaper that deaf news was born. The paper struggled to survive, and finally ceased publication but when it was in a competition with ''DeafNation'' and ''Newswaves'' it out lived both of them. They no longer distribute to subscriber's houses but they did change into an easily accessible website called ''SIGNews''.

''The Buff and Blue''

''The Buff and Blue'' is the school newspaper for

Gallaudet University Gallaudet University ( ) is a private federally chartered university in Washington, D.C., for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing. It was founded in 1864 as a grammar school for both deaf and blind children. It was the first school ...

, a

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private university Private universities and private colleges are higher education institutions not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. However, they often receive tax breaks, public student loans, and government grants. Depending on the count ...

for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing. It was established on November 1, 1892''.'' Initially printed solely as a printed hard copy

magazine A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...

, its current incarnation is a website that provides content covering current events occurring both on and off campus, as well as news relating to the Deaf community.

''SIGNews''

''SIGNews'' is a newspaper that was established in October 2003 by Communication Service for the Deaf, Inc (CSD). The reader base is typically individuals that are involved in the deaf community and the newspapers are sent to people's houses on a monthly basis across the

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. The articles are written by both Deaf regulars and guest writers and each issue has a specific topic such as

Deaf education Deaf education is the education of students with any degree of hearing loss or deafness. This may involve, but does not always, individually-planned, systematically-monitored teaching methods, adaptive materials, accessible settings, and other ...

Deaf culture Deaf culture is the set of social beliefs, behaviors, art, literary traditions, history, values, and shared institutions of communities that are influenced by deafness and which use sign languages as the main means of communication. When used as ...

American Sign Language American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone Canadians, Anglophone Canada. ASL is a complete and organized visual language that i ...

iDeafNews

iDeafNews is a news website run by MSM Productions, which is headquartered in

Rochester, New York Rochester is a city in and the county seat, seat of government of Monroe County, New York, United States. It is the List of municipalities in New York, fourth-most populous city and 10th most-populated municipality in New York, with a populati ...

. The website covers news that affects deaf individuals in the United States and provides this in five organized parts; People, Education, Communications, the Arts, and Nationwide news.

Deaf News Network

Deaf News Network (DNN) is a news channel that focuses on select local and nationwide news gathered through the crowd-source method. It had a soft launch on June 10, 2013, and had its grand opening on July 4 of the same year. The channel is headquartered in

Surprise, Arizona Surprise is a city in Maricopa County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. The population was 143,148 at the 2020 census, up from 117,517 in 2010 and just 30,848 in 2000. Surprise is the spring training location of the Kansas City Royals and the ...

and run by two

Rochester Institute of Technology The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private university, private research university in Henrietta, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York, Rochester. It was founded in 1829. It is one of only two institute of technology, institut ...

graduates.

The Daily Moth

The Daily Moth is a news channel created and run by Alex Abenchuchan that began airing in August 2015. The channel delivers news in American Sign Language and typically covers trending news stories with an emphasis on deaf related topics. Videos are posted Monday through Friday on the channel's website, YouTube channel, and Facebook page.

Sign1news

Sign1News is a digital network partnered with CNN that offers news in American Sign Language. It offers equal access to local, regional and national news and information to the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community via a daily post-produced broadcast.

References

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