Subramani Aatreya
Blind journalist with a view. Notes on writing, newsrooms, and the systems we all navigate.
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The Invisible Editor (opens the original)
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In November 2024, I wrote a deeply personal piece for my newspaper on how assistive technology had transformed my independence, both at work and outside it. For a change, I stepped away from the copy desk and became the reporter of my own life.It was hardly the first time I had traded the editor’s chair for the writer’s seat. Over the years, I have written columns, features and personal essays. But this was the most memorable role reversal because it reminded me, more vividly than any previous e
We are back (opens the original)
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Hello,Thank you for hanging in. I have not been active since February. I took a break to write a book and used that time to rethink this newsletter. I wanted to retain the best aspects of what was already here and reach a more diverse readership — hence the consolidation you may have noticed on the newsletter page.The Unblinded Writer is about how language works, how systems work, and how people navigate both — some with more friction than others. Some essays will come from 27 years at a newsroo
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