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13/11/2012

Blind and partially sighted people in media

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, Blind and partially sighted people in media

Blind and partially-sighted media people talk about the way they got into radio and TV.

Peter White talks to Nuria del Saz, Sean Dilley, Steven Scott, Gill Daley and Gary O'Donoghue about how they got into broadcasting.

Lee Chang Hoon from South Korea is one of the latest blind journalists to land a job on television.
Lee reads the news, but blind people in the media are rare. 
In Touch talks to Nuria del Saz a blind newsreader from Spain, Sean Dilley, a freelance journalist in the UK and Gary O'Donoghue, the BBC's political correspondent about their work and advice to budding broadcasters.
Steven Scott and Gill Daley from RNIB's internet station Insight, tell Peter that they are looking for new talent to join their station.

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