Hartford's St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center and Windsor's nonprofit CRIS Radio say they are teaming up to provide its patients for the first time with daily audio readings of newspaper and magazine articles via the hospital's in-room TV system.
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Diane's career has spanned three decades as a journalist and during the past six years, as the head of the nonprofit CRIS Radio. Diane was the news editor of Education World, the managing/interim editor of he Hartford Business Journal; and a reporter for the Hartford Courant. She holds a master’s degree in Communications from the University of Hartford and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Syracuse University. In addition to working in the news media, she was an adjunct professor in communication at the University of Hartford for several years.
August 2015, Hartford Business Journal
Windsor's nonprofit CRIS Radio and Mystic Aquarium announced Tuesday a pilot that offers visitors with low-vision or other print disabilities a new way to access print information displayed at the aquarium's exhibits. Read more.
Windsor's nonprofit CRIS Radio and Mystic Aquarium announced Tuesday a pilot that offers visitors with low-vision or other print disabilities a new way to access print information displayed at the aquarium's exhibits. Read more.
Windsor nonprofit CRIS Radio has expanded its media "infotainment" services to patients at Hartford's Connecticut Children's Medical Center – the first of its kind in the nation, authorities say.
CRISKids, in partnership with Comcast, offers audio versions of articles published in nearly 20 award-winning children's magazines streamed through the hospital's in-house TV … Continue Reading ››
CRIS Radio Looks To New Technologies To Deliver News Broadcasts To Blind, Disabled
Oct. 18, 2010 By Diane Weaver Dunne, Hartford Business Journal
Carol Gillispie, who has been blind since she was 15 months old due to a rare form of eye cancer, says the news and information that she hears on CRIS Radio offers her far … Continue Reading ››
Community leaders are getting behind the mike to read articles featured in newspapers and magazines to promote CRIS Radio’s mission of serving people who are blind, learning disabled, or physically disabled and unable to handle printed material. Read More.
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