Professional Documents
Culture Documents
WHAT DO WE NEED?
The need for media sources.
Two men make it possible.
Julius Wiggins = Silent News Matthew Scott Moore = Deaf Life
Julius Wiggins
Born Toronto, Canada on September 19, 1928. Born deaf Belleville School for the Deaf in Belleville, Ontario. WWII began- Became a soldier Post war- Became a furrier under his fathers practice Age 20, Moved to New York Deaf Gathering in NYC met wife Harriet
Have 3 children
Columns ranged from financial advice to how to have a positive outlook on life Paid subscribers: 7,000 Monthly readers: over 30,000
Problem Those who bought the articles passed it on to their neighbors. Therefore, less people need to buy the monthly issues
One article even asked readers to subscribe rather than pass the articles on
Later Years
3 competing Newspapers
Silent News DeafNation Newswaves
Internet started
Formed a webpage to keep up with the times
Great advertisement for deaf vendors of deaf and hard of hearing products and services
Death of Julius
On October 13, 2001 Wiggins passed away
Publication stopped
Deaf community lost one of its most important cultural icons
Some of todays best-known deaf bloggers had their start as writers and cartoonists in Silent News
BIGGER PICTURE
DEAF PRODCAST
DEAF LIFE
After graduating college- Wanted to start a weekly magazine focusing on Deaf community topics 1984, Produced the first pilot episode.
hour long Magazine-format Open-caption Focused on Deaf issues during the time
June 23, 1984 the episode aired on primetime on WOKR, Rochesters local ABC affiliate
Other Languages
Deaf Life Japan
January 9, 2010