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The Georgia Association for the Deaf
at its 49th
Biennial Conference Award Banquet
presented its first-ever Station of
the Year Award for the Best Closed
Captioning and commitment to the
hearing-impaired community. Stations
did not submit entries for this
honor but were independently
evaluated and nominated by the
caption consumer community
statewide.
WAGA/Fox5 Atlanta won the
“Outstanding Captioned Television
News” trophy (all Georgia markets)
for the Best Captions. WAGA has
been captioned for more than 12
years by EduCaption, a smaller
Atlanta-based company which not only
provides Captioning services, but is
a national leader in training
realtime captioners and court
reporters to provide communication
access realtime translation [CART].
The award was accepted on behalf of
WAGA by Karen Graham, the weekend
sports anchor, who is a deaf
advocate in her own right. Ms.
Graham started sign language classes
a little over two years ago (no
deafness in her family... just
thought it was a beautiful language
and a "calling" for her), and she is
such a natural that she is a fluent
signer and interprets for her
church. She was moved to tears by
the award, and acknowledged that the
whole news operation was thrilled to
receive such recognition.
It may not be an award that’s
traditionally trumpeted in the
television business but it’s
certainly one that elevates an
underappreciated effort. It also
makes a wonderful addition to WAGA’s
awards for their ongoing community
service.
EduCaption is proud to serve its
clients with the finest team of
captioners in the business --
well-known for their consistent hard
work, their dedication and
professionalism as well as their
amazing kindness as human beings.
Did we mention their awesome talent?
For the deaf and
hard-of-hearing,
talk isn't cheap… it's precious.
