Accessibility Statement

Journalism is only doing its job if people can actually use it. Cubed News is committed to making cubednews.com accessible to the widest possible range of readers, including people who use assistive technologies such as screen readers, keyboard navigation, screen magnification, or voice control. This statement explains the standard we work to, the measures we take, and how to tell us when we have got something wrong.

Our Commitment

We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA, the internationally recognised benchmark for accessible web content published by the World Wide Web Consortium. These guidelines are organised around four principles: that content should be perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust. We treat them as the design target for the site, not as an afterthought.

We regard accessibility as a continuing responsibility rather than a box to be ticked once. As we add features and publish new work, we aim to maintain and improve conformance, and we recognise that accessibility is an ongoing effort that benefits from the experiences of the people who actually rely on it.

What We Do

In practice, our commitment to WCAG 2.1 AA shapes a number of choices in how the site and our content are built:

• Text alternatives — we provide meaningful alternative text for images that carry information, so their content is available to people using screen readers.
• Readable structure — articles use proper headings and semantic structure, which makes them easier to navigate with assistive technology and easier for everyone to scan.
• Colour and contrast — we aim for sufficient contrast between text and background, and we do not rely on colour alone to convey meaning.
• Keyboard access — we work toward letting readers reach and operate the site’s functionality with a keyboard, not only a mouse or touchscreen.
• Clear language — our editorial register favours plain, direct prose, which serves comprehension as well as style.
• Resizable, responsive text — content is designed to remain usable when text is enlarged and across different screen sizes and devices.

Accessibility and good editorial practice tend to point the same way. Clear structure, honest labelling, and readable writing make our journalism better for every reader, not only those using assistive tools.

Known Limitations

We want to be honest rather than make claims we cannot fully guarantee. As a young and evolving publication, we do not assert that every page is perfectly conformant at every moment. Some content, or occasionally material provided by third parties, may not yet fully meet the standard we are working toward. Where we become aware of a barrier, we treat fixing it as a priority. We would much rather know about a problem and address it than pretend the site is flawless.

How to Report an Accessibility Issue

Reader feedback is one of the most valuable ways we learn where the site falls short, and we genuinely welcome it. If you encounter a barrier — something you cannot read, reach, or operate with the tools you use — please tell us. Write to editorial@cubednews.com and include, where you can:

• the page or article where you ran into the problem;
• a description of what went wrong and what you were trying to do;
• the browser, device, and any assistive technology you were using.

These details help us reproduce the issue and fix it properly. We will do our best to respond and to put right the problems you raise. Where something cannot be resolved immediately, we will look for a reasonable alternative way to give you access to the content.

A Standing Promise

Making our journalism usable for everyone is part of what it means to take readers seriously, and it sits alongside the rest of our standards in our editorial policy. We will keep working at it. If our practice ever falls short of the commitment set out here, telling us at editorial@cubednews.com is the surest way to help us close the gap.