The Los Angeles Advertiser is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for all individuals, including those with disabilities. We actively work to improve the user experience for everyone and apply relevant accessibility standards.
Our objective is to conform to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 Level AA. These guidelines outline principles for making web content accessible to a broader range of people with disabilities.
We continuously review our website and implement measures to achieve and maintain this standard. Our editorial and technical teams consider accessibility during content creation and platform development.
Los Angeles Advertiser incorporates several specific measures to enhance website accessibility. These efforts are integrated into our daily operations and development cycles.
We utilize semantic HTML5 markup to structure content clearly. This approach aids assistive technologies in interpreting page hierarchy and relationships between elements.
Alternative text descriptions are provided for all meaningful images. This ensures that screen reader users receive equivalent information for visual content.
Our website design prioritizes keyboard navigation. All interactive elements, such as links and forms, are operable via keyboard input alone, without requiring a mouse.
Color contrast ratios meet WCAG 2.2 Level AA requirements for both text and graphical elements. This helps users with low vision or color blindness to distinguish content effectively.
Forms on our website include clear labels and instructions. Error messages are explicit and help users understand how to correct input mistakes.
We design our content layout to be responsive across various screen sizes. This adaptability ensures a consistent experience for users accessing our site on desktops, tablets, and mobile devices.
Closed captions are provided for all video content produced by Los Angeles Advertiser. Transcripts are also available where appropriate.
Our development process includes regular testing with screen readers. This practical evaluation helps identify and address potential barriers for users reliant on these technologies.
We strive to maintain consistent and predictable navigation throughout the website. Repetitive elements like headers and footers are structured uniformly across pages.
Despite our diligent efforts, issues may occasionally arise. If you encounter any accessibility barriers on the Los Angeles Advertiser website, please contact us.
Your feedback is valuable to our ongoing improvement process. Please provide specific details, including the web page address (URL) and a description of the difficulty you experienced.
To report an accessibility concern, please email our legal department directly at legal@laadvertiser.com. We endeavor to respond to feedback promptly.
The Los Angeles Advertiser website may contain links to external websites or embed content from third-party providers. We cannot guarantee the accessibility of content hosted on external domains or provided by other organizations.
While we encourage our partners to uphold accessibility standards, their compliance is beyond our direct control. Users are advised to review the accessibility statements of those third-party sites.
Currently, we are aware that some older archived articles may not fully meet all WCAG 2.2 Level AA requirements due to legacy formatting. Our technical team is actively working to remediate these historical documents.
We are also investigating solutions for highly complex data visualizations to ensure their information is conveyable through alternative accessible formats.
This accessibility statement and the associated website are reviewed semiannually by our internal technical and editorial teams. An independent accessibility audit is conducted periodically by third-party specialists.
The most recent review of this statement and our website's conformance was completed in June 2024. Next scheduled review is December 2024.
The Los Angeles Advertiser considers accessibility an ongoing priority. Our commitment is to ensure that our news content is available to the widest possible audience.
This publication is owned and operated by APG, an independent digital media company.