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We welcome your media-related inquiries. Please contact Ann Harrison via email at ann.h@benetech.org or by phone at 650-644-3442.
Here is a listing of our press releases:
2011 |
Data Analysis By Benetech Scientists Aid in Arrest of Former Guatemalan Police Chief — June 27, 2011 |
Bookshare Showcases Student Technology and its Free, Federally Funded Accessible Book Initiative — May 16, 2011 |
Robert Wexler Joins Benetech Board of Directors — April 28, 2011 |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Signs Agreement to Provide Titles to Bookshare — April 14, 2011 |
Benetech Releases Accessible E-book App for Apple Device Market — January 31, 2011 |
Literacy Instruction for Adolescent and Adult Beginning Readers — January 25, 2011 |
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2008 |
Department of Education Official Visits Benetech — December 9, 2008 |
Bookshare™ Expands to Provide Accessible Books in India — October 20, 2008 |
Spanish Translation of Who Did What to Whom Published — September 22, 2008 |
Benetech's Bookshare Library Wins Award From the National Federation of the Blind — July 7, 2008 |
Benetech and CMP Release Miradi Conservation Software — April 18, 2008 |
Benetech Wins AT&T Technology Innovation Award — March 28, 2008 |
Bookshare Partners With Don Johnston to Provide Free Text Reader for Print Disabled Students — March 13, 2008 |
Bookshare and Code Factory Partnership Announced — January 30, 2008 |
NIMAS Validator Software Released — January 29, 2008 |
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2007 |
Bookshare Receives Five-Year $32 Million Award From U.S. Department of Education — October 15, 2007 |
Benetech's Dr. Patrick Ball Testifies in Kosovo Human Rights Case — March 21, 2007 |
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2006 |
Bookshare Volunteers Scan 30,000 Books — November 8, 2006 |
Benetech CEO Jim Fruchterman Receives 2006 MacArthur Fellowship — September 18, 2006 |
Route 66 Provides Web-Based Literacy Instruction For Persons With Disabilities — June 26, 2006 |
Major Omidyar Network Investment Lifts Global Nonprofit to New Level. — March 22, 2006 |
Accessible Newspapers and Magazines Available Daily from NFB-NEWSLINE® and Bookshare . — March 22, 2006 |
Silicon Valley Group Uses Technology To Help The Truth Commission Answer Disputed Questions About Massive Political Violence In Timor-Leste. — February 9, 2006 |
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2005 |
Bookshare selected as EdNET 2005 Rookie of the Year finalist — September 22, 2005 |
Patrick Ball Receives 2005 EFF’s Pioneer Award — April 19, 2005 |
Bookshare Offers Books in Spanish — March 16, 2005 |
Online Book-Sharing Service Increases Literacy Skills Among Students with Visual Impairments — February 17, 2005 |
Bookshare's Library Surpasses 20,000 Titles — January 11, 2005 |
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2004 |
| Marc B. Levine Selected as a ZeroDivide Fellow — October 29, 2004 |
| Bookshare Announces Results of National School Initiative — July 22, 2004 |
| State Department Funds Martus — June 3, 2004 |
| Benetech Receives 2004 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship — May 20, 2004 |
| ACM Honors Open Source Software Creator Patrick Ball as Humanitarian — April 28, 2004 |
| Bookshare, Lighthouse International Unveil Employment and Career Development Collection — April 23, 2004 |
| Partnership Expands Textbook Access for College Students with Disabilities — March 12, 2004 |
| Bookshare Launches Institutional Access: A new way for schools to provide accessible digital books to their students — February 17, 2004 |
| Jim Fruchterman attends World Economic Forum — January 28, 2004 |
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2003 |
| Benetech Receives Fast Company Social Capitalist Award — December 17, 2003 |
| Human Rights Data Analysis Group Joins Benetech — November 3, 2003 |
| Martus Receives Funding from the MacArthur Foundation — October 16, 2003 |
| Martus Named Tech Laureate — September 15, 2003 |
| Jim Fruchterman selected as a finalist for the 2003 World Technology Awards — June 25, 2003 |
| NEC Foundation of America Announces $244,000 in New Grants — June 12, 2003 |
| Benetech adds prominent VC to board, makes two key management hires — June 12 2003 |
| Benetech Receives Funds to Support Online Literacy Learning Service — May 22, 2003 |
| Publisher O'Reilly Makes Books Accessible to People with Disabilities Worldwide Under Landmark Agreement with Bookshare — March 3, 2003 |
| Pulse Data and Benetech Announce BrailleNote/Bookshare Collaboration — February 24, 2003 |
| Bookshare Chosen as Finalist in National Business Plan Competition — February 21, 2003 |
| Martus software ships — January 15, 2003 |
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2002 |
| Bookshare awarded by Social Enterprise Alliance at Earned Income Showcase — December 10, 2002 |
| Bookshare Wins Top International Award — October 23, 2002 |
| Fruchterman Selected by Schwab Foundation as One of World's Top Social Entrepreneurs — September 23, 2002 |
| New partnership delivers increased access to Braille books — July 30, 2002 |
| Technology Nonprofit Moves to Palo Alto — January 21, 2002 |
| Leading Nonprofit Technology Developer Offers the First Digital Book-Sharing Service For People With Print Disabilities — February 21, 2002 |
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