College television newscasts serve as training grounds for future broadcast journalists and should help students understand emerging trends in the field, such as social media use and developing web and multimedia skills. Increasingly, television news websites need to connect with technologically diverse audiences, and the industry is under increasing legal pressure to make its websites more accessible, particularly in terms of captioning. In addition, with smartphone use becoming almost ubiquitous and people turning to their smartphones as news sources, the industry needs to make sure their websites are responsive to mobile devices. This study examined award-winning college television news websites to see if they are preparing students for the realities of communicating with technologically diverse audiences by examining website mobile readiness and accessibility, including captioning adoption. While most sites were usable on mobile devices, about a quarter did not offer captioning, and there were wide spread accessibility problems.

大学电视新闻广播是未来广播新闻记者的训练场，应帮助学生了解该领域的新兴趋势，例如社交媒体的使用以及开发网络和多媒体技能。电视新闻网站越来越需要与技术多样化的受众建立联系，并且该行业正面临越来越大的法律压力，以使其网站更易于访问，特别是在字幕方面。此外，随着智能手机的使用几乎无处不在，人们将其智能手机用作新闻来源，该行业需要确保其网站能够响应移动设备。这项研究检查了屡获殊荣的大学电视新闻网站，以了解他们是否正在通过检查网站的移动就绪性和可访问性（包括字幕采用）来为学生提供与技术多样化的受众进行交流的现实的准备。尽管大多数站点都可以在移动设备上使用，但是大约四分之一没有字幕，并且存在广泛的可访问性问题。