NFB NewsLine in Montana
NFB Newsline is a free audio news service for anyone who is blind, low-vision, deaf-blind, or otherwise print-disabled that offers access to more than 500 publications, emergency weather alerts, job listings, and more.
NFB NewsLine subscribers have access to:
- National newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal and USA Today
- Breaking news sources, including CNN, BBC, and ESPN Online
- International newspapers, including Financial Times and Vancouver Sun
- Magazines, including Time, Consumer Reports, Guideposts, and Smithsonian
- State newspapers
- Emergency weather alerts and seven-day forecasts localized to your zip code or GPS location
- The information that scrolls along the bottom of your television screen during emergency alerts
- More than 100,000 job listings from two national job sources
- TV listings localized to your zip code and provider
- Retail ads
- NFB's national channel, including:
How to Sign Up for NFB NewsLine
Anyone who cannot read printed publications due to vision loss, dyslexia, or a physical disability is eligible to receive NFB NewsLine. Please register by calling or emailing:
- Marilyn Bennett, - Montana Talking Book Library Digital and Outreach Coordinator
- Phone: (406) 444-5352
- Email: mbennett@mt.gov
to fill out an application over the phone or to have one mailed to you. Alternatively, you may also call:
- National Federation of the Blind
- Phone: (866) 504-7300
- Fill out our:online application
- Alternatively you may Download the application
After your registration is processed, you will receive a message containing your activation codes and instructions.
NFB NewsLine in Montana
In addition to the toll-free number 888-882:1629, here are some local numbers to call to reach:
- Billings: 406-409-3100
- Great Falls: 406-401-6100
- Missoula: 406-303-2200
Please contact the Montana NFB Newsline Coordinators with any questions you may have or for additional help and support.
- Call the Montana NFB Newsline Coordinators
- Phone: (406) 233:0771
- toll-free, (888) 987:0414
- Montana Coordinator Robert Jaquiss, press 1.
- Montana Coordinator Samantha Chase, press 2.
- Email the Montana NFB Newsline Coordinators
- For last names beginning with the letter A through L, please email Samantha Chase at schase@nfbofmt.org
- For last names beginning with the letter M through Z, please email Robert Jaquiss at rjaquiss@nfbofmt.org