In this episode: a special edition devoted to former President Bill Clinton's recent visit to Richmond, including interviews from the scene with those who attended. Enjoy!

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In this abbreviated episode: under-reported stories from 2007, and a new local podcast. Plus, information about a chat room just for discussing local news and issues. Enjoy!

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Palladium-Item Online Editor Jason Truitt has announced that as of today, the paper will be holding the comments posted in its online discussion forums to the same standard it uses for letters published in its print edition, at least when it comes to personal attacks:

"We've been having discussions at the P-I for a little while now about what changes we might want to make to the way we run these forums. We've heard the feedback from some of you as well as other people in the community about the level of conversation in the forums, and quite frankly, our own concerns have been growing...

Content for letters to the editor is held to a much higher standard in order to be published than forum posts have been. As of today, that will no longer be the case. From now on, whenever we have a question about whether a comment should be allowed to stand, the question we'll ask is, "Would we allow this to be printed in a letter to the editor?" If the answer is "no," the comment will be deleted from these forums. If the answer is "yes," the comment stays."

You can read Jason's full announcement and the discussion/reaction that follows. We interviewd Jason about this issue and others facing the paper in RNR Episode #22.

In this episode: how we can still host a Presidential Debate, the loss of another local business and what it really means to buy local, upcoming events, and a holiday rant. Plus, a call for your submissions to our year-end review of gaps in local media coverage. Enjoy!

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As a part of our end of year episode coming up in December, we're going to do a segment that looks back at the year's news coverage, and we need your help!

The topic is the city's Top 10 Most Under-reported or Under-covered News Stories in 2007.

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In Sunday's paper, the Palladium-Item endorsed Sally Hutton as its candidate of choice for Mayor, saying that candidate Rick Thalls had "demonstrated an insufficient grasp of the issues most germane to Richmond's future." Later that same day, Rick Thalls` campaign apparently withdrew from the blogging experiment on the paper's website (discussed in our most recent episode), removing all of his postings from the blog without any explanation. When contacted about the withdrawal, "Thalls said he moved his posts to his Web site because of the conduct of one of our forums users," according to Online editor Jason Truitt. As yet, we have not been able to confirm that the text available on the Thalls campaign website is an unaltered version of what appeared on the Pal-Item site; such verification may be difficult without an archive for comparison.

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Last week, regional NPR affiliate WMUB in Oxford, Ohio announced that the Miami University committee appointed by President David Hodge to make recommendations on WMUB's future has completed its report.  Of the four options laid out in the report, the push seems to be toward "developing the regional connections with existing noncommercial radio stations and adding significant connections with appropriate Miami University academic programs."  The subtext may be additional consolidation and merging of public radio resources in the area.

Also, Palladium-Item online editor Jason Truitt announced that several new features have been added to their online presence, allowing readers to submit stories and photos in a new way, subscribe to online news focused on a particular geographical area in town, and view state and national databases of various statistics.

In this episode: an interview with Palladium-Item Online Editor Jason Truitt. Plus, notes about happenings in online media and citizen journalism, and a review of Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore’s book, The Assault on Reason. Read more below for links from this episode. Enjoy!

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Long time no podcast, eh? Thanks for being patient.  In an abbreviated episode, I share some thoughts on the origins, purpose and future of this podcast, with nifty sound effects thrown in. The bottom line: we need your input.

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Hello, fans of RNR. Thanks to those of you who have checked in to make sure we're still alive and kicking. As you can tell, we're taking a bit of a longer pause between episodes to get some things in order and enjoy the weather. Aye, there's plenty of news and opinion that still need covering, so we'll be back soon with another episode. In the meantime, send us your story ideas, letters, summer plans, etc...you know how to drop us a line.