Veteran broadcast journalist and Earlham College alum Howell Gatchell offers an instructional session on broadcast news this Thursday, October 12, 5 p.m. at WECI 91.5 FM, Richmond's Public Radio Station. The session is focused toward a broadcast journalism class but includes some nuggets of broadcast wisdom for all. For more information, call WECI at (765) 983-1246.

Since the Richmond News Review is all about covering news and opinion happening in the area, we thought it would be useful to take a look at what sources of news there are for Richmond, and how they operate. We already discussed whether or not the RNR itself is a source of news, so we'll leave ourselves out of this inventory.
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Rich Jackson was interviewed about his firing from the Palladium-Item for an article in Editor & Publisher, which brings the local personnel issue into the national spotlight of media matters. We've mentioned Jackson's departure from the Pal-Item here previously, but this is the first public comment we know of from either party involved in the matter.
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The Palladium-Item released a brief and quiet note today that they've named an interim managing editor following the departure of Rich Jackson from the position. I noticed yesterday that he had been removed from their online staff directory, and Jackson's weblog, once a center of the paper's online efforts and an interesting archive of thoughts on how the paper does its work, is now gone without explanation. While I'm sure at one level this is a private matter between Rich and his (apparently former) employer, it's certainly a very significant change for this singular local news entity. Rich has been the very public face of the paper through a lot of discussion about policy and editorial decision making, and while many have not always agreed with him, I think most have come to appreciate his engagement with and concern for readers, critics and fans alike.

We'll follow this closely and hopefully have more for you in the next episode of the RNR.