http://www.richmondnewsreview.com A podcast from Richmond, Indiana about media, news and opinion from a different perspective. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:17:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Palladium-Item is reporting that ten additional staff positions, including some in the news department, have been cut: The cuts came from several departments, including news, advertising, pre-press, financial and circulation, Palladium-Item general manager and executive editor Mickey Johnson told employees. The cuts were a part of nationwide changes made by ... http://www.richmondnewsreview.com/2009/07/pal-item-staff-cuts-continue.html The Star Press of Muncie published an editorial yesterday thoroughly praising Richmond's Whitewater Community Television station (WCTV), and noting that it should serve as a great model for Muncie's own efforts at improving public access programming and use of media in general.  Larry Riley, who teaches at Ball State, gushed: What ... http://www.richmondnewsreview.com/2009/04/wctv-praised-regionally-locally.html WMUB, the NPR radio station based at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, has announced that due to funding issues, the station will likely soon be operated by Cincinnati Public Radio.  (Thanks to RNR listener Thomas Kemp for pointing us to the news.)  The changes are detailed in a news release ... http://www.richmondnewsreview.com/2009/01/wmub-to-become-cincinnati-public-radio-station.html There are two pieces in today's Palladium-Item where its staff reflect on various changes taking place at the daily paper. The first, on the closing of the locally-housed print press (announced in November), is a nice piece by Bill Engle that includes interviews and retrospective on the history of the press, ... http://www.richmondnewsreview.com/2009/01/pal-item-reflects-on-press-closing-other-changes.html Hi there and happy new year! If you haven't already noticed, the Richmond News Review hasn't seen a new episode for a while. We've talked in the past about why that might be, but it still seems polite to keep our regular listeners updated. So: for now, ... http://www.richmondnewsreview.com/2009/01/rnr-hiatus.html The Palladium-Item announced today that it will be moving its printing operations to Indianapolis, eliminating 60 positions from its local staff.  According to the article, the decision comes after an evaluation of the capital investment that would be required to maintain the local press equipment, and other factors resulting from ... http://www.richmondnewsreview.com/2008/11/scaling-back-continues-pal-item-moves-printing-to-indy.html An article on the Palladium-Item website today announced the first live chat hosted by the paper's online presence, scheduled for 9 PM this Thursday to coincide with the Vice Presidential debate.  The chat service is powered by the site CoverItLive.com, used by a number of other prominent media outlets for ... http://www.richmondnewsreview.com/2008/09/pal-itemcom-begins-to-offer-live-chat-feature.html In this episode: we tested out a new show format for the Richmond News Review - live podcasting with listener call-in participation. It was a little rough around the edges compared to the usual podcast, but we did have a few callers as we prepped for the Presidential debate, ... http://www.richmondnewsreview.com/2008/09/rnr-29-live-debate-call-in-testing-a-new-format.html We're trying out something new with the Richmond News Review - a live call-in version of the show. We'd like to try it out in a "dress rehearsal" episode prior to this evening's political debate. If you'd like to participate by calling in to discuss the issues of the day ... http://www.richmondnewsreview.com/2008/09/live-broadcast-call-in-show-test-run-tonight.html In this episode: an interview with Richmond resident Melissa Hill about her work on the Ralph Nader presidential campaign, and third party politics in general.  Enjoy! Links from stories in this week's show: Ralph Nader campaign website Cynthia McKinney campaign website Bob Barr campaign website FairVote.org Project Vote Smart honeybeehill - Melissa's online store of handcrafted items Tell ... http://www.richmondnewsreview.com/2008/09/rnr-28-third-party-presidential-campaign-interview.html