Submitted by pubradionews on Tue, 11/27/2007 - 12:04pm.
The talk staff is part of the newsroom in that the show topics will be driven to some degree by the news of the region. It is not designed to be strictly a call-in program on any subject. With the addition of a vigorous online community, I believe Think Out Loud will help counter the 'social isolationist' trend, not feed it.
And yes, more people will be able to get into the field for reporting as a result of this change.
The talk staff is part of the newsroom in that the show topics will be driven to some degree by the news of the region. It is not designed to be strictly a call-in program on any subject. With the addition of a vigorous online community, I believe Think Out Loud will help counter the 'social isolationist' trend, not feed it.
And yes, more people will be able to get into the field for reporting as a result of this change.