Author: Coy Barefoot

Delegate David Toscano makes a non-political visit to WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now along with fellow attorney Susan White to discuss collaborative law. In particular, collaborative is a new way to conduct civil law in cases such as divorce, where both parties are willing to negotiate on all issues involving the separation.

“Everything is open, on the table, open for discussion, unlike in negotiations where often people hide the ball in order to take advantage of situations and they take these strong positions where they may try to intimidate the other side into giving in,” says Toscano.

White says this new method could save divorcing couples a lot of money by cutting down the need for litigation. Find out more about this practice in this edition of Coy Barefoot’s afternoon program.

Steve Safran is the managing editor of Lost Remote, a blog that tracks the latest changes in media. Safran is a digital media consultant with a background in television news. He spoke with Coy Barefoot on the October 3rd edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now about the challenges of convergence.

“Convergence media is everything that people have come to accept now in their lives from the TiVo box, to the phone that now plays music, to the computer that can now stream video,” says Safran.

But, these changes won’t come without growing pains, as traditional media such as newspapers lose their advertising revenue to their online competitors. Over the course of this interview, Safran outlines some recommendations for how media outlets might evolve to survive.

Commander Jennifer Brooks is a twenty-year veteran of the U.S Navy and a graduate of the Naval Academy. Commander Brooks was among the first women to attend the Academy, at the same time Jim Webb wrote an article called “Women Can’t Fight” for the Washingtonian Magazine.

“When the article came out, it basically legitimized bad treatment towards us.” says Brooks. Brooks was a guest on the September 29 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now with Coy Barefoot. She described some of the things that happened to her while at the Academy.

David Ekern (right) was sworn in on September 20 as the new VDOT commissioner

David Ekern is the new commissioner of the Virginia Department of Transportation. He joined Coy Barefoot on the September 28th episode of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now. Ekern took office last week after a stint as the director of Idaho’s transportation department.

“That was a lot of fun,” says Ekern. “We made a lot of changes, we introduced new ways of doing business, we focused on innovative finance, and we had a really aggresive agenda with the legislature to streamline and modernize what’s going on in Idaho.”

Are we moving towards a surveillance society? John Whitehead joins Coy Barefoot on the September 27th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now. Whitehead is the executive director of the Rutherford Institute, and he joins Coy once a month to discuss current events and rights. The two men talk about Whitehead’s recent commentary about the case between the U.S. and John Lennon, cameras on traffic lights, and the possibility of Rumsfeld’s raygun being used by police.

Shelley Remaly is with the Piedmont Family YMCA. She joined Coy Barefoot on the September 27th edition to talk about the organization’s capital campaign for a new facility for the Charlottesville-Albemarle area. The new building will be constructed on the campus of Piedmont Virginia Community College.

On the September 25th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now, Bob Gibson of the Daily Progress made his weekly appearance on the show. The segment recaps Sunday’s Democratic fundraiser for Jim Webb with Stephen King and John Grisham. A caller asks why Virginians should care what a resident of Maine thinks about Virginia’s Senate race. Bob Gibson of the Daily Progress was at the event, and weighs in on what he thought of the event. Bob also talks about his recent article on Senator George Allen’s discovery of his Jewish heritage, as well as an article in Salon.com which alleges Allen frequently used racial slurs while at the University of Virginia.

Laura Baker is the director of communications for Virginia 21. The voter advocacy group has begun a new education program called Democracy 101 to educate younger citizens on how to vote and how to become poll workers on election day.

“It’s about getting young people invested in the Commonwealth for the good of the generation and for the good of Virginia’s future,” says Baker.

Baker was a guest on the September 20 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now with Coy Barefoot.

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Jonathan Engel is a medical historian and the author of The Epidemic: A Global History of AIDS. He joins Coy Barefoot on the September 19th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss how the disease is affecting the world.

Former House of Delegates candidate Rich Collins says he was not being disruptive when he was arrested for trespassing while campaigning for office outside Whole Foods. And he says he has just discovered the video evidence to help overturn his conviction. Collins joined Coy Barefoot to give the details on the September 18th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to make his case, in advance of his appeal on Wednesday.

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