Local NPR affiliate KUOW has started broadcasting on-air roundtables featuring Seattle neighborhood news bloggers. Last week, I was part of the debut episode of The Conversation show's Neighborhood News sessions. You can enjoy that discussion here starting around the 14:20 mark.

This week, KUOW has invited another neighborhood news provider from team Neighborlogs -- company prez Scott Durham will be on the air talking about the latest happenings in the Central District along with bloggers from the Rainier Valley Post and Tacoma's Exit 133.

It's very cool for KUOW to recognize the important information flow that is happening in the area's neighborhoods and to give voice to some of the great people behind the news sites. For all the talk about big news sites aggregating and pointing to community news sites, it's even more exciting to see a growing respect for these site owners and opportunities for them to directly reach more people.

The roundtable is scheduled for Thursday during the noon hour. You can listen online at KUOW.org. And, oh, by the way, KUOW might bump the roundtable for breaking, non-neighborhood news.