Tokyo Olympics: How to fix sexism in sports coverage
Anticipation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games is already mounting, and with it viewers’ expectations of media coverage. Rio reportage left something to be...
Women editors sweep top positions at 4 metro papers in the American West
Over 20 years ago, Kathy Best, a young reporter in Washington, D.C., walked into a bar and saw something that surprised her — a...
Independent news sites challenge Lee paper supremacy
He's one of those guys who jump in the water without checking the temperature.
So the splashdown was a shock when Martin Kidston quit his regular-paycheck...
Coal mining: How reporters deal with personal bias
The first time my professional life as a journalist crossed with my personal life in a major way was in 2002, when workers at...
Standing Rock: Media Watch
Since April, thousands of Native Americans and their allies have camped near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, on the Sioux Standing Rock reservation. They’re speaking...
4 Ways to Earn Your Share as a Freelance Journalist
When Jacob Baynham pitched a story to a travel magazine and received an offer for $1,000 in return for writing about his experience traveling...
High School Newspaper Makes Comeback of the Year
When the Hawk Tawk is in session, a dozen or more students cram into their small newsroom on the second floor of Bozeman High....
Department of Defense Laws of War Manual Leaves Journalists in the Line of Fire
Matt Robbins and Bryan Denton met in Marjah, Afghanistan, in 2010. It was mid-February, and the U.S.-led offensive to drive the Taliban from a...
How Journalists Fan the Flames of Wildfire in the West
Firefighters often talk about the incomparable beauty of a forest burning at night. Fire fascinates. Its flicker in a campsite has always been mesmerizing....
5 Scientists on the Important Environmental Stories of 2016
When journalists decide to write about science, the experience can be both intimidating and frustrating for everyone involved. Reporters vie for charismatic characters and...
Standing Rock: Native journalists torn between passion and neutrality
Story by Jason Begay, photos by Olivia Vanni
See more of MJR's Standing Rock Coverage with this interactive web documentary.
Even if it weren’t for that...
No Place to Hide
Story by Brett Berntsen
Through a dead-bolted door, in an office space charged with humming wires and heated plastic, a team of techies gathers. Their...