Humans of New York: A critical review
Humans of New York is perhaps the worst prototype a photographer with actual humility could aspire to, making even the worst copycat sites (I’m...
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....
Why MJR Failed in 2015 and How It’s Moving Forward
“It was just a shitshow for the most part.”
That is how Madelyn Beck remembers November 6, 2014, the final night of editing on Montana...
An Expert Weighs in on How Home Movies Fuel Fire Science
Editor Intro: When the Reynolds Creek Fire burned through tourist-heavy Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road last summer, a Missouri teen's footage shot from the...
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....
News Media Walk Tightrope between Online Free Speech and Protecting Advertisers
Nearly every story on the Billings Gazette website includes a bar at the bottom where readers can post comments.
At least two stories, however, lack...
Live-streams transform media coverage of police shootings
News coverage of violence against African-Americans during police operations might turn into a routine if not for the emergence of new tools keeping journalists...
Drone Pilots in the Hot Seat as Politicians Squelch Hobby Flights
Consumer drones have become a nuisance to many authorities, including wildland firefighters. In July of 2014, a hobbyist piloted his drone over a fire...
Cannabis coverage lights up newsrooms in Colorado and Oregon
In 2013, two years before Oregon legalized the recreational use of marijuana, Portland’s Pulitzer Prize-winning alternative weekly newspaper, The Willamette Week, hired its first...
A Meteorologist Speaks to Misconceptions of Fire, Weather and Climate
There's a common misconception that the severity of a fire season depends on the snowpack of the previous winter and spring. This is only...
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...
School of Journalism 100 Years Later
By Clancy Crismore
The first dean of the University of Montana’s journalism school, Arthur L. Stone, borrowed tents from Fort Missoula and pitched them on...