CORRECTION: Transients of the Digital Age
A version of the article “Transients of the Digital Age,” which was published in the print edition of MJR 2015 (pp. 19–27), contained several...
Ron’s Reasons: An Illustrated Web Critique
Commentary by Ron Reason
When the Great Falls Tribune redesigned its website, it sought to offer more choice to more readers and gain more advertisers....
Uncloak the “Experts”
Column by Lisa Graves
News outlets rely on sources of authority to back up their leads and to convey the opinions of “experts” about events...
ADA Anniversary: How it changed the media landscape
Story by Mark Boatman, photos by Gracie Ryan
It Would Be a stretch to say that, over the past 25 years, the Americans with Disabilities...
Under a Closer Scope
Story by Jacob Baynham, photos by Bess Brownlee
On the main street of Stevensville, shouldered between an antique shop and a fabric store, stands a...
The Dude Provides
Story by Courtney Anderson
About 1,500 readers visit the Last Best News website daily. Thanks to a campaign to encourage Oscar-winning actor Jeff Bridges to...
Happy Media
Story by Kimball Bennion
Greg Dunn's Facebook event page The Gratitude Journal still attracts daily posts from tens of thousands of followers even after it...
About Face: The Other Side of the Story
Story by Alexander Deedy, photos by Elliott Natz
There were teepees as far as Kathy Weber could see in every direction. Riding next to John...
Energy Beat Booms
Story by Jayme Dittmar, screenshot from video by Brian Gill
When Dan Boyce left his post as Montana Public Radio’s capitol bureau chief for Denver,...
Boiling Point
Story and photos by Kate Siberell
Studying weather and climate changeis like watching a pot of water on the stove. Both climate scientists and meteorologists...
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...
Digging on Deadline
By Lena Viall
Cuts and downsizing make serving as the daily record more than enough work for many small-town papers. The resources needed for long...