Griz beat Cats in Montana headline analysis
A year’s worth of headlines allows a glimpse into the common universe of newspapers from across Montana. We analyzed 2,083 titles that ran in...
Digital evolution: When new media tools come of age
Since the advent of the internet, there have been several digital trends that have benefitted the journalism industry. Many advancements that once seemed like...
Private school kids in Montana reinvent television news
When you leave it up to kids to decide what to study, they might just choose to start their own television news show. On...
Letter from the Editors
Since the advent of the digital age, the news media have struggled with adapting to new technologies and identifying new models of funding their...
Mobile phones both curse and blessing for exiled teens
The glass wall of Julia Fath’s office looks out onto the area where students take a 25-minute break between classes. She can watch them...
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...
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...
News design: Montana papers adapt to outsourcing trend
In a state known for its wide-open spaces, Montana newsrooms are wrestling with a new kind of distance challenge. Most major publishing companies have...
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...
Election puts campus sex column back in the news
Defenders of student press freedom were outraged when, in 2009, then-University of Montana assistant professor Kristen Juras tried to shut down a sex column...
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...
Handle With Care: Endangered Sources
By Baylea O’Brien
To this day, the only physical trace reporter Matthew Frank has of his whistleblower is a white envelope he found sitting on...