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...
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...
Refugee resettlement: Why local journalists struggle to lend a human face to politics
Story by Maddie Vincent, photos by Olivia Vanni
As millions of refugees fled their countries in search of asylum, images of violence and despair filled...
Pokemon Go: How augmented reality can work for journalists
Inhabitants of the Pokémon Go universe have an uncanny ability to recognize one another.
Since I started playing the game, I’ve had some kind of...
Audience engagement for journalists: How to slay social media
Social media is a must-do for journalists — it’s where news breaks and conversation happens. But just because you post on Facebook as a...
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...
Inside the ‘Lugenpresse:’ German media confront charges of lying by omission
On the third floor of a grand office building in central Berlin, Thomas Fuhrmann’s television news team discussed the fallout of an unusual case...
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...
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...