Sidney 2.0: ‘Fear and Loathing’ in Montana
Mike, Amy and Dameon arrive in Sidney after nine and a half hours of driving. Amy documents her first day in the furthest east she's ever been in Montana. Photos by Mike and Dameon.
Explosive Real Estate
By Kellen Beck
A light layer of snow blankets the North Helena Valley, covering old mortar pieces hidden in long pasture grass. Spent 105 mm...
Strangers in Sidney: When a Small-town Reporter Strikes Big News
By Amy Sisk
Louisa Barber tapped her thumbs against the steering wheel to the beat of the song At Last as she crossed the Montana-North...
Jargon Therapy: A Cooperative Partnership
A cooperative partnership: this is what got thousands of acres of rangeland reseeded and native plants growing less than a year after wildfire raced across Gary Visintainer’s land.
A White College Student on Environmental Racism
As I was walking to the Rocky Mountain Power Shift conference, I noticed a sign on the fence outside Jeanette Rankin Hall on the...
Jargon Therapy: Ranchers as Conservation Heroes
Ranchers were once kings.
When the Mannix family homesteaded Montana in the 1800s they ruled the Blackfoot Valley in west central Montana. Today, instead of...
Once Common Shout of ‘Timber’ is Only a Quiet Echo
By Bekhi Spika
“The earth is very resilient,” said Mark Vander Meer, his eager smile busting through his white, bushy beard. “It’s people who aren’t.”
Vander...
The Last Wranglers
By Rick Sherman
I can see my breath as I walk out to the corral, halter in hand, to catch my wrangle horse. There is...
Sidney 2.0: Montana’s Sin City
If you’ve been following this blog, you’ve seen our photos—my analysis of an oil boomtown. But what’s Sidney really like? Hear about it from...
Boom Busters: A Look at Law Enforcement
Montana Journalism Review is cranking into full-time work on our print edition, but we’re still taking a bit of time to talk about another...
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...