Local Food, Local People: Q&A with Emily Wendler
By Megan Petersen, photos by Mandy Tippett
Montana graduate student Emily Wendler spent four weeks with a family struggling to eat all local, only to...
Defending High School Journalists’ First Amendment Rights
By Iris Olson
In three years of working on a high school paper, I have seen enough controversy over stories to make the average student...
Year in Review: Sherry Arnold and Bakken Boom
North Dakota’s McDonald’s jobs start at $11 per hour
By Jackson Bolstad
In our last issue, “Boom: Reporting on natural resources in Montana,” we debunked the...
Joey Running Crane and King Elephant Rock and Return
By Tim Goessman
Sweat ran down Joey Running Crane’s face as more Dos Equis disappeared from the beer cooler on the porch. The hum of...
Made in Montana: Biomimicry and The Gadget Gap
Montana Inspires Design
By Eric Oravsky
Montana’s Whitebark pine trees look as if they were beaten down by the unforgiving conditions of the mountain environment they live in....
Hungry Horse News Strives to Keep Community Close
By Megan Petersen
In 1965, Mel Ruder won a Pulitzer Prize for his almost-solo coverage of a 500-year flood in the small town of Columbia...
Q&A with Fired Sports Editor Colter Nuanez
By Austin Schempp
In November 2012, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle fired its sports editor, Colter Nuanez, after he had responded to a social media forum...
With Mothers in Prison, Roommates Support Each Other
By Matt Hudson
The last time Sara Palagi called her mother, a federal agent answered the phone. He said her mother was in jail.
In an...
WSJ Reporter Aids Missoulian in Requesting University of Montana’s Information
By Clem Work
There were so many emails that the closest estimate is “thousands.”
When the president of the University of Montana, the vice president for...
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...
Shifting Perspectives
Story by Gwen Florio, photo by Sarah Chaput de Saintonge, illustration by Kristin Kirkland
Missoulian crime reporter Kate Haake is thankfully free on weekends from...