Friday, January 9, 2026

Facebook Confessionals

By Conrad Scheid The Internet has never been known as the best way to keep a secret, but it sure holds some mysteries. Take one...
Smoke Em Out

Smoke ‘Em Out

By Austin Green While hackers obtain secrets through clandestine methods, former FBI agent Warren Little preferred a more direct approach. During his 24 years with...
Jester

Finding th3j35t3r

By Brett Bernsten The Jester marks every attack with a calling card tweet: TANGO DOWN. It announced his takedown of the Taliban’s website. It leered...
John Munsell featured

The Grind

By Tom Lutey If there's E. coli in your hamburger, there are feces in your meat, plain and simple, which is about all Miles City...

Privacy Betrayed

By Albert Borgmann There was a time when privacy promoted prosperity. Then, prosperity promoted privacy. Now privacy struggles with prosperity and is losing. The Constitution’s Fourth...
Hank Green featured

Hank Green’s YouTube Success

Story by Hank Green, illustration by James A. Rolph Before YouTube paid his bills, before he planned internationally attended conferences — before he had fans...
Dry Needling featured

Under the Needle

By Kevin Dupzyk Roger DiBrito suffers from pain in his neck and shoulders and a severe fear of needles. He and his wife, Sharon, regularly...
Code Academy

The Code Academy Challenge

By Bjorn Bergeson Jonathan Paxson, head of the computer science department at Montana State University (MSU), has no doubt that computer-driven curricula, especially cyber security,...
Making the Cut featured

Making the Cut

By Matt Hudson When word comes down the line that one-fifth of a newsroom has to be cut, keeping a poker face in front of...

Native Secrets

By Santee Ross I learned from an early age that secrets are an essential part of your social status. A secret could mean the difference...

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...