College recruiting: Local papers play no role in rivalry between UM and MSU
Montana State University and the University of Montana are both wooing high school students to boost enrollment, but local newspapers have little or no...
Charging for Obituaries on the Rise in Montana Papers
As if paying for a funeral wasn’t expensive enough, small-town obituaries now have a price tag to boot.
The trend of small papers charging for...
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...
University of Montana Student Newspaper Switches to Weekly Format
The media landscape is changing rapidly, and student-run media like the Montana Kaimin is no different. In April 2015, the Kaimin shifted from publishing...
Sports reporting: Entrepreneur from Montana pursues global career
Austin Green knew about Kristaps Porzingis before he was cool.
Green, who graduated from the University of Montana’s School of Journalism in 2014, interviewed Porzingis,...
Montana Newsrooms Struggle with Guidelines for LGBTQ Acronym and Gender Pronouns
Gender and sexuality issues took the national media by storm in 2015, from hate crimes against transgender people to the Supreme Court’s decision to...
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...
Newspaper Challenges Montana Statute on Booking Photos
In Montana, a state recognized for its “right to know” laws, newspapers can usually count on access to booking photos of convicted felons; not...
Rural voices point out gaps in Montana media coverage
No story is one-dimensional, nor are they all reported on, and in a state like Montana, urban centers often generate big headlines while rural...
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...
Energy Beat Booms
Story by Jayme Dittmar, screenshot from video by Brian Gill
When Dan Boyce left his post as Montana Public Radio’s capitol bureau chief for Denver,...