Graduate Student Uses Analytics to Help Journalists Negotiate Contracts
With media organizations rapidly expanding their online presence, social media- and web-focused positions are becoming more popular. Until recently, journalists hoping to cash in...
Wyoming Media Outlets at Odds over Naming Cop
When a police officer in Casper, Wyoming, shot and killed a man, local news organizations had to decide if outing the officer would put...
North Dakota Leads Western States in Student Free Speech Laws
In April 2013, an anti-abortion poster was removed from the hallway of Griggs County Central High School in Cooperstown, North Dakota, after a parent...
National Story on Pending Earthquake Shakes Press in Pacific Northwest
Catastrophic death tolls, billions of dollars in damage and impact to nearly 140,000 square miles was the picture painted by an article in The...
Former Idaho Reporter Drops YouTube Beats on Vacation
Former political reporter for the Idaho Statesman Dan Popkey covered 26 legislative sessions in his tenure before accepting a job as press secretary for...
Entrepreneurial UM Grads Create Tourism App for Alaska
Cruise ships carry nearly one million tourists a year to Alaska. For Juneau-based entrepreneur Eric Oravsky, those visitors are potential customers. The former University...
Science communication: New platform lets scholars write their own stories
When armed protesters took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, two professors quickly presented their views on the federal control of Western...
Newsletters: A freelancer’s success story
Ann Friedman learned the hard way that she’d gotten too popular.
When her weekly email newsletter wouldn’t send one Friday, tech support broke the news...
Brian Calvert of High Country News reads more language books than blogs
What is your favorite blog?
I don't read a lot of blogs, but one of my favorites is Last Word on Nothing, which is...
Coal mining: How reporters deal with personal bias
The first time my professional life as a journalist crossed with my personal life in a major way was in 2002, when workers at...
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...
Year in Review: Sparking Resistance and ADUs
Despite causing the worst damage the state has seen in 100 years, wildfires may be helping Montana.
The western United States endured one of the...