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Bridging the Gap Between Sports and News
When the NCAA announced they would be investigating the University of Montana, Jayme Fraser, now reporting at the Houston Chronicle, was the editor of...
Looking In From Afar
Katie J.M. Baker, a staff writer for Jezebel.com (tagline: Celebrity, sex, fashion for women), traveled to Missoula to examine what some were calling a...
Missoula Sexual Assaults Spur Controversial Media Coverage
By Ashley Nerbovig
In a side room of the Missoula County Courthouse, Gwen Florio snacked on apples and scrolled through her news feed. A cops-and-courts...
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...
How a Night Can Go Wrong
Photos and Story by Eric Oravsky
The heart of Missoula is seven city blocks held by a ribcage of railroad tracks and river bridges. The...
DUI Fashion: Meet the Alcohol Monitoring Anklet
By Michael Beall
If only Kayla Pedersen had remembered to turn on her headlights. She was so close to home, so close to keeping her...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Last Best Law
By James C. Nelson
Montana’s 1972 Constitution uniquely provides the state’s citizens with the right to be left alone, says retired State Supreme Court Justice...