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Private school kids in Montana reinvent television news
When you leave it up to kids to decide what to study, they might just choose to start their own television news show. On...
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...
Mobile phones both curse and blessing for exiled teens
The glass wall of Julia Fath’s office looks out onto the area where students take a 25-minute break between classes. She can watch them...
Women editors sweep top positions at 4 metro papers in the American West
Over 20 years ago, Kathy Best, a young reporter in Washington, D.C., walked into a bar and saw something that surprised her — a...
State polls: Rural media face rising cost of political surveys
For years pundits have gone on about the death of polling, from a decline in response rates to candidates rejecting the accuracy of polls....
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...
Election puts campus sex column back in the news
Defenders of student press freedom were outraged when, in 2009, then-University of Montana assistant professor Kristen Juras tried to shut down a sex column...
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...
News Media Walk Tightrope between Online Free Speech and Protecting Advertisers
Nearly every story on the Billings Gazette website includes a bar at the bottom where readers can post comments.
At least two stories, however, lack...
Q&A: New Missoulian Editor Matthew Bunk Talks Desk Changes, New Approach with Former MTPR...
Sally Mauk retired as news director of Montana Public Radio in 2014 and still does political analysis for the station. For many years, she...
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...
Digital to Darkroom: Why Some Photographers Are Going Back To Film
Story and photos by Elliott Natz
Pulling out his camera, Tom Robertson prepared for the next biker to come around the corner. He only had...