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...
Digital evolution: When new media tools come of age
Since the advent of the internet, there have been several digital trends that have benefitted the journalism industry. Many advancements that once seemed like...
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....
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...
Live-streams transform media coverage of police shootings
News coverage of violence against African-Americans during police operations might turn into a routine if not for the emergence of new tools keeping journalists...
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...
Inside the ‘Lugenpresse:’ German media confront charges of lying by omission
On the third floor of a grand office building in central Berlin, Thomas Fuhrmann’s television news team discussed the fallout of an unusual case...
Letter from the Editors
Since the advent of the digital age, the news media have struggled with adapting to new technologies and identifying new models of funding their...
Video journalist Thomas Nybo navigates advocacy and objectivity in telling stories of refugee children
Few video journalists have shown the humanity of refugee children as poignantly as Thomas Nybo. A graduate of the University of Montana School of...
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...
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...
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...