Michael Becker is the Web Editor of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. He has been a blogger and professional journalist since 2005, covering subjects ranging from nonprofits and crime to engineering and technology.
If you are a Twitter user in Bozeman, there is a good chance you have followed an account called [@bznpolicereport](http://www.twitter.com/bznpolicereport). The account posts the infamous… Read More »A tale of two Twitter accounts
Lawmakers in Wyoming are looking at whether local governments should still be required to publish legal notices in newspapers or whether they can be published… Read More »Wyo. lawmakers looking at necessity of publishing legal notices in newspapers
I’m talking local journalism ethics again today, and once again the discussion is prompted by an NBC Montana reporter. And, once again, that reporter is… Read More »More NBC Montana ethics issues
Every six months or so, I get the inkling that it’s time to redesign the Chronicle’s website. Today was the culmination of another of those… Read More »Chronicle website gets a slight design refresh
**Update:** Since originally publishing this post, another link has surfaced to [the full report](http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/Missing-Anaconda-woman-s-ID-found-in-Clark-Fork-River/-/14594602/19161704/-/106l8tvz/-/index.html), written by Maschmedt herself. Apparently the Will Wadley story was only… Read More »NBC Montana reporter inserted into chain of evidence
Hilarious @nbcmontana anchor staring at his phone for updates on air. The age we live in…. #johnsontrial — kyle sample (@kylesample_bdc) March 1, 2013
Today, former UM quarterback Jordan Johnson was acquitted of rape. The trial was followed in detail by a number of live-tweeting accounts, including the Montana… Read More »Most tweeted moment in Montana history?
I suppose I would consider this to be a type of cheating at social media, if there ever was such a thing: posting a question… Read More »Cheap shots
The MIT Technology Review looks at a digital ‘autopsy’ of Friendster, the grandfather of modern social networks. Swiss information scientists discovered several factors that led… Read More »Autopsy of a dead social network
Montana’s Department of Commerce announced Feb. 11 that nine communities around the state are going to split $150,000 intended to help their online marketing. The… Read More »State commerce department awards $150,000 in grants for e-marketing efforts