Things to do when the Internet is down
It’s amazing how much a modern newspaper depends on the Internet to get its work done.
Michael Becker
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.
Monsters on your television
Boing Boing provided me with this video while I was rummaging through my RSS reader this morning. As the title of the video says, it’s… Read More »Monsters on your television
Montana Tea Party using social media tools to connect
Montana Tea Party members are using social networking tools to connect with each other and spread their message, according to KBZK’s Erin Yeykal.
Critics say Tester’s government transparency bill is too vague
Sen. Jon Tester’s government transparency bill, the Public Online Information Act of 2010, is drawing some criticism from lobbyists for government contractors and from some transparency advocates, writes Aliya Sternstein at NextGov.
Bridger Photonics gets $345K EPA small business grant
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Bozeman-based Bridger Photonics a $345,000 grant to develop a compact carbon dioxide sensor that can be used at carbon sequestration sites to look for and map possible leaks.
Behind the scenes on the Backroads beat: Pranks aboard the Seahorse
For my latest Backroads article, I visited for about an hour with World War II veteran submariner Richard Clower at the retirement community where he lives in Bozeman.
Why does the Chronicle have a website?
Why do we have a website? Is it simply because everybody else has a website? Are we simply following the fad, or do we have a purpose and goals we want to accomplish online?
Memories of the Seahorse
Depth charges, death and good friends: World War II veteran Richard Clower remembers his time aboard the submarine USS Seahorse.
A deeper reading of Tester’s Public Online Information Act of 2010
Sen. Jon Tester’s Public Online Information Act of 2010 has the potential to make a heck of a lot of government records available for free online, but in spots the text of the bill could be interpreted in a few ways.
Tester introduces bill to put more public records online
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., has introduced a bill before the U.S. Senate that would require government agencies to publish all their public records online, the… Read More »Tester introduces bill to put more public records online