Reaction to Tester endorsement
An email received by the Chronicle on Sunday morning: >Does this mean every single employee of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle endorses Tester? > >Please sign… Read More »Reaction to Tester endorsement
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.
Do newspaper endorsements matter?
On Sunday and again in today’s paper, the Chronicle published on its opinions page the paper’s political endorsements for this election year. The [first set… Read More »Do newspaper endorsements matter?
A counterfeit presentment…
I spoke this morning with a man who claimed someone had used his email address to register an account with the Chronicle website and post comments.
Bozeman genetics company releasing free genome browser software
Bozeman-based Golden Helix, a genetics company, will release a piece of free software next week called [GenomeBrowse](http://www.goldenhelix.com/GenomeBrowse/index.html), a visual browser for the human genome. The… Read More »Bozeman genetics company releasing free genome browser software
Mythbusting
“I didn’t realize there are ‘coverage areas’ for news… Too bad huh?” These words came to me in [a comment posted to our Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/dailychronicle/posts/10151183204615874?comment_id=24581150&offset=0&total_comments=8)… Read More »Mythbusting
MSU cautioning athletes about Twitter use, coach doesn’t get the Twitter
I think this may be a first for the Chronicle. Twitter is the subject of a story in the paper. Today, sports editor Colter Nuanez… Read More »MSU cautioning athletes about Twitter use, coach doesn’t get the Twitter
More issues related to quoting from social networking profiles
I wrote Wednesday about a social networking issue: [Should journalists quote from sources’ social media profiles?](http://www.news.hypercrit.net/2012/08/15/is-it-ok-to-quote-sources-from-social-network-posts) I had a few more thoughts to share that… Read More »More issues related to quoting from social networking profiles
Is it OK to quote sources from social network posts?
Jamee Greer, who works with the Montana Human Rights Network, put up an journalistically interesting post on his personal Facebook wall yesterday. In it, Greer says that a Missoulian guest columnist quoted him from a posting on his personal Facebook profile without directly contacting him.
Poring over the meaning of “pore over”
You learn something new every day. For example, quite by accident, I learned last night that when you are going through loads of something looking… Read More »Poring over the meaning of “pore over”
The ‘conspiracy theory’ call
Occasionally, we get phone calls in the newsroom from people whose grasp on reality has slipped. Today was one of those days. I’m not going… Read More »The ‘conspiracy theory’ call