“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
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
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.
Our reporter Whitney Bermes passed this link on to me this morning. I think it’s a good opportunity for us to talk for a few… Read More »NBC Montana reporter becomes involved in her own story
Boise broadcaster KTRV has suspended its news operations, effective today, reports KTVB.
The Chronicle has the third-best website in the Montana Newspaper Association, if you believe the results of this past weekend’s awards ceremony in Lewistown. I also walked away with an honorable mention in the Best Web Project category for our Where They Stand election feature.
A reflection on my experience with the Who Needs Newspapers? crew
Who needs newspapers? It’s the question of the day here at the Chronicle, where we are playing host to a video crew from the Who… Read More »Journalism nonprofit interviewing at the Chronicle today
Well, since everybody at the Montana Legislature discovered Twitter a couple weeks ago (even Republicans), the #mtleg hashtag has become rife with partisan tweets. So,… Read More »Get your own hashtag!
Last week, former NBC Nightly News anchorman Tom Brokaw was in town to accept an honorary doctorate from MSU, and he took the opportunity to speak with the editor of the ASMSU Exponent about the state and future of journalism.