Montana ready for zombies, fiscally
A fun post found its way to Gov. Steve Bullock’s page on Facebook today. In the post, the governor said that Montana is prepared for… Read More »Montana ready for zombies, fiscally
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Public relations
Our local police department doesn’t seem too happy with they way they’re portrayed in the Chronicle police reports. This is nothing new. Ever since social… Read More »Public relations
A chat with the star of Bozeman’s thunderstorm-tubing video
Saturday evening’s thunderstorm brought sheets of lashing rain to most of Bozeman, downing small branches, partially flooding city streets and making fools of those of… Read More »A chat with the star of Bozeman’s thunderstorm-tubing video
Bashing Kyle Sample
In this morning’s Game Day section, the Chronicle’s new sports writer, Kyle Sample, went and did some unpopular things. Not only did Sample pick the… Read More »Bashing Kyle Sample
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.
Facebook buying Instagram
In what will undoubtedly be the biggest social media story of the day, Facebook announced that it is buying the popular photo-sharing service Instagram for… Read More »Facebook buying Instagram
ICYMI: Montana State has strong social media kung-fu
Reporter Gail Schontzler filed this story a few days ago, after MSU’s assistant director of Web communications, Jake Dolan, made a presentation to the University Council on all the ways the university is using social networks to keep up with students and to keep in touch with potential students.
Sometimes we do it right
It’s good to know that our monitoring of the social networks pays off sometimes.
Belgrade Schools using Facebook and Twitter to communicate with parents
The Belgrade School District has embraced Facebook and Twitter, creating presences on the social networking sites to help parents communicate directly with the schools, the… Read More »Belgrade Schools using Facebook and Twitter to communicate with parents
Facebook posting likely contributed to Great Falls burglary
A Great Falls family returned from vacation to find their house burglarized, likely the result of posting their travel plans to Facebook.