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UM journalism students win big, outdo all others

They’re the best – we knew it and the contest judges provided the validation.

University of Montana journalism students were big winners in the Society of Professional Journalists competition for college journalists. Here’s the news, as released this afternoon by UM.

University of Montana School of Journalism students won 25 awards in the regional Society of Professional [...]

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High school artists needed for Missoulian grad section

Attention, high school seniors. The Missoulian is looking for eye-catching artwork to feature on the cover and inside of its June 4 graduation special section. All entries meeting the following requirements will be considered, and the artist selected for the cover will receive $50.

* Artist must be a graduating senior at [...]

It rained like cats and dogs: MPR reaches goal

Congratulations to our colleagues at Montana Public Radio, who raised a record $591,000 during their spring fundraising drive – which ended Sunday with the ever-popular, ever-rambunctious “Pet Wars.” (My church always donates money in honor of our mostly legendary “church mouse.”)

Here’s the good news, as provided by Montana Public Radio and the University of Montana:

Riding [...]

Judy Woodruff is UM's 2011 Dean Stone lecturer

The University of Montana School of Journalism has announced its Dean Stone lecturer for 2011: Judy Woodruff.

Here’s the details on her talk, courtesy of a news release from the U:

Award-winning television journalist Judy Woodruff has covered politics and other news for more than three decades at CNN, NBC and PBS. She will bring that insight [...]

C-SPAN lovers! The bus stops here on Wednesday

Are you a C-SPAN watcher?

I’ll admit, I pause when “channel surfing” and find that C-SPAN is airing the ever-rowdy “Prime Minister’s Moments” from British Parliament.

Of course, most of the cable channel’s programming is from the U.S. Congress, which while rowdy can’t hold a candle to the Brits.

On Wednesday, Missoula will be paid a visit from [...]

Missoulian’s parent company announces offering of $1B in notes

I thought Missoulian readers would like to know about the latest financing announcement from Lee Enterprises, parent company of not only the Missoulian but also the Montana Standard in Butte, the Ravalli Republic in Hamilton, the Helena Independent Record and the Billings Gazette.

Here’s the information that went nationwide via the Associated Press.

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Lee Enterprises, the [...]

2 UM journalism students win major writing awards

Congratulations are in order this afternoon for two University of Montana journalism students who placed in the top 10 in the nation’s most prestigious writing competition for college journalists.

Here’s the scoop, as it arrived by email from UM:

Two University of Montana seniors in the School of Journalism placed in the top 10 in the profile [...]

Class of 2011: Send us your artwork!

Attention, high school seniors. The Missoulian is looking for eye-catching artwork to feature on the cover and inside of its June 4 graduation special section.

All entries meeting the following requirements will be considered, and the artist selected for the cover will receive $50.

The artist must be a graduating senior at a western Montana high school [...]

Welcome to Missoulian.com's newest blog: Tennis Talk

A great new blog debuted this afternoon on Missoulian.com – “Tennis Talk” – presided over by the Missoulian’s own Bill Speltz.

Bill is a fan, a player, a father of stellar tennis players and – of course – a sportswriter for the Missoulian.

His new blog will provide regular installments on all things tennis, from youth, high [...]

Kids and sports and the newspaper

This is the time of year when I get nostalgic about watching my kids play T-ball and Little League. I’ve conveniently repressed the memories of shivering in the ever-unpredictable springtime weather, and remember instead how much fun everyone – kids and parents – were having.

I know thousands of folks in western Montana are in the [...]