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Michael Moore is the Missoulian's new city editor

New Missoulian city editor Michael Moore and his daughter, Kate Moore.

I am very pleased to announce the promotion of reporter Michael Moore to city editor of the Missoulian.

Michael has been a reporter in our newsroom for the past 25 years, mostly covering cops and courts – but in recent years, tackling a number of [...]

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Sunday’s Missoulian: Griz, Glacier, Fires of 2000

I’ve just made a first edit on several of the stories for this Sunday’s Missoulian, and want you to know this: It’s going to be an incredible newspaper.

We have a terrific lineup of A1 stories – significant, meaty work by our most experienced reporters – and a beautiful Territory section feature, one of our series [...]

You can help: MCPS needs writing mentors

For years now, I’ve been a fan of Missoula County Public Schools’ literacy army – a group of Missoula professionals who work one-on-one with high school students on their writing skills.

The Missoulian newsroom has been a longtime supporter of the program, starting with former reporter Mea Andrews, and continuing with reporter Michael Moore, city editor [...]

100 years later: The Big Burn revisited

We only know them as Mr. and Mrs. Swaine, but their story endures – 100 years after the largest firestorm in recorded U.S.history came within a few feet of incinerating tiny Mullan, Idaho, and everyone huddled outside its homes and shopfronts.

On Aug. 22, 1910, Mr. Swaine took pen in hand and began writing, retelling the [...]

Midway Dispatch 2010: Thank you, Iris, Marielle, Ania and Michael!

This year’s Midway Dispatch team is Iris Olson, Marielle Gallagher and Ania Chaney. Photography by KURT WILSON/Missoulian

A hearty, and heartfelt, round of applause is in order this morning for Ania Chaney, Iris Olson and Marielle Gallagher – the high-school journalists who were our Midway Dispatch reporters at the 2010 Western Montana Fair.

Their final stories [...]

Midway Dispatch and the Missoulian, back at the fair!

This year’s Midway Dispatch team is Iris Olson, Marielle Gallagher and Ania Chaney. Photograph by KURT WILSON/Missoulian

The 2010 edition of the Western Montana Fair is upon us, and with it horse racing (back at last!), the Methodist ladies’ pies (save me a slice of peach … and cherry … and …) and the Missoulian’s [...]

Indy: Missoulian reporters are Missoula's best!

The Missoula Independent hit newsstands today with its annual “Best of Missoula” edition.

My favorite section: the media!

Because? Missoulian reporters Michael Moore and Tristan Scott won!

And because the Independent made some very nice comments about not only Moore and Scott but the entire Missoulian newsroom.

And I quote:

“We may engage in a little competitive rivalry with [...]

Coming Sunday: Fun on the farm!

The Sunday Missoulian is a huge undertaking for every department at the newspaper.

In the newsroom, it’s one many weeks in the making.

Every Tuesday, we meet as a group of reporters, photographers and editors to talk about the weeks and months ahead. The conversation always includes Sunday stories and story/photo packages many weeks out.

Recently, we started [...]

Booming is brimming with inspiration

Lisa and Bob Heinle cross the finish line in July 2009, after Lisa ran the Missoula Marathon to raise money for spinal cord research. LINDA THOMPSON/Missoulian

Coming Thursday in the Missoulian, you’ll meet a Missoula woman who saw Linda Thompson’s photo from last summer’s Missoula Marathon – of Bob and Lisa Heinle crossing the Higgins [...]

Of docs who care and park-loving bears

A mountain goat inspects tourists on the trail to Granite Park Chalet last summer. KURT WILSON/Missoulian

We’re all storytellers.

That’s why we like reading stories so much.

In today’s Missoulian, we carried two stories with special requests for our readers to go online and share their own tales.

The first, reporter Michael Moore’s story of Missoula cancer doc [...]