, Professor
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Professor Dennis Swibold teaches the school's Public Affairs Reporting and News Editing courses most frequently. He also teaches the school's Investigations course, leads the school's Graduate Projects Seminar, and oversees the Community News Service, which provides Montana's weekly and smaller dailies with student-produced coverage of statewide elections, biennial legislative sessions and other issues of interest.

Swibold came to UM in 1989 from the Bozeman Chronicle, where he was managing editor. His professional experience includes reporting for
daily and weekly newspapers in Montana and Arizona, including work as the Chronicle's legislative reporter in Helena. Since joining the faculty, he's done summer copy editing stints at the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Salt Lake Tribune. Swibold enjoys American roots music, fly fishing and Montana history. His recently released book, "Copper Chorus," examines the Anaconda Copper Mining Company's long and notorious grip over much of Montana's daily press.

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