February • 2004

J- School joins national veterans project

<<See story below; finished project here

<<Update on plans for new journalism building

photo by Dan Menlove

UM students Thad Getman (left) and Matt Stephenson (right) offer their opinions during the Dec. 8 “Footbridge Forum,” a live radio show that examines community attitudes.

Live radio is back, with a student-run call-in show on KBGA that aims to bring together UM students and Missoula residents to air different viewpoints. [More]

Class helps record wartime memories photo byThais Boise Print senior Curtis Wackerle (foreground) and broadcast senior Mark Legg check the video while taping an interview with Lester Raymond of Plains, Mont., a POW in Japan during World War II. Journalism students who signed up for the first Veterans History Project class offered in the J-School found true-life stories of wartime courage, pain and resilience.[More]

J-School student dies during Wintersession photo by Thais Boise Katie Aschim Katie Aschim’s last story was one of her best. The sophomore print student was taking a Wintersession class and had written a story about a World War II veteran when she died Jan. 20 after going into a diabetic coma.[More]

More News

• Regents approve new building name
• CNN reporter to teach J-school summer course
• Journalism grads win in latest Hearst round
[More]

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Reporters: Josi Carlson, Brad Fjeldheim, Matt Pritchard

Photographer: Kathryn Stevens

Editor: Sheri Venema, assistant professor

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