University of Montana School of Journalism

February 2008

UM journalists
lead the nation

A string of top-10 finishes has put University of Montana journalists in the lead of the national William Randolph Hearst Journalism Award cumulative writing competition.[more ]

Photo by Danny Bobbe

Kaimin columnist Danny Davis stands by the First Amendment in this 2007 file photo.

Author examines media during wartimes Journalist and photographer John Byrne Cooke stopped by the Journalism School to discuss the role of the media in times of war and his new book, "Reporting the War: Freedom of the Press from the Amrican Revolution to the War on Terrorism. [more ]
	Photo by Eric Connolly
	John Byrne Cooke discusses the importance of the First Amendment in times of war with Prof. Clem Work's Media Law class.

A table (re)turns

Tradition joined technology over the break as the horseshoe-shaped editing table built into Old Journalism in 1936 was cut apart and relocated to Don AndersonHall. It was no small feat by the university's master cabinetmaker, Ed Tomicek. [more ]

Photo by Nadia White

Members of the faculty of UM's School of Journalism hold the first faculty meeting of 2008 around a table built in 1936 and relocated to Journalism's new home in Don Anderson Hall.

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Editor: Nadia White

Reporters: Kimball Bennion, Whitney Bermes, Eric Connolly, Bess Davis, Eddie Haver, Eli Hermann, Kaylee Porter, Lauren Russell, Joe Slemberger