November 2002 ________________________________

The T. Anthony Pollner lecture

Alice and Ben Pollner came to Missoula in October for the second Pollner Lecture, part of a fellowship they created in honor of their son, T. Anthony Pollner, a 1999 J-school graduate who died in 2001. The fellowship brings a distinguished journalist to campus during the fall semester.

Cheatham: Americans can handle the truth,
and reporters
must find it
in wartime

Ever since Vietnam, the Pentagon has been squeezing war correspondents out of frontline coverage. But that doesn’t mean reporters can’t dig up the truth. American democracy depends on it, says Tom Cheatham.

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Montana journalists camp out to learn skills, share news How do I write better headlines? Which school records are public? Where do I find story ideas? And what about that businessman who’s threatening to pull his ads? These questions and more come up just about every day at newspapers around Montana. Last month, the Montana Newspaper Association and Journalism School teamed up to try to answer them. Journalists from around the state came to the J-school for the first Grizzly Journalism Camp for Professionals. Read the full story

Nat’l Geographic photographer visits J-school to share his ‘love affair’ with the West William Allard loves to photograph people. He also loves the West. Allard Those two passions combined in a visit to the J-school last month when the National Geographic photographer worked with students and presented a show of his work. Read the full story

• News service students visit with reporters in Helena
• Guest speakers abound: from KHQ-TV, the Denver Post and the Spokesman-Review

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Editor: Sheri Venema, assistant professor

Reporter: Chelsi Moy

Photographer: Josh Parker

October 2002