UM J-School Nov03

November • 2003

Portland staffers bring newsroom to classroom

photo by Kate Medley

Oregonian reporter Angie Chuang spoke to the J-School's Multicultural and Diversity class about covering the race and ethnicity beat at her paper.

It was a triple treat and no tricks when a reporter and two editors from the Oregonian in Portland visited the J-School in late October. They talked with students about getting internships, taking pictures, and covering the growing minority communities in Portland. [More]

FOI audit a hot topic

J-School professor Dennis Swibold arranged a Nov. 1 Investigative Reporters and Editors workshop in Helena, where the buzz was all about the recent survey of how well county officials complied with the state’s open records laws.[More]

Montana Journal

photo by Kate Medley

The crew of the "Montana Journal" edits the November episode.

Seniors in the J-School’s R-TV Department do whatever it takes to get "Montana Journal" on the air — from filming in underground caves to staying up half the night editing tapes. The reward? Seeing their finished work three times a semester on MontanaPBS. [More]

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Reporters: Patrick Galbraith, Kelly Jackson, Jesse Nation-Ames

Photographer: Kate Medley

Editor: Sheri Venema, assistant professor

News before 2003

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November 2003