UM J-School Nov06

November • 2006

Get your Montana election coverage right here
Students from Professor Dennis Swibold’s Community News Service course are writing about the Nov. 7 election and making the articles available on a Web log to about 35 regional news services. Swibold said students from other classes are also contributing to the blog.

Lowisch lectures on the 'Ugly American'

Henriette Lowisch, the 2006 T. Anthony Pollner Professor, speaks to a
crowded recital hall about her subject, "The Ugly American."

J-school announces Czech exchange opportunity

Kyrgyzstan scholar to study Montana's rural media

Alaskan author, UM alum embraces his 'uncommon nature'

Seth Kantner, a 1991 journalism grad, told students and faculty at the UM journalism school in October that he thought the odds of him growing up to be a writer were just as likely as his becoming an astronaut.
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More students in journalism programs than a year ago

The number of students in the University of Montana School of Journalism’s professional program has increased by 19 students, from 175 in 2005 to 194 this year, according to a Fall 2006 survey from the UM Registrar’s Office.
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Panel discusses challenges to media consumers in new era

When it comes to understanding world affairs, Americans have all the necessary tools; they just need to read the manual.
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Hooked into the consciousness of Jeff Hull

The cast, the anticipation, the tension tightens like a ski rope pulling a bull out of the water -- then the release.
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Online News Staff
Reporters: Ty Hampton, Lacey Hawkins, Sara Lettus, Jennifer Reed
Photographer: Tim Kupsick

Editor: John Saul

November 2006

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