Montana Kaimin
KBGA
Journalism
Homepage
University of Montana
|
|
|
|
October
• 2003
Third
annual Pollner lecture packs the house
 |
photo
by Kate Medley |
| Members
of the Pollner family gather with Pollner Distinguished Professor
Maurice Possley before the lecture. From left, Sasha Moritz,
Amy Pollner Moritz, Lisa Pollner, Ed Pollner, Possley, Ben
Pollner, Alice Pollner. |
Police who lie, witnesses with faulty memories,
prosecutors who value winning more than the truth — DNA
evidence has stripped the pretenses from the American criminal
justice system, says a reporter for the Chicago Tribune. Maurice
Possley, this fall's Pollner Professor at the J-School, has won
numerous awards for his investigations of criminal justice in
Illinois. His stories prompted the governor to halt executions
in the state and helped exonerate death row inmates.[More]
Click here
to read Possley's investigative pieces in the Chicago Tribune.
|
 |
|
Cowboys
& Cameras
 |
photo
by Keith Graham |
| Mery
Donald gets ready to rope a calf during a branding at
the Cayuse Livestock Company in Melville, Mont.
Click on photo for more images. |
Life on the range and in the rodeo arena are the topics
of photo books in the works by photojournalism Professor
Keith Graham. [More]
|
|
Digital
Revolution
 |
photo
by Kate Medley |
| Shirstie
Schmidgall, a senior in broadcast production, works
on a tape in UM's R-TV building with the help of Jake
Hanson (left). |
Digital technology has arrived at the J-School's R-TV Department,
with equipment that's 10 times smaller than the old analog
cassettes. The old three-quarter-inch tape is out, along
with the pain of using 30-year-old technology.“It
was just bad news,” says one broadcast student. “Everything
was being reused over and over again.
[More]
|
More
News
•
Alums,
advisory board gather >>>>>
• Seven students receive national SPJ awards
• Student’s photo selected for national book
[More]
|
|
|
