Projects

We believe students learn by doing. That's why so many of our courses offer the opportunity to imagine, develop, and disseminate major reporting projects.

 Student Documentary Unit 

In-depth examination of a topic of importance in Montana. Students will produce a one-hour television documentary to air on MontanaPBS and other outlets. Students will research, report, write, photograph, edit and promote the film. 


 Montana Journalism Review

Students who work on the annual Montana Journalism Review learn how to edit and publish a magazine, from the idea stage to the print run. MJR is the nation's first journalism review. Our MJR class is offered every spring semester.


UM News UM NEWS

UM News is a weekly news segment produced by senior broadcast journalism students at the University of Montana School of Journalism and Department of Radio-Television. The students work in Don Anderson Hall and produce the news segments in the Don Oliver Television Studios.  UM News airs weekly during autumn semester on KPAX-TV and ABC Montana.

 

Native News  Native News

The Native News Honors Project is reported, photographed, edited and designed by students at The University of Montana School of Journalism. 


Native News

This spring semester honors course for seniors and graduate students has won national accolades for its yearly "tab" newspaper section. Teams of print and photojournalism students work together, focusing on a Native American issue such as education, sovereignty, race or health. The resulting section runs in Montana newspapers, and the multimedia reports are on the internet. The 2011 report to Montana residents was called Native Lands, Natural Resources.

The Footbridge Forum

Students working on The Footbridge Forum produce a series of live, call-in radio shows to deliberate on a problem affecting the university and the greater community. Students research, report, host and direct the program which features a panel of citizens working through the issue. Over the course of three programs the panel is charged with defining the problem, exploring the current landscape surrounding the issue and finally suggesting avenues of change. The topic for spring 2012 is sexual assault in the series called "Without Consent."