Training the bears
A lot of news organizations in Montana and around the Yellowstone region struck viral gold today thanks to an image posted to Reddit showing a… Read More »Training the bears
ethics
MTN article raises ethics questions
Update: Right now, the article on the KTVQ site has a byline, listing the author as Aja Goare. Was it there the whole time? Perhaps… Read More »MTN article raises ethics questions
Vaccines and junk journalism
Good grief. KBZK posted a story yesterday with the following headline:Â “Experts: childhood vaccines deemed safe.” Was this really news on July 1, 2014? Did we… Read More »Vaccines and junk journalism
NBC Montana reporting non-news from Chicago
A couple days ago, a man named Panson De Oaks wrote to us on Facebook, linking to a video from the TV station WGN in… Read More »NBC Montana reporting non-news from Chicago
The worthlessness of “digging deeper”
One morning. I stayed off Twitter for a one morning, and this is what happens? Hilarious selfie video RT @LaurenNBCMT Did some court doc reading… Read More »The worthlessness of “digging deeper”
The mystery of the disappearing KTVM story
Cops and courts reporter Whitney Bermes pointed out this interesting disappearing-story mystery today. Whitney received a phone call today from VOICE Center Director Alanna Sherstad… Read More »The mystery of the disappearing KTVM story
The ethics of a TV reporter’s “undercover” bus ride
It all started, as so many things do these days, with a tweet. This morning I went undercover on a school bus in Gallatin County.… Read More »The ethics of a TV reporter’s “undercover” bus ride
More NBC Montana ethics issues
I’m talking local journalism ethics again today, and once again the discussion is prompted by an NBC Montana reporter. And, once again, that reporter is… Read More »More NBC Montana ethics issues
NBC Montana reporter inserted into chain of evidence
**Update:** Since originally publishing this post, another link has surfaced to [the full report](http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/Missing-Anaconda-woman-s-ID-found-in-Clark-Fork-River/-/14594602/19161704/-/106l8tvz/-/index.html), written by Maschmedt herself. Apparently the Will Wadley story was only… Read More »NBC Montana reporter inserted into chain of evidence
More issues related to quoting from social networking profiles
I wrote Wednesday about a social networking issue: [Should journalists quote from sources’ social media profiles?](http://www.news.hypercrit.net/2012/08/15/is-it-ok-to-quote-sources-from-social-network-posts) I had a few more thoughts to share that… Read More »More issues related to quoting from social networking profiles