Montana ready for zombies, fiscally
A fun post found its way to Gov. Steve Bullock’s page on Facebook today. In the post, the governor said that Montana is prepared for… Read More »Montana ready for zombies, fiscally
Was the Tribune right to use Facebook photos in a news story?
A lot of electrons have been spilled over John S. Adams’ story in the Great Falls Tribune on Sunday detailing a web of connections between… Read More »Was the Tribune right to use Facebook photos in a news story?
Public relations
Our local police department doesn’t seem too happy with they way they’re portrayed in the Chronicle police reports. This is nothing new. Ever since social… Read More »Public relations
A chat with the star of Bozeman’s thunderstorm-tubing video
Saturday evening’s thunderstorm brought sheets of lashing rain to most of Bozeman, downing small branches, partially flooding city streets and making fools of those of… Read More »A chat with the star of Bozeman’s thunderstorm-tubing video
UPDATED: Social media manager seems to quit job very publicly on Montana state tourism Facebook page
Sometime early this morning, a post appearing to be from a disgruntled social media marketer went public on [the state of Montana’s tourism page on… Read More »UPDATED: Social media manager seems to quit job very publicly on Montana state tourism Facebook page
Wilcoxson’s moving on from Facebook flap
Wilcoxson’s, the Livingston-based ice cream company whose president drew the fury of the Internet a few weeks ago over an insensitive comment on its Facebook… Read More »Wilcoxson’s moving on from Facebook flap
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
Is it OK to quote sources from social network posts?
Jamee Greer, who works with the Montana Human Rights Network, put up an journalistically interesting post on his personal Facebook wall yesterday. In it, Greer says that a Missoulian guest columnist quoted him from a posting on his personal Facebook profile without directly contacting him.
Facebook buying Instagram
In what will undoubtedly be the biggest social media story of the day, Facebook announced that it is buying the popular photo-sharing service Instagram for… Read More »Facebook buying Instagram
Why we allow anonymous comments
A reader recently wrote in asking why the Chronicle allows anonymous or pseudonymous comments on its website while requiring that letter writers verify their names and addresses before their letters are printed.