2014 Montana Newspaper Foundation Internship Grant Program Information What is the internship program? The Montana Newspaper Foundation Internship Grant Program helps train tomorrow’s professionals by providing grants to member newspapers. How much is the grant and how many are awarded? $1,500 will be awarded to three successful newspapers. When can I use the internship grant? […]

The Missoula Independent has hired veteran Montana newspaperman Randy Rickman as Advertising Director. Rickman will lead a team of five account representatives responsible for selling the Independent, Montana Headwall magazine, and an array of specialty publications, as well as online advertising services and event-driven promotional opportunities. A Butte, Montana native, Rickman served most recently as […]

By Matt Christensen Montana Standard Editor I’m happy to announce three new additions to The Montana Standard, and more new hires are on the way. Mike Smith joins us from the Duncan Banner in Duncan, Okla. A veteran reporter with more than 20 years of experience, Smith has covered the Indiana Statehouse for the Associated […]

By Denise Dowling, Interim Dean When August rolls around, we roll up our sleeves at The University of Montana and prepare to greet a fresh crop of students and another academic year. We’ve got new faculty, new courses, and new energy in Don Anderson Hall this fall; we’re rarin’ to go! You may know that […]

Rick Foote dies at age 68 Butte, Montana 10-7-13 Rick Foote, long-time newspaperman and editor of The Butte Weekly, died Oct. 6, 2013. Rick will be fondly remembered and sorely missed by his family and friends, his many colleagues throughout his career in journalism, and others he touched through his writing. Rick had a long […]

A  104-year-old weekly newspaper serving the Laurel and Park City areas has been acquired by the Livingston-based Yellowstone Newspapers group.   The Laurel Outlook was acquired by the group effective October 1, according to an announcement this week by the group’s president, John Sullivan of Livingston.   Founded in 1909, the Outlook has been owned […]

  As far as days of the week go, let’s face it, Monday just isn’t beloved. It’s the beginning of the workweek, back to school, and comes on the heels of a leisurely Sunday. Mondays have been fodder for mournful songs, humorous posters and sardonic comic strips — even Garfield holds Mondays in contempt. So […]

  National Newspaper Week (NNW) is October 6-12, 2013. This marks the 73rd year of the Week, which observes the importance of newspapers to communities large and small. This year’s kit contains editorials, editorial cartoons, promotional ads and more that are available for download at no charge to newspapers across North America. The theme of […]

Enterprise photo by Shawn Raecke Justin Post, right, the new managing editor at The Enterprise, is pictured with retiring Managing Editor Stephen Matlow in The Enterprise newsroom, Wednesday.                 By Dwight Harriman – Enterprise Staff Writer   The Enterprise welcomes a new managing editor as it bids goodbye to a newsroom leader who has […]

Darrell Ehrlick has been named editor of The Billings Gazette. He starts Sept. 30. The new editor of The Billings Gazette is Darrell Ehrlick, a Billings native who now is editor of the Casper Star-Tribune in Wyoming. Mike Gulledge, vice president of sales and marketing for Lee Enterprises and publisher of The Billings Gazette Communications, […]