University of Montana Journalism

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So many stories! Here are dozens of features produced by audio students at the University of Montana School of Journalism.

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20 Pieces

These nonscripted stories were edited from longer oral histories filed with the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project. That project, the largest of its kind, was created to record and preserve the experience of war in the words of those who served.

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7 Pieces

Reported news features exploring the struggle to find and stay in affordable housing in and near Missoula, Montana, during an historic boom.

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10 Pieces

Advanced Audio students at the University of Montana take a darker approach to radio valentines.

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12 Pieces

My cousin who was a cop, my grandmother who went to an American Indian boarding school... A series of meaningful stories.

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18 Pieces

Reported news features and sound portraits linked to federal recognition of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians. Produced by advanced audio students at the University of Montana School of Journalism as part of the Native News Honors Project.

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Rest Stop Radio is a podcast with stories about people traveling from here to there on I-90, the longest interstate in the country. Our stories come from Montana, the state with the largest stretch of that road. Produced by students in the Advanced Audio class at the University of Montana School of Journalism taught by Jule Gardner Banville.

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15 Pieces

A reporting project by the University of Montana School of Journalism exploring what happens with families, the criminal justice system, addicts, counselors and others dealing with a surging meth problem.


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Caption: Julie Mitchell, pre-school and Ojibwe language teacher
Reporter Hailey Monaco talks with Julie Mitchell, a HeadStart teacher in Great Falls, Montana, who takes the time every day to help pre-schoolers l...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:51
Caption: KerryJean Murphy, student and proudly Little Shell
Reporter Mary Auld talks with KerryJean Murphy, a non-traditional student who connected with her Little Shell heritage later in life. She thinks a ...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:02
Caption: Terrie LaRocque, tribal volunteer
Reporter Allison Berrian talks with Terrie LaRocque, who worked the reception desk at the Great Falls, Montana, headquarters of the Little Shell Tr...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:23
Caption: Duane Reid, historical preservation officer for the Little Shell Tribe
Reporter Kevin Trevellyan talks with Duane Reid, historical preservation officer of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians. Reid discusses disc...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:31
Caption: Celina Gray, grad student and mom of three
Reporter Kylie Mohr talks with Celina Gray, a grad student at the University of Montana and a mom of three who's struggled to find her place, both ...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 04:11
Caption: Chris La Tray, author and Little Shell citizen
Reporter Stephanie Maltarich talked with author and researcher Chris La Tray, who's writing the book, "Becoming Little Shell." It combines his fami...

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  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Linda Watson, longtime enrollment volunteer at the Little Shell headquarters in Great Falls, Credit: Kevin Trevellyan
Reporter Kevin Trevellyan visits the Little Shell headquarters in Great Falls to get a picture of how volunteers and staff are dealing with people ...

  • Added: May 06, 2020
  • Length: 05:03
Caption: Tribal Chairman Gerald Gray, right, at the Little Shell headquarters in Great Falls, Credit: Candace Rojo
Reporter Sofia Stuart-Rasi explains why the first priority of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians after they achieved federal recognition is...

  • Added: May 06, 2020
  • Length: 04:53
Caption: Ekoo and her grandma look at photo albums in Browning, Credit: Victor Yvellez
Victor Yvellez begins his story with one young woman, Ekoo Beck, who's considering disenrolling from Blackfeet and enrolling Little Shell. Her moth...

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  • Added: May 06, 2020
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Rainy Allen, left, and her mom. Rainy identifies as Little Shell, but can't enroll because of blood quantum rules, Credit: Mary Auld
Reporter Mary Auld talks to an expert, people enrolled in Little Shell and those who identify as Little Shell but can't enroll in the tribe because...

  • Added: May 06, 2020
  • Length: 05:11