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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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: Lynette Lunak, who lives and works at the Blackfeet Medicine Bear Shelter, Credit: Kathleen Shannon
The Blackfeet Nation hasn’t had a shelter available as temporary housing for almost a decade. That changed late last year, in part through a grant ...

  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 05:04
Caption: An apartment building in Missoula that could go co-op with a land trust, Credit: Peyton Butler
Affordable housing options can look like bulldozer bait to developers looking to create more high-income condos. Nonprofits and tenants in one Mont...

  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 04:39
Caption: Katrina Everhart at work at the Poverello, Missoula's homeless shelter, Credit: Elinor Smith
Fair housing laws protect many Montanans from discrimination when they’re looking for a place to rent or buy. But when it comes to felons, there’s ...

  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 05:13
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People living next to a KOA campground in Missoula found out this winter that the land under their homes had been sold and rents would go up. The n...

  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 05:12
Caption: Stefani Jackson, who started the laundry service, Loads of Dignity, Credit: Payton Petersen
Jack, known to most around Hamilton, Montana, died of hypothermia in a place with harsh winters. That helped people already helping those strugglin...

  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 04:39
Caption: The truck firefighter Tim Hart lived in prior to his death, Credit: contributed
Seasonal firefighters live in surprising conditions on the job and off: in truck beds, the backs of cars, even in abandoned buildings. It’s not eas...

  • Added: May 03, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
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Without phones, people who need housing and services have less of a chance of getting help. In Missoula, Montana, two programs that aim to close th...

  • Added: May 03, 2022
  • Length: 02:52
Caption: John Gilbert, former chairman
Reporter Evan Bartel talks with John Gilbert, former chairman of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians. Like elders and chairmen before him, h...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:24
Caption: Ekoo Beck, Blackfeet descendent exploring Little Shell citizenship
Reporter Victor Yvellez talks with Iko’tsimiskimaki “Ekoo” Beck, who is in the process of disenrolling Blackfeet to join the recently recognized Li...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:30
Caption: Alex Gray, candidate for office and Little Shell citizen
Reporter Sofia Stuart-Rasi talks with Alex Gray, a Little Shell citizen running for office. Together, they knock on doors in his district in Missou...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:40