My Clips- Cause of plane crash west of Bozeman under investigation, pilot pronounced dead at scene August 31, 2010
- The man who wanted train horns August 16, 2010
- Money well spent? August 15, 2010
- Local telecom company gets $64 million to bring high-speed Internet to rural Gallatin County August 5, 2010
- Montana Opticom receives $64 million in stimulus money for rural broadband August 4, 2010
- AT&T to replace Alltel in Montana within a year June 25, 2010
- Bozeman twin looks to scale namesake peak: K2 June 21, 2010
- High water claims Amsterdam Road bridge June 12, 2010
- Trio of veteran Belgrade teachers retiring June 7, 2010
- MSU robot digger wins NASA competition May 29, 2010
Tag Archives: Bozeman
Social media as journalism in a small city
Back in March, an explosion tore apart a half block of downtown Bozeman. Moments after the explosion, lots of people downtown and elsewhere got on their computers, cell phones, Blackberries and other devices and started posted to Twitter using the hashtag #bozexplod. All day long, updates poured onto the site. At one point, several people [...]
Posted in New Media, Social Networking Also tagged Bozeman explosion, bozexplod, Courtney Lowery, explo, journalism, NewWest.net, Social Networking Comments closed
More on police officer’s resignation over his Facebook comments
Just a few more details to add to the story today, thanks to the report in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. The Bozeman Police Department is saying that Anderson was not asked to quit. Police Chief Mark Tymrak said at a press conference Thursday that it was “a decision on Mr. Anderson’s part.” Tymrak went on: It’s [...]
Posted in Ethics, Social Networking Also tagged Bozeman Police Department, Cody Anderson, Facebook, privacy, Social Networking Comments closed
Bozeman police officer resigns over comments he made on Facebook
Police officer Cody Anderson, whose controversial comments on his Facebook profile came to light last month, resigned from the Bozeman Police Department.
Posted in Ethics, Social Networking Also tagged Bozeman Police Department, Cody Anderson, commenting, Facebook, privacy, Social Networking Comments closed
#bozeplod, six months on
On March 5, a natural gas explosion in downtown Bozeman killed one woman and destroyed several buildings. That morning, local Twitter users went crazy online, sharing minute-by-minute updates from downtown and everywhere else. The hashtag I created a few minutes after the blast — #bozexplod — became a trending topic on Twitter for a good [...]
Posted in Social Networking Also tagged Bozeman explosion, Social Networking, twitter Comments closed
Michael Becker has been blogging about academia, digital culture and journalism since 2005. He is the Web editor of the
City of Bozeman releases report on hiring policy investigation