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What I'm Reading
- Google InstantGoogleGoogle Instant, announced today, shows search results as you type.
- Australian Judge Rules There Is No Copyright In HeadlinespaidContent | Sep 8, 2010An Australian judge's ruling says headlines aren't literary works and aren't copyrightable.
- Montana tea party leader hints at violence against gays in Facebook postThe Lowdown | Sep 4, 2010Blog post from the Tribune detailing the flap over a Montana tea party leader's anti-gay comments on Facebook.
- Craigslist Removes Adult Services SectionNew York Times | Sep 4, 2010Craigslist, under pressure from states' attorneys general, has removed its Adult Services listings.
- Leno ratings: 'Tonight's' worst summer everThe Hollywood Reporter | Sep 3, 2010Jay Leno's Tonight Show ratings are worse than Conan O'Brien's at this time last year. Some might call this poetic.
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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: investigative reporting
Student investigative journalism means well but...
A case from the home office today. Our student newspaper (no Web site, so don’t ask for a link) published a story about our university’s research spending. The writer implies that the university’s not receiving enough money from the federal government to cover the facilities and administration costs of its research; and the writer implies [...]
Posted in Politics Also tagged budgets, finances, newspapers, shoddy, student journalism Comments closed
Michael Becker has been blogging about academia, digital culture and journalism since 2005. He is the Web editor of the
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