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Montana Journalism Review Volume 1 Article 1 Issue 44 Issue 44, 2015 2015 Sink or Shift: how local television measures up to the digital challenge University of Montana School of Journalism Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.umt.edu/mjr Part of the Journalism Studies Commons Recommended Citation School of Journalism, University of Montana (2015) "Sink or Shift: how local television measures up to the digital challenge," Montana Journalism Review: Vol. 1: Iss. 44, Article 1. Available at: http://scholarworks.umt.edu/mjr/vol1/iss44/1 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Montana Journalism Review by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. School of Journalism: Sink or Shift: how local television measures up to the digital ch montana 2015 issue 44 journalism review SINK or SHIFT how local television measures up to the digital challenge the tyler hamilton story tv meteorologists and climate science from missoula to ferguson Published by ScholarWorks, 2015 1 Montana Journalism Review, Vol. 1 [2015], Iss. 44, Art. 1 photo: © Rebecca Wiley - 2010 Career Training graduate Training - 2010 Career photo: © Rebecca Wiley Intense. Powerful. Raw. Bold. (and that’s just the first week) Visit rmsp.com/career to learn more about our annual Career Training program in Missoula, MT 216 N Higgins Avenue, Missoula, MT 59802 t. 800 394 7677 [email protected] www.rmsp.com http://scholarworks.umt.edu/mjr/vol1/iss44/1 2 School of Journalism: Sink or Shift: how local television measures up to the digital ch CONTENTS 4 Staff Page NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH 5 No-fly Zone 6 Happy Media Energy Beat Booms 7 Dairy Blackout 8 The Deflated Journalist STATE OF THE STATE 14 Before Ferguson 15 Shooting Solo Last Best Place Pays Reporters The Worst 16 The Dude Provides Scanner Shutoff 17 Shutter Luck 18 Losing Home Advantage 20 Transients of the Digital Age TV GUIDE 28 Television Source Check 32 Boiling Point 9 Under a Closer Scope FEATURES 36 About Face 40 I, Journalist 42 Digital to Darkroom 46 Shifting Perspectives 52 Three on a Match 54 Ron’s Reasons 56 A Ride on the Front Page 60 My Tools THE YEAR AHEAD 62 How to Digitally Reinvent the College Paper 63 The Hit List Smartphone Trumps Free Rural TV 64 Through a Veteran’s Lens Published by ScholarWorks, 2015 2 3 Montana Journalism Review, Vol. 1 [2015], Iss. 44, Art. 1 WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CRACKING DOWN ON DRONE JOURNALISM, PHOTOGRAPHERS HAVE A LOT TO LOSE 5 - NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH AS TV AND PRINT COMPETE ONLINE, JOURNALISTS USE THEIR SKILLS TO MIGRATE 20 ACROSS BOUNDARIES - TV GUIDE PUBLIC SERVICE, NOT PROFIT, DRIVES LOCALLY OWNED 9 WEEKLY IN THE BITTERROOT - FEATURES FOUR GADGETS HELP A 60 JOURNALIST WITH DISABILITIES EXCEL AT HIS WORK - THE YEAR AHEAD HOT SPOTS http://scholarworks.umt.edu/mjr/vol1/iss44/1 3 4 School of Journalism: Sink or Shift: how local television measures up to the digital ch Abbey Courtney Dufoe Anderson Bjorn Tablet Copy Editor Elliott Madelyn Bergeson Producer Natz Ryan Mintz Beck Staff Writer Amanda Jess Field Staff Copy Editor Marketing Kristin Deputy Bryant Photographer Austin and Sales Kirkland Managing Page Editor Director Schempp Designer Page Managing Designer Editor Katheryn Houghton Michael Senior Photos by: Sarah Chaput de Saintonge and Elliott Natz Peregrine Hanan Editor Rachel Frissell Conrad Sarah Copy Editor Scheid Leathe Jesse Senior Editor Gracie Senior Page Chaput Flickinger Editor Designer Paul de Ryan Copy Editor Tera Nocchi Saintonge Staff Dittbrenner Videographer Web Photo Editor Editor Copy Chief Published by ScholarWorks, 2015 4 5 Montana Journalism Review, Vol. 1 [2015], Iss. 44, Art. 1 No-Fly ZoneNEIGHBORHOOD WATCH drones denied in yellowstone Story by Erik Petersen THE FOOTAGE IS STRIKING. Tiny dots of red, yellow, and green kayaks in Washington. It’s shot directly from above; a true bird’s eye view. Nick Wolcott, a professional photographer and drone pilot, captured the footage with his Cinestar Octocopter and a Canon 5D for Patagonia’s not be re-created today. The National Park Service and the Federal Aviation Administration are cracking down on the use of drones, and photographers have a lot to lose. The NPS issued a parks-wide ban on unmanned aircrafts after drones crashed into Yellowstone’s Grand Prismatic Spring and Yellowstone Lake this summer. Yellowstone National Park spokesman Al Nash said the rule was needed to protect visitors, wildlife, and An aerial photograph, taken from a GoPro attached to a drone, shows a grain elevator in the park’s natural icons. southwest Montana. Drones have become popular among photographers for uses varying from The FAA issued a ban on commercial weddings to real estate because of the unique perspective. Photo by Erik Petersen drone use in 2007, but never went Journalists are no exception. “Some of the footage I was shooting to actually make it illegal. It has only this morning, you just couldn’t do with recently begun to develop regulations a helicopter,” Wolcott said while on and exceptions. assignment for BBC at Goblin Valley State That ambiguity created a wild-west journalist working for station WXYZ, Park in Utah. The area features sandstone atmosphere for commercial drone users. then that is illegal because you are getting goblins and unique natural formations. Everyone from wedding photographers paid.” He described how he circled his to real estate and landscape Sachs recommends keeping a low Octocopter from high in the sky, swooping photographers were turning to the skies. dramatically down to ground level, and “There are plenty of people making avoid the FAA. then smoothly cruising right through the Of course, journalists can still use gaps in the goblins. said Peter Sachs, a lawyer, drone pilot, helicopters to get the aerial footage they “It just made for some incredible shots.” and First Amendment advocate. “They need. But it is far more expensive, less safe, and less capable. Erik Petersen has been photographing life in are just keeping their heads down to Montana and around the world for 15 years. avoid any kind of confrontation with the His work is at erikpetersen.photoshelter.com FAA.” http://scholarworks.umt.edu/mjr/vol1/iss44/1 5 6 School of Journalism: Sink or Shift: how local television measures up to the digital ch happy media Story by Kimball Bennion Story by Jayme Dittmar GREG DUNN’S Facebook event WHEN DAN BOYCE LEFT his post as Montana Public Radio’s page The Gratitude Journal still capitol bureau chief for Denver, it wasn’t to cover the legislature attracts daily posts from tens in yet another western state. Instead, he joined a team of reporters of thousands of followers even at Inside Energy, a platform created by the Corporation for Public after it was set to expire. Broadcasting to tackle stories related to what Boyce calls the issue One woman lists blue nail of our time. polish as something she’s Throughout the West, the oil-and-gas boom has spurred grateful for, while another demand for energy stories. Coverage in western newspapers has praises communication, family increased by 50 percent in the past 10 years. Special titles attract time, and respectful people. The short posts on the page industry. adhere to some unwritten rule The Bismarck Tribune currently publishes two separate energy listed in threes. Dunn, who publications focused around North Dakota’s oil drilling hub. The lives in Lehi, Utah, started the Bakken Breakout and The Bakken Breakout Weekly have led to journal to create a contrast to expanded freelance contracts for writers with energy and geology the negativity he found on social backgrounds. media, asking, “What can I do to In Colorado’s Weld County, The Greeley Tribune started the make it positive?” monthly magazine, Energy Pipeline, in 2013, to tell diverse stories Avery Holton, a of the oil boom in its backyard. communications scholar at Energy stories in those special titles are sometimes tailored the University of Utah, says toward a business audience, but there’s also a hunger for in-depth energy stories among the general public. reciprocity, communication, and Telling those stories requires time to in the case of The Gratitude understand and explain the complex acronyms and jargon of the industry, The page’s popularity shows Boyce said. “Energy reporting is not that while social media can be a a cakewalk, but we need all the good source of information, it works reporters we can get.” best as a community builder. As a hybrid of policy, technology, And that was one of Dunn’s business, and environmental topics, the goals all along. energy beat is creating opportunities for “There’s a lot of negativity on journalists of diverse backgrounds to (Facebook),” Dunn said. rise to the challenge. Dunn said his idea to start the event was inspired by Jayme Dittmar is pursuing her master’s similar pages he had seen on degree from the University of Montana in Facebook, but he believes the environmental science and natural resource journalism. She currently specializes in almost exclusively positive posts multimedia, working only with equipment it encourages is what helped Dan Boyce it catch on with almost 19,000 Beat Booms Energy Screenshot from video by Brian Gill followers. Kimball Bennion grew up in Wyoming, graduated from Montana, and worked in newspapers before stumbling into the assignment desk of Salt Lake City’s KUTV. He’s never been skiing. Published by ScholarWorks, 2015 6 7 Montana Journalism Review, Vol. 1 [2015], Iss. 44, Art. 1 DAIRY BLACKOUTStory by Kelly Conde Illustration by Tiffany Garner A STORY ABOUT cow hooves was all Once the letter had been leaked, the Mychel Matthews was after.