Two Eagle River School teens report on Bison Range return to Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes
Two Eagle River School photography students reported on the Bison Range returning to the management by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes. The students created an audio news story with the support of the Montana Media Lab team and shot a collection of photographs. Students reported from the field at the CSKT Bison Range. Photo by David Spear. After learning how to
Arlee teens report on animal rehabilitation organization for Montana Public Radio
Arlee High School students learned audio reporting basics during a Montana Media Lab Youth Voices workshop. Using their new journalism skills, they produced a news story about an effort to rehabilitate animals in their community. That story aired on Montana Public Radio. Listen and read their work below. Listen on Montana Public Radio A dog sanctuary on the Flathead Indian Reservation is
Teen audio stories publish on Life With Fire Podcast
Living in a place where wildfires burn regularly is complicated–and teens across Montana translated their complex experiences with fire into audio stories during Montana Media Lab workshops last fall. Students in Darby and Florence Montana, and on Blackfeet Nation learned how to develop, research and report a story during intensive journalism workshops over the course of the fall semester. Led
Teens learn audio storytelling and news literacy skills in Montana Media Lab workshop
This summer the Montana Media Lab hit the road to teach high school students in rural and Indigenous communities how to make audio stories and navigate the media landscape.
Young Polson filmmakers investigate the Flathead Monster
Middle school students in Polson spent the week of their News Literacy and Digital Storytelling Workshop gathering stories about the Flathead Lake monster for a video story. An elder shared the Kootenai story of a lake monster creating Flathead lake. The students visited a judge who believed he saw a monster in the lake. A museum director shared her theory
Hays-Lodgepole students report on Native language textbook
Students at Hays Lodgepole school spent a week this summer navigating fact and fiction on the internet and creating an audio story about a new Nakoda language textbook at a News Literacy and Digital Storytelling Workshop. Students interviewed the school principal, the illustrator of the book, and their peers. The Nakoda language was once forbidden in schools. Their story captures the
Box Elder students produce videos about community happenings
Box Elder High School hosted the first Montana Media Lab News Literacy and Digital Storytelling workshop of the summer. Box Elder students made two videos about their community. One focused on the new school garden—Bear Nation Garden. They got footage of the garden intern planting seedlings and pulling weeds. Their reporting took them to the local convenience store, the school cafeteria,