umjschool Best Practices for Journalists on Social Media

Journalists on Social Media: Q&A with Lindsay Rossmiller, Digital Sports Editor for the Billings Gazette

By Jourden Redmond

Lindsay Rossmiller is the digital sports editor for the Billings Gazette, but she does so much more than edit copy. She keeps all stories moving and functioning on the Gazette’s digital properties, edits photos, produces graphics and videos, tracks analytics and handles all the social media. Rossmiller recently chatted over email with UM student Jourden Redmond about her approach to social media. Below is a transcript of the conversation, edited slightly for clarity and length.

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Journalists on Social Media: Q&A with Walter Medcraft, Cartoonist at the Montana Kaimin

By Henry Pree

Walter Medcraft is the cartoonist for UM’s independent student newspaper, the Montana Kaimin. Medcraft is also an artist and a senior art/journalism student.

Fellow UM student Henry Pree interviewed Medcraft recently after his art show and below is a transcript of their conversation, edited for length and clarity.

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Journalists on Social Media: Q&A with Fritz Neighbor, Sports Editor at the Daily Inter Lake

By Luke Schmit

Fritz Neighbor started as an art major at the University of Montana. In his sophomore year of college, he took Reporting 270, which changed his life forever. He enjoyed journalism so much, he changed his major and set his goal of becoming a sportswriter. He did not graduate from UM but did join the local daily newspaper, the Missoulian, part-time in 1987. Then, he took a full-time job at the Bozeman Daily Chronicle in 1988 and then moved to the Billings Gazette in 1991. Finally, he returned to the Missoulian again in 2004 and left in January of 2015. Now, Neighbor works for the Daily Inter Lake in Kalispell as a sports editor. Fritz has 2,059 followers on Twitter, which is the only platform he posts to. But, he does enjoy laughing at TikTok and catching up with friends and family on Facebook. The most likes Fritz has seen on one of his tweets is 47 and that included a record 24 retweets for him.

Neighbor recently chatted with current UM student Luke Schmit over email. Below is a transcript of their conversation, edited slightly for length and clarity.

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