A UM Journalism tradition
The University of Montana School of Journalism is committed to a global education for our students. While journalism students are taught skills needed report local stories in the community, they also gain experience through diverse student projects at UM. Montana Journalism Abroad provides an opportunity for student journalists to gain valuable, real-world international journalism skills in a breaking-news setting through on-the-ground reporting. Past groups have traveled to India to investigate the environmental aspects of the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, to Berlin, Germany, to report on the refugee crisis and to Fukushima, Japan, to study the effects of the nuclear energy crisis.
Below, you’ll find links to our most recent reporting trips and the stories they produced.
2024: Bangladesh
Students from the University of Montana’s School of Journalism are traveling to Bangladesh in May 2024 to learn how climate change is affecting the world’s largest delta. We want to see what the people who have lived in this remarkable and dynamic landscape for thousands of years have to teach the rest of the world about living with change. We’ll be looking for examples of resilience and adaptation, but also to understand the losses and damages people in Bangladesh are experiencing as the global climate shifts. Bangladesh has been a leader in the movement to create a way for rich carbon polluter nations to help poorer nations that are more immediately impacted by climate change. Montana Journalism Abroad introduces Journalism students to the challenges of reporting on complex issues in other countries and creates opportunities for students to learn how to travel abroad safely and with confidence.
2022: Northern Ireland (The year we finally went)
Students reported on various ramifications of the United Kingdom’s divisive decision to leave the European Union. Students reported from throughout Northern Ireland, with a special focus on Belfast and Derry, or Londonderry.
2021: Northern Ireland (Trip canceled, but reporting completed)
In 2021, students planned for a second time to report from Norther Ireland. But having been cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic in 2020 they began reporting remotely. Their stories, documenting a region beginning its transition to its post-Brexit reality highlight a country in transition. Although the pandemic canceled their trip again, they still completed their reporting and it can be found in this collection.
2020: Northern Ireland (Trip canceled due to covid-19)
2019: Western Canada
In 2019, students traveled thousands of miles along pipelines in Canada to understand the impact on the environment. Their reporting can be found at Northern Exposure.
