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The thanks I owe the most
‘Beyond the Beat’ By James S. Rosien Anaconda Review Publisher For the past three weeks our editor, Kasey, has been diligently putting together what in the print industry is called a “double truck” – the two pages facing each other in the middle of the paper that are designed to be read as a single sheet rather than separately – which has provided a space for covering some of the things we missed out on this past summer by not having a newspaper. We’d planned to have one more this week to cover the back half of August and the…
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The time to vote is now
‘Too Much Information’ By Kasey Edge-Faur Anaconda Review Editor Some readers may notice something in this issue that wasn’t in previous issues. That’s right, election questionnaires. When James was looking to start up the Anaconda Weekly Review, one thing he really wanted, even though he knew the deadline was incredibly tight, was to get it started by the end of September so that we were running election-related articles before absentee ballots were mailed out. This is because he knows how critical it is to bring as much awareness as possible to elections in an ample amount of time before the…
Read MoreNew snow, new perspective
‘Too Much Information’ By Kasey Edge-Faur Anaconda Review Editor I’ve never been the biggest fan of snow. Give me rain, give me sunshine, but snow? No way. It’s freezing, it’s slippery and I’m clumsy so I always fall on it, and I never quite got the hang of winter sports like skiing and ice skating (although I am planning on trying those this year). This year, though, when I woke up Saturday morning to inches of fresh snow, I was giddy. Not for the potential downed power lines, not for hazardous road conditions, and definitely not because I was prepared…
Read MoreNew side of the news biz
‘Beyond the Beat’ By James S. Rosien Anaconda Review Publisher It’s hard to believe, but we’re already three weeks into our new newspaper project – hard to believe mostly because of how much has been crammed into those few weeks, so it feels both much faster and yet much longer as well. Much like how we try to cram as much about the happenings of our town as possible into these 8.5-inch by 11-inch pages – and hey, it’s only Tuesday (well it was when I wrote this), so there’s doubtless going to be much more to be done in…
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How AI is impacting the world of journalism
By Evann Johnson AJSHS Student Reporter The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence has raised ethical concerns regarding effects the machines have on media, news, and journalism altogether. In today’s political climate, news outlets are facing challenges to maintain trust and credibility as consumers become hyperaware of potential bias from their news sources. Unfortunately, this has caused people to turn to social media as a form of their daily news despite the potential inaccuracy of the content. Creators often grab attention with an inflated or conflating headline, which can skew perspective and make situations seem bigger than what they are. Some…
Read MoreThree cheers for volunteers
‘Too Much Information’ By Kasey Edge-Faur Anaconda Review Editor When I interned for the Boulder Monitor in 2019, the town of Boulder was seeing a problem with its beloved town events getting smaller or petering out entirely because they were entirely volunteer-run, and many of the volunteers who had been sustaining them for years were getting older and becoming unable to continue working in the same capacity they had been. Meanwhile, younger generations were stepping up in smaller numbers than the ones before them, leaving an increasingly noticeable gap. During my time living in Anaconda, I’ve thought of that story…
Read MoreLao Tzu really did get it right
‘Beyond the Beat’ By James S. Rosien Anaconda Review Publisher Several years ago, I wrote a column for the Leader about leadership, specifically the concept of it expressed by the ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu in the following excerpt from the Tao Te Ching: “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aims fulfilled, they will all say, ‘We did this…
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Turning tragedy into community: 9/11 at 25
Beyond the Beat By James S. Rosien Anaconda Weekly Review publisher Much like anyone who was between the ages of adolescence to convalescence on November 22, 1963 (fewer and fewer these days), or maybe more aptly for this topic, December 7, 1941 (even fewer still), just about everyone above a certain age can remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when they first heard about the planes flying into the World Trade Center on Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001. It was, and still is, the defining moment of the 21st century – despite having occurred less than…
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Montana Climate Matters: Montana climate solutions need people of faith
By Rev. Jody McDevitt Climate matters to people of faith, and people of faith matter to the climate movement. Whether motivated by a spiritual connection to nature, the desire to be obedient to God through faithful stewardship, or the religious values of compassion and justice, people of diverse religious traditions are being drawn into action on behalf of the Earth’s climate. As climate change and its effects accelerate, the response of faith communities is growing. Faith calls for action, and action generates hope. The climate movement needs the hope that people of faith can offer. Numerous religious bodies…
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The Not-So-Great Dictator
‘Beyond the Beat’ By James S. Rosien Anaconda Review Publisher This month marks 86 years since the release of one of the most important films ever made, Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator,” which besides being a ripping satire of Hitler, Mussolini, Nazis and fascism writ large, was capped by one of the greatest speeches ever filmed. I heartily recommend everyone check it out on YouTube. But that’s not what I’m writing about today, not directly anyway, though it is what I immediately thought of when I checked the Googlebox this morning and saw in blaring headlines that all-world soccer player…
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