Missoulian ?

[bgbigdog]

Girls... listen to Kyle. He's been through all this. If it wasn't apparent to you from day one that this group was going to "control the narrative", you weren't paying attention.

So once more, you'll get what they want you to get. Which is the next step up from "You'll get nothing & like it.

 

[ordigger]

...
Why hire the best ?

FTC

Disclaimer: I do not know Amie Just, have never met or talked to her, have never contacted her via the web, and do not expect to do any of those things in the future. But fair is fair and taking pot-shots at someone who's barely been on the job a month (see post above) is unfair, and simply ignorant.

Plus, FYI (from LinkedIn and other sources):
Amie Just:
Feature Writer of the Year, Daily Kansan (2017).
Sports Writer of the Year, Daily Kansan (2015, 2017).
Outstanding Journalism Student award, Kansas City Press Club (2016).
Omega Phi Alpha National Service award (2016).
Finalist, Student Writer of the Year, Great Plains Journalism (2016).
Murray Scholar … national sports journalism award (2015).
And some others.

She also has experience as a stringer for the Associated Press and the Washington Post.

I'd say they made a pretty good hire. Let's give her a chance to get her feet wet.

Nice resume. Sure wish my boss would give me a couple months to "settle in" and get to know everybody. Unfortunately, he expects me to produce from day one. My wife was a reporter for 25 years. She never had a boss who let her "ease" into anything either....how hard is it to go out and knock on doors, pick up the phone, attend practice, talk to coaches, players, administration folks, etc., etc.,....if she's familiar with the Nebraska tradition, plugging in here should have been pretty seamless...so, either she's not all that and a bag of chips, or Lee enterprises is in the midst of a conspiracy to make the Bobcats Montana's favorite team....you pick.

Actually it's more difficult than you think. Montana wants to control the narrative especially with football. They want GoGriz.com to be the spot you go to for Griz football information. Eric Taber, the communications director for football, thinks of himself as a gatekeeper and protector of the program more so than he does a liaison between the program and the media, which is a fundamental misunderstanding of his position. Montana greatly curbs access to players and coaches and make it tough to get interviews. They don't even follow their own stated media policies. I lost 3 senior profiles last year because they couldn't set up the interviews. They told me the athletes "didn't have the time" (which I know is BS. I once got DeNarius McGhee for a 30 minute interview during Cat-Griz week).
She could certainly go out and find outside sources, but dealing with Montana football communications is a nightmare. I sent a text trying to confirm something I already knew to be true and never got a response. That's just unprofessional.
Point is, Amie has a good resume. She'll figure it out, but it's gonna be a process.

Very interesting insight. Thanks for sharing. To often eGrizzers find it easier to throw out an opinion, without knowing firsthand factors that may influence their lack of judgement.

 

[polsongrizz]

People actually read the missoulian??? :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[ordigger]

...
Why hire the best ?

FTC

Disclaimer: I do not know Amie Just, have never met or talked to her, have never contacted her via the web, and do not expect to do any of those things in the future. But fair is fair and taking pot-shots at someone who's barely been on the job a month (see post above) is unfair, and simply ignorant.

Plus, FYI (from LinkedIn and other sources):
Amie Just:
Feature Writer of the Year, Daily Kansan (2017).
Sports Writer of the Year, Daily Kansan (2015, 2017).
Outstanding Journalism Student award, Kansas City Press Club (2016).
Omega Phi Alpha National Service award (2016).
Finalist, Student Writer of the Year, Great Plains Journalism (2016).
Murray Scholar … national sports journalism award (2015).
And some others.

She also has experience as a stringer for the Associated Press and the Washington Post.

I'd say they made a pretty good hire. Let's give her a chance to get her feet wet.

Nice resume. Sure wish my boss would give me a couple months to "settle in" and get to know everybody. Unfortunately, he expects me to produce from day one. My wife was a reporter for 25 years. She never had a boss who let her "ease" into anything either....how hard is it to go out and knock on doors, pick up the phone, attend practice, talk to coaches, players, administration folks, etc., etc.,....if she's familiar with the Nebraska tradition, plugging in here should have been pretty seamless...so, either she's not all that and a bag of chips, or Lee enterprises is in the midst of a conspiracy to make the Bobcats Montana's favorite team....you pick.

You need a new boss. Pretty much every job has an adjustment experience. In the oilfield, they are called worms, and wear green hats. People HATE green hats out here.

With over 20 years of prior management experience, and previously running multiple teams, and having over 600 employees at one point- I can attest to the fact that at no time did I expect a newbie to be in the know from day 1. In fact, it was my job to help them "settle in". And whatever I did, it must've worked because I have a couple manager of the year awards from two different companies, AND a very nice reward from the Veterans Administration because of my hiring and training practices with Veterans in Southern California - who were newbies by the way to that job.

To build a team, ANY team, whether in business or on a playing field - there is learning process. People need to grow, and "settle in". And if you have concerns about how & what she is doing, check out Brints post - on the private board.

 

[AZGrizFan]

...
Why hire the best ?

FTC

Disclaimer: I do not know Amie Just, have never met or talked to her, have never contacted her via the web, and do not expect to do any of those things in the future. But fair is fair and taking pot-shots at someone who's barely been on the job a month (see post above) is unfair, and simply ignorant.

Plus, FYI (from LinkedIn and other sources):
Amie Just:
Feature Writer of the Year, Daily Kansan (2017).
Sports Writer of the Year, Daily Kansan (2015, 2017).
Outstanding Journalism Student award, Kansas City Press Club (2016).
Omega Phi Alpha National Service award (2016).
Finalist, Student Writer of the Year, Great Plains Journalism (2016).
Murray Scholar … national sports journalism award (2015).
And some others.

She also has experience as a stringer for the Associated Press and the Washington Post.

I'd say they made a pretty good hire. Let's give her a chance to get her feet wet.

Nice resume. Sure wish my boss would give me a couple months to "settle in" and get to know everybody. Unfortunately, he expects me to produce from day one. My wife was a reporter for 25 years. She never had a boss who let her "ease" into anything either....how hard is it to go out and knock on doors, pick up the phone, attend practice, talk to coaches, players, administration folks, etc., etc.,....if she's familiar with the Nebraska tradition, plugging in here should have been pretty seamless...so, either she's not all that and a bag of chips, or Lee enterprises is in the midst of a conspiracy to make the Bobcats Montana's favorite team....you pick.

You need a new boss. Pretty much every job has an adjustment experience. In the oilfield, they are called worms, and wear green hats. People HATE green hats out here.

With over 20 years of prior management experience, and previously running multiple teams, and having over 600 employees at one point- I can attest to the fact that at no time did I expect a newbie to be in the know from day 1. In fact, it was my job to help them "settle in". And whatever I did, it must've worked because I have a couple manager of the year awards from two different companies, AND a very nice reward from the Veterans Administration because of my hiring and training practices with Veterans in Southern California - who were newbies by the way to that job.

To build a team, ANY team, whether in business or on a playing - there is learning process. People need to grow, and "settle in".

She's not a worm. She's a former sports reporter OF THE YEAR. This is football, not nuclear physics for Christ's sake. Would you expect someone with 10+ years of experience to come in and take over a month to be "in the know"? If so, you're hiring the wrong people. And I've got 30+ years of management experience, including being CEO of two different organizations.

But I'll take Kyle's comments about Learfield's & internal Griz difficulties and reserve further comment.

 

[ordigger]

Disclaimer: I do not know Amie Just, have never met or talked to her, have never contacted her via the web, and do not expect to do any of those things in the future. But fair is fair and taking pot-shots at someone who's barely been on the job a month (see post above) is unfair, and simply ignorant.

Plus, FYI (from LinkedIn and other sources):
Amie Just:
Feature Writer of the Year, Daily Kansan (2017).
Sports Writer of the Year, Daily Kansan (2015, 2017).
Outstanding Journalism Student award, Kansas City Press Club (2016).
Omega Phi Alpha National Service award (2016).
Finalist, Student Writer of the Year, Great Plains Journalism (2016).
Murray Scholar … national sports journalism award (2015).
And some others.

She also has experience as a stringer for the Associated Press and the Washington Post.

I'd say they made a pretty good hire. Let's give her a chance to get her feet wet.

Nice resume. Sure wish my boss would give me a couple months to "settle in" and get to know everybody. Unfortunately, he expects me to produce from day one. My wife was a reporter for 25 years. She never had a boss who let her "ease" into anything either....how hard is it to go out and knock on doors, pick up the phone, attend practice, talk to coaches, players, administration folks, etc., etc.,....if she's familiar with the Nebraska tradition, plugging in here should have been pretty seamless...so, either she's not all that and a bag of chips, or Lee enterprises is in the midst of a conspiracy to make the Bobcats Montana's favorite team....you pick.

You need a new boss. Pretty much every job has an adjustment experience. In the oilfield, they are called worms, and wear green hats. People HATE green hats out here.

With over 20 years of prior management experience, and previously running multiple teams, and having over 600 employees at one point- I can attest to the fact that at no time did I expect a newbie to be in the know from day 1. In fact, it was my job to help them "settle in". And whatever I did, it must've worked because I have a couple manager of the year awards from two different companies, AND a very nice reward from the Veterans Administration because of my hiring and training practices with Veterans in Southern California - who were newbies by the way to that job.

To build a team, ANY team, whether in business or on a playing - there is learning process. People need to grow, and "settle in".

She's not a worm. She's a former sports reporter OF THE YEAR. This is football, not nuclear physics for Christ's sake. Would you expect someone with 10+ years of experience to come in and take over a month to be "in the know"? If so, you're hiring the wrong people. And I've got 30+ years of management experience, including being CEO of two different organizations.

But I'll take Kyle's comments about Learfield's & internal Griz difficulties and reserve further comment.

I don't hire the wrong people. I hire the best people. And yes even people with 10+ years experience DO NOT know immediately what is going on. There still is an adjustment curve, processes are different, and as a CEO you should know that better than anyone.

I currently have 3 job offers on the table with other companies. Not one of those companies would expect me to be in the know right away, and I'm the top performerwith my current company in the Mid-West region. Of course they want me because of my contacts, and my experience, but be assured if I jump then there will a time needed to "settle in". They use different equipment, different reports, different approaches, different clients, etc.

Even a CEO has an adjustment period when they are new, they observe first, so they can develop a plan and then attack the way they want. How can you have a boss btw if you are the CEO? lol

Let's give her time, and see how it works out.

 

[AZGrizFan]

Nice resume. Sure wish my boss would give me a couple months to "settle in" and get to know everybody. Unfortunately, he expects me to produce from day one. My wife was a reporter for 25 years. She never had a boss who let her "ease" into anything either....how hard is it to go out and knock on doors, pick up the phone, attend practice, talk to coaches, players, administration folks, etc., etc.,....if she's familiar with the Nebraska tradition, plugging in here should have been pretty seamless...so, either she's not all that and a bag of chips, or Lee enterprises is in the midst of a conspiracy to make the Bobcats Montana's favorite team....you pick.

You need a new boss. Pretty much every job has an adjustment experience. In the oilfield, they are called worms, and wear green hats. People HATE green hats out here.

With over 20 years of prior management experience, and previously running multiple teams, and having over 600 employees at one point- I can attest to the fact that at no time did I expect a newbie to be in the know from day 1. In fact, it was my job to help them "settle in". And whatever I did, it must've worked because I have a couple manager of the year awards from two different companies, AND a very nice reward from the Veterans Administration because of my hiring and training practices with Veterans in Southern California - who were newbies by the way to that job.

To build a team, ANY team, whether in business or on a playing - there is learning process. People need to grow, and "settle in".

She's not a worm. She's a former sports reporter OF THE YEAR. This is football, not nuclear physics for Christ's sake. Would you expect someone with 10+ years of experience to come in and take over a month to be "in the know"? If so, you're hiring the wrong people. And I've got 30+ years of management experience, including being CEO of two different organizations.

But I'll take Kyle's comments about Learfield's & internal Griz difficulties and reserve further comment.

I don't hire the wrong people. I hire the best people. And yes even people with 10+ years experience DO NOT know immediately what is going on. There still is an adjustment curve, processes are different, and as a CEO you should know that better than anyone.

I currently have 3 job offers on the table with other companies. Not one of those companies would expect me to be in the know right away, and I'm the top performerwith my current company in the Mid-West region. Of course they want me because of my contacts, and my experience, but be assured if I jump then there will a time needed to "settle in". They use different equipment, different reports, different approaches, different clients, etc.

Even a CEO has an adjustment period when they are new, they observe first, so they can develop a plan and then attack the way they want. How can you have a boss btw if you are the CEO? lol

Let's give her time, and see how it works out.

I'm not CEO of my current company. I'm the CFO...but it's approximately 30x bigger than my last company (that I WAS the CEO of...)...and even CEO's have bosses...they're call "Board of Directors"...

 

[PlayerRep]

Her bio, which I had looked at several weeks ago, gave me the impression that she is essentially a rookie. Some good training. Potential, but almost no real experience.

Someone hired by the a major MT city newspaper to be the main sportswriter of the college football team, should be able to put together some credible stories immediately, in my view. Of course, it will take time for her to develop a greater body of knowledge and contacts, but how hard can it be to do some stories as the team gears up for pre-season and start pre-season.

She seems to be putting out some stories now. Haven't read them. Dropped Missoulian subscription a couple years ago, and only look at articles that have particular interested to me.

What's the view of her stories and writing so far?

 

[ordigger]

Her bio, which I had looked at several weeks ago, gave me the impression that she is essentially a rookie. Some good training. Potential, but almost no real experience.

Someone hired by the a major MT city newspaper to be the main sportswriter of the college football team, should be able to put together some credible stories immediately, in my view. Of course, it will take time for her to develop a greater body of knowledge and contacts, but how hard can it be to do some stories as the team gears up for pre-season and start pre-season.

She seems to be putting out some stories now. Haven't read them. Dropped Missoulian subscription a couple years ago, and only look at articles that have particular interested to me.

What's the view of her stories and writing so far?

Personally I think they are fine. She obviously does her research based on her writing style, as she uses abundant statistics, and she quotes multiple sources. On Thursday she wrote a piece about the RB's led by Calhoun. Story shows how they are interacting and competing with one another.

http://missoulian.com/sports/colleg...cle_a2dce591-8983-5449-b201-99c47703c381.html

Yesterday's story was about Luke Gonsioroski. She talks about his relationship with Shann, and the long battle he went through. IMO she is writing with empathy in this story.

http://missoulian.com/sports/college/big-sky-conference/university-of-montana/shann-schillinger-remembers-baker-s-luke-gonsioroski-inspired-by-his/article_ae135f1d-4d97-5ea5-a5f8-595ea85fd271.html

I guess some people aren't happy she isn't writing 2 stories a day, but honestly these are well researched, and documented very well. But then too, so many hate all things Missoulian.

And also I never played the game.....as a journalist.

 

[AZGrizFan]

Her bio, which I had looked at several weeks ago, gave me the impression that she is essentially a rookie. Some good training. Potential, but almost no real experience.

Someone hired by the a major MT city newspaper to be the main sportswriter of the college football team, should be able to put together some credible stories immediately, in my view. Of course, it will take time for her to develop a greater body of knowledge and contacts, but how hard can it be to do some stories as the team gears up for pre-season and start pre-season.

She seems to be putting out some stories now. Haven't read them. Dropped Missoulian subscription a couple years ago, and only look at articles that have particular interested to me.

What's the view of her stories and writing so far?

Personally I think they are fine. She obviously does her research based on her writing style, as she uses abundant statistics, and she quotes multiple sources. On Thursday she wrote a piece about the RB's led by Calhoun. Story shows how they are interacting and competing with one another.

http://missoulian.com/sports/colleg...cle_a2dce591-8983-5449-b201-99c47703c381.html

Yesterday's story was about Luke Gonsioroski. She talks about his relationship with Shann, and the long battle he went through. IMO she is writing with empathy in this story.

http://missoulian.com/sports/college/big-sky-conference/university-of-montana/shann-schillinger-remembers-baker-s-luke-gonsioroski-inspired-by-his/article_ae135f1d-4d97-5ea5-a5f8-595ea85fd271.html

I guess some people aren't happy she isn't writing 2 stories a day, but honestly these are well researched, and documented very well. But then too, so many hate all things Missoulian.

And also I never played the game.....as a journalist.

Nor have I, but I did marry one (a journalist, that is), which is, I think, slightly better than staying at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

 

[grizfan95]

The biggest issue, as Kyle and others have attested to, is the combination of assistant SID Taber and UM's policy with outside media. It's absurd.

Anyone still blaming the Missoulian's staff has their head buried in the sand.

 

[fanofzoo]

The biggest issue, as Kyle and others have attested to, is the combination of assistant SID Taber and UM's policy with outside media. It's absurd.

Anyone still blaming the Missoulian's staff has their head buried in the sand.

Has anyone asked, to speak to the manager ? What does Haslam say about all this?
Until I hear answers to those questions, stop with the Florio (shit I said it) defense.

Sorry guys but 40 years ago you had it going....now a shell.

 

[grizonbob]

I think one of the reasons that the Missoulian appears to be "giving" so much coverage to MSU is the dramatic change in the news business. For a variety of reasons, newsrooms have downsized in the last couple decades. The Missoulian used to have a lot more folks working in its sports department, and it could fill much of its sports pages with local copy.

But so many of those positions have been laid off that the Missoulian and other papers go looking other places for news to fill their news holes. If you look closely, you'll notice that the Lee papers -- Missoula, Butte, Helena and Billings -- do a lot more sharing of stories than they ever did before. Twenty or thirty years ago their newsrooms were competing for stories, and now they are like one big newsroom.

So when Billings moved Rahac to Bozeman, it was no surprise that we started seeing a lot of his stories in the Missoulian. The Missoulian simply doesn't have the staff to generate all the copy we used to see on the Griz...

 

[Colter_Nuanez56]

...
Why hire the best ?

FTC

Disclaimer: I do not know Amie Just, have never met or talked to her, have never contacted her via the web, and do not expect to do any of those things in the future. But fair is fair and taking pot-shots at someone who's barely been on the job a month (see post above) is unfair, and simply ignorant.

Plus, FYI (from LinkedIn and other sources):
Amie Just:
Feature Writer of the Year, Daily Kansan (2017).
Sports Writer of the Year, Daily Kansan (2015, 2017).
Outstanding Journalism Student award, Kansas City Press Club (2016).
Omega Phi Alpha National Service award (2016).
Finalist, Student Writer of the Year, Great Plains Journalism (2016).
Murray Scholar … national sports journalism award (2015).
And some others.

She also has experience as a stringer for the Associated Press and the Washington Post.

I'd say they made a pretty good hire. Let's give her a chance to get her feet wet.

Nice resume. Sure wish my boss would give me a couple months to "settle in" and get to know everybody. Unfortunately, he expects me to produce from day one. My wife was a reporter for 25 years. She never had a boss who let her "ease" into anything either....how hard is it to go out and knock on doors, pick up the phone, attend practice, talk to coaches, players, administration folks, etc., etc.,....if she's familiar with the Nebraska tradition, plugging in here should have been pretty seamless...so, either she's not all that and a bag of chips, or Lee enterprises is in the midst of a conspiracy to make the Bobcats Montana's favorite team....you pick.

How hard is it? Impossible, really. If you called, texted, reached out to or approached any person involved with Montana football outside the scope of the sports information department, that is a direct violation of protocol and you would risk losing your credential permanently. You can't attend practices after the team gets done stretching. You used to be able to use old school practices to break down barriers and open doors on basically every beat in mid-major college athletics. I did it very effectively in Bozeman as recently as 6 years ago despite the fact that I'm a UM grad and, at the time, had a brother playing for the Griz. Now, the gate keepers at every prominent program are very real and the control of contact, and in turn, information is quite real as well.

 

[Colter_Nuanez56]

...
Why hire the best ?

FTC

Disclaimer: I do not know Amie Just, have never met or talked to her, have never contacted her via the web, and do not expect to do any of those things in the future. But fair is fair and taking pot-shots at someone who's barely been on the job a month (see post above) is unfair, and simply ignorant.

Plus, FYI (from LinkedIn and other sources):
Amie Just:
Feature Writer of the Year, Daily Kansan (2017).
Sports Writer of the Year, Daily Kansan (2015, 2017).
Outstanding Journalism Student award, Kansas City Press Club (2016).
Omega Phi Alpha National Service award (2016).
Finalist, Student Writer of the Year, Great Plains Journalism (2016).
Murray Scholar … national sports journalism award (2015).
And some others.

She also has experience as a stringer for the Associated Press and the Washington Post.

I'd say they made a pretty good hire. Let's give her a chance to get her feet wet.

Nice resume. Sure wish my boss would give me a couple months to "settle in" and get to know everybody. Unfortunately, he expects me to produce from day one. My wife was a reporter for 25 years. She never had a boss who let her "ease" into anything either....how hard is it to go out and knock on doors, pick up the phone, attend practice, talk to coaches, players, administration folks, etc., etc.,....if she's familiar with the Nebraska tradition, plugging in here should have been pretty seamless...so, either she's not all that and a bag of chips, or Lee enterprises is in the midst of a conspiracy to make the Bobcats Montana's favorite team....you pick.

Actually it's more difficult than you think. Montana wants to control the narrative especially with football. They want GoGriz.com to be the spot you go to for Griz football information. Eric Taber, the communications director for football, thinks of himself as a gatekeeper and protector of the program more so than he does a liaison between the program and the media, which is a fundamental misunderstanding of his position. Montana greatly curbs access to players and coaches and make it tough to get interviews. They don't even follow their own stated media policies. I lost 3 senior profiles last year because they couldn't set up the interviews. They told me the athletes "didn't have the time" (which I know is BS. I once got DeNarius McGhee for a 30 minute interview during Cat-Griz week).
She could certainly go out and find outside sources, but dealing with Montana football communications is a nightmare. I sent a text trying to confirm something I already knew to be true and never got a response. That's just unprofessional.
Point is, Amie has a good resume. She'll figure it out, but it's gonna be a process.

Learfield controls everything in college sports from a money standpoint. This is spot on.

 

[bgbigdog]

People actually read the missoulian??? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Did anyone see what PG wrote here? I keep getting distracted by the bumpers.

 

[grizfan406]

Thank you all for all the great information. This has answered so many questions I have had about the Missoulian coverage.

 

[ordigger]

People actually read the missoulian??? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Did anyone see what PG wrote here? I keep getting distracted by the bumpers.

I read it all the time online, but there is more to the Missoulian than just the Sports section, a fact that many on Egriz probably would dispute. I travel all the time, and it allows me to keep in touch with what is going on in my community.

 

[GrizLA]

One of my local newspapers here in S.C. is a Lee Newspaper The amount of coverage given to the nearest football team in the Big time is U of South Carolina but it is Clemson that gets more coverage because they won last y ear. The rivalry between the two is as great, if not greater, than that of UM and MSU. No one here is cancelling subscriptions or crying "foul"...they read it they move on and can't wait to outdo one another in every possible way. When UM wins, no doubt the interest of the Missoulian will be appropriate. Right now, what really is there to write about?

 

[George Ferguson]

...
Why hire the best ?

FTC

Disclaimer: I do not know Amie Just, have never met or talked to her, have never contacted her via the web, and do not expect to do any of those things in the future. But fair is fair and taking pot-shots at someone who's barely been on the job a month (see post above) is unfair, and simply ignorant.

Plus, FYI (from LinkedIn and other sources):
Amie Just:
Feature Writer of the Year, Daily Kansan (2017).
Sports Writer of the Year, Daily Kansan (2015, 2017).
Outstanding Journalism Student award, Kansas City Press Club (2016).
Omega Phi Alpha National Service award (2016).
Finalist, Student Writer of the Year, Great Plains Journalism (2016).
Murray Scholar … national sports journalism award (2015).
And some others.

She also has experience as a stringer for the Associated Press and the Washington Post.

I'd say they made a pretty good hire. Let's give her a chance to get her feet wet.

Nice resume. Sure wish my boss would give me a couple months to "settle in" and get to know everybody. Unfortunately, he expects me to produce from day one. My wife was a reporter for 25 years. She never had a boss who let her "ease" into anything either....how hard is it to go out and knock on doors, pick up the phone, attend practice, talk to coaches, players, administration folks, etc., etc.,....if she's familiar with the Nebraska tradition, plugging in here should have been pretty seamless...so, either she's not all that and a bag of chips, or Lee enterprises is in the midst of a conspiracy to make the Bobcats Montana's favorite team....you pick.

Actually it's more difficult than you think. Montana wants to control the narrative especially with football. They want GoGriz.com to be the spot you go to for Griz football information. Eric Taber, the communications director for football, thinks of himself as a gatekeeper and protector of the program more so than he does a liaison between the program and the media, which is a fundamental misunderstanding of his position. Montana greatly curbs access to players and coaches and make it tough to get interviews. They don't even follow their own stated media policies. I lost 3 senior profiles last year because they couldn't set up the interviews. They told me the athletes "didn't have the time" (which I know is BS. I once got DeNarius McGhee for a 30 minute interview during Cat-Griz week).
She could certainly go out and find outside sources, but dealing with Montana football communications is a nightmare. I sent a text trying to confirm something I already knew to be true and never got a response. That's just unprofessional.
Point is, Amie has a good resume. She'll figure it out, but it's gonna be a process.

This X 1,000. And Kyle knows this stuff better than anybody. I'll say, and I'm sure Fritz would agree, it has never been exactly easy covering the Griz last 15 years, but, at least in my experiences Guff helped us make it work. I'm not gonna bash on anybody in that department currently, but, I've been putting my own Griz football content in the HDN since I took over as sports editor in 2005, and I'll say, in my experiences thus far, since Guff retired, things have become almost rediculous (as Kyle mentions above) with how we're allowed to cover Griz football now. Interviews BEFORE practice being one of the most rediculous policies of all. And FTR, as far as I know, these are not things STITT is trying to control, as much as they are things that the department as a whole is doing.