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Erika Fredrickson

Erika Fredrickson was the Missoula Independent’s arts editor for a decade, helping cultivate the voice, perspective, and about-town sensibility that made the Indy a local institution. From the day it closed in 2018, she worked to bring independent journalism back to Missoula, while also freelancing, podcasting, music-making, and publishing a zine.

ERIKA's Latest Articles

The Obit Project

Life after death

By ● Arts & Culture ●
An obituary might be the last place you’d look for a surprising, deeply reported story. A new podcast from UM journalism professor Jule Banville and Radiolab founder Jad Abumrad proves otherwise.

Plant it forward

By ● Books ●
Ahead of her talk in Missoula, author and agroecologist Liz Carlisle discusses perennial foods, Native foodways, and what plants can teach us about getting through hard times.

Whistling past the switchboards

By ● Big Sky Film Fest ●
It took director Rachael L. Morrison a decade and a cache of forgotten cassette tapes to let a blind phone hacker finally tell his own extraordinary story. The film, ‘Joybubbles,’ screens at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.

Lessons from ‘Wood Street’

By ● Big Sky Film Fest ●
Film director Caron Creighton and organizer LaMonte Ford on the Oakland encampment that took the state of California to court — and what their story means for cities like Missoula. ‘Wood Street’ premieres at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.

Light it up

By ● The Gulp ●
The Classic Spanish Coffee is a dramatic and delicious cocktail served at Missoula’s new coffee and cocktails bar inside the historic Florence building — a downtown landmark undergoing a revival.

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