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Robert Chaney

Robert Chaney

Robert Chaney grew up in Missoula and has spent his journalism career writing about the Rocky Mountain West, its people, and their environment. Chaney has written, photographed, edited and managed for the Hungry Horse News, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Missoulian and Montana Free Press, Mountain Journal and The Pulp. He studied political science at Macalester College and has won numerous awards for his writing and photography, including fellowships at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University and the National Evolutionary Science Center at Duke University. His book “The Grizzly in the Driveway” earned a 2021 Society of Environmental Journalists Rachel Carson Award. He is currently an adjunct instructor of journalism at the University of Montana.

Robert's Latest Articles

Almost midnight in Montana

Like grizzly bears and anti-government militias, nuclear bombs lurk in our backyard. As world leaders bet and bluff in the great poker game of nuclear strategy, Montanans wrestle with the consequences of being the nation’s “nuclear sponge.”
Mike and Maureen Mansfield

Burning bridges

The Trump administration has nixed a Mansfield Center grant dedicated to “Strengthening American Democracy by Bridging Divides,” calling it “wasteful spending.” The decision comes as Trump orders more “patriotic education” — while also canceling grants related to “democracy promotion.”

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