Fellows & Editors
Rob Chaney
- Trip:
- Fellows 2015
- Affiliation:
- Missoulian
- Country:
- Nepal
- Year:
- 2015
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Rob Chaney reports on science, the environment and the outdoors for the Missoulian newspaper in Montana. He has produced multimedia projects about Native American culture, wilderness evolution, and international business and social issues in the Mountain West, Japan, Jamaica, Europe and Canada. Supporters of these reporting projects include the International Center for Journalists, the Hechinger Foundation, University of Montana, United Nations Foundation, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center at Duke University, Pew Center for Civic Journalism and Poynter Institute. His photography has been published in the New York Times, Seattle Times, Orion magazine and throughout the Lee Enterprises chain of newspapers. Chaney has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Macalester College and learned to love storytelling as a boat captain in Glacier National Park.
Stories
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Nepali Tiger Poachers Fear University of Montana Mapmakers
On the far side of the world, rangers trying to protect tigers in Nepal depend on maps made in Missoula. None of Kevin McManigal’s cartography students at the University of...
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On the Roof of the World: Time Takes a Different Path in Nepal
“Nepal is 100 years behind the times,” Ang Dawa Sherpa lamented as we watched a farmer plow his potato field behind a team of cows. I couldn’t help but...
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Himalayan Guides Pack Nepal’s Economy to New Heights
The spire of Ama Dablam was lost in clouds when Ang Dawa Sherpa found something even better to look at. We’d been walking at 13,000 feet above sea level, listening to...
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Knitted Together: Montana-Nepal Partnership Builds Jobs and Security
In a city world-famous for its religious architecture, Sachindra Pradhanang built a temple of industry. And he’s done it with assistance from a quiet firm in Missoula, half a world...
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Nepal Connections: Wild Bicycle Commute Carries Montanans Out of Kathmandu, Around Fuel Crisis
This is a story about getting a story. Missoulian Matt Skousen runs Everest Designs, a winter-wear business that gets its hats, jackets and sweaters from Himalayan Knitwear, an innovative factory in Bhaktapur. ...
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Nepal Connections: Walking the Traditional, and Only, Way to Explore Sagarmatha National Park
The airport just above town has sprouted weeds in the runway. An occasional helicopter touches down here, and planes can land if necessary. But mostly, it's a good place for the...
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Nepal Connections: Yaks Happily Share the Trail With Trekkers
You stare into the void, and the void stares back. And so does a yak. My daughter, Anna, has been a fountain of yak-related humor ever since we cleared 12,000-feet altitude and...
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Nepal Connections: Trail to Everest Under Repair, Open for Business
Pasang Sherpa, and the rest of the Sagarmatha National Park, are open for business. Sharpa's Mount Kailash Lodge has its tables out on the sun deck, with a beautiful view overlooking...
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Nepal Connections: In Kathmandu, Cross-Border Dispute Calms Traffic
Traffic has been mild in Nepal's capital city, but that's not a good thing. A place famous for thrilling Western tourists with left-side-of-the-road, middle-of-the-crowd, high-speed motorized insouciance has been on...
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Nepal Connections: Asan Bazaar a Testament to Earthquake’s Upheaval, Nepali Culture
The choice of left or right makes a world of difference when walking away from the Tibet Guest House in the capital city's famous Thamel district. Turn left, and a spider...
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Abbot of Ewam Garden in Arlee Says Tibetan, Native American Beliefs Similar
A cave in these hills an hour south of Kathmandu reaches all the way through the Earth to Montana. "You feel something blessed inside," said Jemyeng Palmo, master teacher at the Turquoise...
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Peaks and People: Montana and Nepal Linked by Buddhists, Sherpas and Scholars
Poke a hole through the globe on Nepal and you come out in Montana. And there’s a lot of traffic in that tunnel. From the Garden of One Thousand Buddhas...
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