Inside Montana Politics: A Reporter?s View from the Trenches

For three decades, Mike Dennison has reported from the trenches on campaigns, crime and community. He has covered razor-thin victories by Senator Jon Tester. He has helped cover the downfall of Senator Conrad Burns, as well as the conservative senator's improbable compassion for a liberal friend charged with marijuana possession. Also examined are Governors Brian Schweitzer, Judy Martz and Marc Racicot and Montana's longest-serving U.S. senator, Max Baucus. And Dennison has tracked down stories beyond the Capitol, from the devastating fall of the Montana Power Company to a teenager falsely accused of rape who waited sixteen years to be fully exonerated. Dennison treats readers to the rare insights and highlights of a storied career in journalism, along with revelations that have never been exposed--until now.

A journalist for thirty-eight years and graduate of the University of Montana, Mike Dennison has worked as an investigative and beat reporter covering Montana politics for print and TV media since 1992. In 2015, he became chief political reporter for the Montana Television Network. Before joining MTN, he worked as a political reporter for Lee Newspapers and the Great Falls Tribune, as well as a reporter for the Associated Press in Helena and Grand Junction and for United Press International in Seattle.