Montana's Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights investigated the effects of Montana's television and newspaper media on minorities and women. Focus was on the employment opportunities in and the images projected by the media. Interviews were conducted with management and staff of newspapers, news services, and television stations; faculty and students from the University of Montana and Montana State University; and other individuals and groups interested in media-related issues. Additional data were obtained at a 1-day conference held in Missoula to explore further issues relating to minorities and women and the media. Conference participants included representatives from TV stations in Great Falls and Missoula and newspapers from Great Falls, Butte, Billings, Helena, and Missoula. Relevant information was supplied by media representatives who did not attend. Findings included: minorities, specifically Native Americans, and women were underemployed and underrepresented in both television and the written news media; many newspapers printed articles concerning women which were biased and tended to depict them in traditional sex-stereotyped roles or in a negative fashion whenever women did not fit traditional sex roles; and reporting of news concerning both women and minorities was often unbalanced, stereotyped, or not reported. (NQ)