Outgoing Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT), who left the House to become Trump's Secretary of the Interior. Probably, an edit to the article removed an earlier reference to Zinke and didn't clean up the remaining reference to the style for a first rather than subsequent reference.

Montana's former Congressman. It said so... about four words later.

Sole mention of "Zinke":

Still, Gianforte was elected months later in a special election to replace Zinke as Montana’s congressman.

Yes I know I could have just Googled it. I don't actually care who Zinke is, or what her or his first (last?) name might be. My comment was about journalistic standards. Sorry to confuse you.

Yes I understand that your criticism was about journalistic standards.

My point was that they didn't violate any standards, by telling you who Zinke is right after mentioning his name.

Apparently they left something out? TIL he's Interior Secretary involved with several of the controversies discussed in TFA? b^)

Not everyone on this site is from the US - quite a few people aren't, actually.

True, but the article is about the American West and public lands, Zinke is at the center of much of that debate.

It's also in a UK newspaper, so it's a bit of a wash. In any event, it's not a big effort to look up.

Looks like the author is from Montana and is probably familiar with Zinke and possibly didn't consider the foreign readers.

I'm from the US and I have no idea what a Zinke is.

Preserving public lands is immeasurably more important than 99.9999% of the framework drivel posted on HN, so I'd recommend you spend 5 minutes reading up on current affairs.

I don't disagree with you, I just have a hard time memorizing Cabinent Member <insert current shithead's name here> names.