Baxter, Mary (author), Irwin, Robert (author), and Stoneman, Don (author)
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Article
Publication Date:
2008
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D02902
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The Canadian Journalism Project, Ottawa,Canada. 1 page., Summary of reporters' approach to an award-winning investigation of the contract operations of Pigeon King International.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07684
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Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism,School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona. 2 pages.
Karembu, Margaret (author), Nguthi, Faith (author), and Bitta, Brigitte (author)
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2015
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07875
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Pages 103-106 in M.J. Navarro (ed.), Voices and views: why biotech? ISAAA Brief No. 50, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications,Ithaca, New York. 158 pages.
Online via cattlenetwork.com. "Best of Drovers - this month's top stories." 2 pages., Involves the defamation settlement Disney paid to Beef Products Inc. for faulty, damaging reporting by ABC-TV involving the BPI product, lean finely textured beef.
USA: Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN)
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09876
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Via FERN website. 7 pages., Addresses the broad issue of "fake news" through a case example focused on reporting at the "complex intersection of the meatpacking industry, immigration, the rise of fake news, and the changing face of America's heartland." The example focuses on reporting about Somali and other refugees working at a meat packing plant near Garden City, Kansas.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10392
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Online from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, New York City, New York. 9 pages., "Is it a conflict of interest for a columnist who covers food and agriculture to take money from agrichemical industry interest groups?"
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11199
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Online from ProPublica website. 4 pages., "ProPublica has rounded up some of the best reporting on California's severe drought, from fallowed farms to 'zombie' water projects" Article features nine examples.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11200
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Online from ProPublica website. 4 pages., "Here's our roundup of some standout reporting about the food on your plate." Identifies and briefly describes 11 examples across a range of related aspects and issues.
Swasy, Alecia (author / Washington and Lee University)
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2016
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11222
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Online from Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida. 3 pages., Observations based on analysis of thousands of articles spanning 50 years from 1964-2014. Findings prompt the author to observe that reporters given the chance to travel to remote areas have done a terrific job of putting a face on the plight of the rural poor."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11223
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Online from the Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida. 8 pages., Report of how journalists at The Fresno Bee newspaper changed how they cover food.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 142 Document Number: D11531
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5 pages., Retrieved April 4, 2020, from the Campus Explorer website., Identified selected agricultural communications and journalism education programs at U.S. colleges and universities.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: D11589
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5 pages., Online via publisher. 5 pages., Author interviewed Al Cross, director of the Institute of Rural Journalism and Community Issues, about the background of the Rural Blog and more generally about changes in the ways national and local journalists cover - or talk about- rural journalism. Other topics involved gaps in national news coverage about rural areas, who is doing rural journalism well, and effects of newspaper ownership changes in the types of stories that rural news outlets cover.
USA: Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D11682
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2 pages., Via online article., Report on how local makers and crafting movements are unfolding for artisans, small-batch food producers, and other local makers. Identifies possible story angles for journalists.
USA: Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D11683
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3 pages., Via online article., Description of proposed legislation in support of efforts to implement environmental/green practices and technologies. Describes seven features of the Green New Deal and provides questions reporters might ask in gather information about it.
USA: Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D11684
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2 pages., Online from publisher website., Noting that the nonprofit sector is the third-largest employer in the United States, the author encouraged reporters to provide context about these organizations in reporting the financial impact of COVID-19 on them. Food services and health care are among the sectors emphasized.
International: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D11692
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2 pages., Online from organization website., In an online event, United Nations leaders and others emphasize importance of free, independent, fact-based journalism at the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2020."I takes journalism to communicate the findings of scientists and disseminate real and reliable information and counter fake news that is dangerous to people's lives and to efforts to contain the spread of the (COVID-19) pandemic."
Interational: Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D11693
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2 pages., Online from publisher website., Cites trends in lifestyles of sending as little to the landfill as possible and offers ideas for local new coverage of efforts along that line (including those of local grocery stores and restaurants).
USA: Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11700
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2 pages., Online from publisher website., Author discusses some business impacts of climate change and offers suggestions for coverage by business and science writers.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11817
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Via website of Corporate Crime Reporter. 2 pages., An Idaho federal court held that the law violated the First Amendment by "suppressing speech "on topics of immense public importance including the safety of the food supply, and the safety of farm workers and animals."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12115
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Online from website of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona. 2 pages., Article cites definitions that include corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a sense of responsibility toward the community and the environment that companies incorporate into their business models. Includes resources that journalists can use to report on CSR. Identifies a source of data about the top 100 companies with the best CSR reputation.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12116
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Online from the website of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona. 3 pages., Author describes four things for reporters to keep in mind as context when covering jobs in the energy sector of society.
Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, Makati City, Philippines.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2005-05-04
Published:
Philippines
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: C25264
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Retrieved September 16, 2006, Center web site. 5 pages., Reports on the shooting of journalist Marlene Garcia Esparat for reporting about allegged malfeasances of local Department of Agriculture officials.
Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, Makati City, Philippines.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2006-02-14
Published:
Philippines
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: C25265
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Retrieved September 16, 2006, Center web site. 4 pages., Reports on the shooting of journalist Marlene Garcia Esparat for reporting about alleged malfeasances of local Department of Agriculture officials.
Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, Makati City, Philippines.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2006-10-05
Published:
Philippines
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: C25266
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Retrieved January 15, 2007, Center web site. 3 pages., Update on the 2005 shooting of journalist Marlene Garcia Esparat for reporting about alleged malfeasances of local Department of Agriculture officials.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: C25270
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Retrieved September 16, 2006, Via organization web site. 5 pages., Notes that since February 1,"reporting from rural and remote areas of the country has become even more dangerous. Reporters are risking their lives, without having proper security and insurance for their lives. Dozens of journalists have been picked up by the security forces and interrogated. Some were held for only a few hours, but 10 remained in custody in mid-April."
Philippines: North American Agricultural Journalists
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: C25503
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3 pages., Report about Jose Burgos, Jr., an agricultural journalist who in 2000 was named by the International Press Institute as one of the world's "50 Press Freedom Heroes of the Century."
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, Virginia.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2002-01-31
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: C25549
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Retrieved December 28, 2006, 1 page., Political issue involves press credentials for a broadcaster who covers legislative affairs for several rural television stations of Colorado.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, Virginia.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2002-01-30
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: C25628
Notes:
Retrieved December 28, 2006, 1 page., Political issue threatens press credentials for a broadcaster who covers legislative affairs for several rural television stations of Colorado.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: C25699
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Via Messenger Online. 2 pages., Announces the Ezzell family of the Canadian Record newspaper (Canadian, Texas) as winner of the Tom and Pat Gish Award for courage, tenacity and integrity in rural journalism. Award presented by the Institute of Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: C25700
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Via Messenger Online. 2 pages., Describes history and activities of the Ezzell family of the Canadian Record newspaper (Canadian, Texas) - winner of the Tom and Pat Gish Award for courage, tenacity and integrity in rural journalism. Award presented by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism at the Ohio State University, Columbia.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2005-09
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: C25725
Notes:
3 pages., "Rural journalists from six states spent two days in Somerset, Kentucky in September 2005 learning how to more effectively cover complex federal and state bureaucracies and legislatures."
Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, Lexington, Kentucky.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2007-04-20
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: C25726
Notes:
Via Institute web site. 4 pages., Summarizes discussion at the National Summit on Journalism in Rural America, April 20-21, 2007, at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky.
Shafer, Mary Jo (author) and Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, Lexington, Kentucky.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2007-04-20
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: C25727
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Via Institute web site. 5 pages., Summarizes discussion at the National Summit on Journalism in Rural America, April 20-21, 2007, at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky.
