USA: Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN)
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09876
Notes:
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.
Jones, Tim (author / Chicago Tribune) and Martin, Andrew (author / Chicago Tribune)
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2006-03-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23821
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Knight-Ridder Tribune via Food Safety Network. 2 pages., On grassroots resistance to large swine operations in Missouri and other Midwestern states. "The battle has been framed as a clash between agricultural economic development and the protection of quality of life."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C30686
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Online via Drovers CattleNetwork. 2 pages., Refers to a 72-page set of comments from R-CALF to the USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA). Posted at http://www.r-calfusa.com/competition/101122RCALFCommentsGipsaRule.pdf
Online via Japan AgriNews. 2 pages., Photos and story reveal skill of a U. S. trade representative in avoiding endorsement of an anti-free-trade effort involving Trans-Pacific partners during a protest action. During conversation with protesters, he quietly removed from a coffee cup the sleeve that contained an anti-free-trade slogan. 2 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23818
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"Wednesday Edition" via Poynteronline. 3 pages, Advice to reporters about covering conflict between the Bush Administration and environmental interest groups about policies for thinning forests.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: D11276
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19 pages., Online from FAIR website., Addresses issues in media coverage in the Oregon standoff between federal authorities and a Patriot/Militia alliance of building occupiers and, more generally, anti-government protests and standoffs.
