Via online issues. 2 pages., Author alerts readers to a move to "put the mapping for where service is needed in the hands of Connected Nation, a company representing big telecommunications companies."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 179 Document Number: C35785
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"The Farm Journalist"series via online. 2 pages., Author suggests that even in the face of compressed time and higher waves in the ocean of work, agricultural journalists can control the knob of that crescendo. "Even if you are the only one able to perceive your value, so be it. Smile. Laugh."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35782
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"The Farm Journalist"series via online. 3 pages., Examines problems facing the agricultural press and the publishers, editors and journalists working in it.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 183 Document Number: C37232
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Via BBC World Service - Communication, Media and Development Policy. 5 pages., Author urges change in the approach to development rather than assume that an infusion of good communication would enhance development. "..the heart and soul seems to have seeped out of the development world - it has, without doubt turned into a giant business governed at a corporate level with mind-numbing rules and regulations. There remains little room for creativity and innovation - in our mind a hallmark of good development."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35777
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"The Farm Journalist"series via online. 2 pages., Advice to ag journalists: "Utter these words aloud: 'Lord, just for today, help me make mediocrity fabulous.'"
Via online. 1 page., Author notes how some journalists are now given the freedom to produce stories with the angles they prefer rather than provide objective and balanced reporting.
DeSutter, Kristin (author) and College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences and College of Media, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2009-11
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29472
Simmons, Denny (author) and Cooperative Communicators Association
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2009-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C28961
Notes:
2 pages., Author, an award-winning photojournalist, emphasizes the importance of overlooking diversions and focusing "on what's important - telling truthfull and compelling stories to change the world."
Maru, Ajit (author) and International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2009-01-16
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28709
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IAALD web site. 4 pages., Author describes the diminishing "value added" role of the "brick and mortar" library. "The Libraries and Centers as they are now may not exist."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35780
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"The Farm Journalist"series via online. 2 pages., Suggests that agricultural journalists seek out those with the skill and experience needed to bring out the very best they have to offer, "those who will relentlessly challenge and drive you to accomplish the seemingly impossible."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 179 Document Number: C35787
Notes:
"The Farm Journalist"series via online. 2 pages., Author suggests to agricultural journalists that "what you have yet to discover out there to work with could prove to be a most rewarding time in your entire career." "What you have learned in ag journalism is also what you need to succeed 'out there' and - what you learn 'out there' may be highly useful in improving what you are doing now."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35779
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"The Farm Journalist"series via online. 2 pages., Author identifies three farm broadcasters - Jay Gould, Harry Andrews and Harry Martin - "who inspired me more than I ever realized at the time." Urges agricultural journalists to "take stock of those who have encouraged you or given you a helping hand and thank them now before it's too late."
Seward, Zachary M. (author) and Nieman Journalism Lab, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2009-11-10
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 176 Document Number: C30263
Notes:
2 pages., Unusual approach used by a seafood organization to counteract negative press coverage through use of Google ads placed near keywords related to the fish involved.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 179 Document Number: C35786
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"The Farm Journalist"series via online. 3 pages., Suggestions for successful management and operation of organizations. "We in ag journalism need all the help we can get. Organizations serving this profession need all the help we can give them."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35778
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"The Farm Journalist"series via online. 2 pages., Suggests that agricultural journalists forget about what others have decided they should be. "Instead, be the captain of your own ship as you run this stretch of fast water between the lake of last year and the lake of next year. Think only of using the present to build upon your past so as to have a great future. Continue doing that as each day passes and you will enrich yourself beyond measure."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 179 Document Number: C35784
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"The Farm Journalist"series via online. 2 pages., Commends to agricultural journalists a book, The professor and the madman: a tale of murder, insanity and the making of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C28949
Notes:
1 page., A nutrition scientist criticizes the soundness of a peer reviewed journal article about genetic modification and urges an agricultural reporter to read such articles critically and weigh their merits. A response from the Network follows.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28821
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Via Agmates online. 3 pages., Author and follow-up commentators respond to criticism of the Queensland Country Life periodical by ABC Media Watch for "churning out press releases as if they were real journalism."
