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    301. Don't swallow genetically modified statistics

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Strauss, Stephen (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2006-02-03
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23635
    Notes:
    CBC News via AgBioView via Food Safety Network. 2 pages., Questions accuracy of results of a recent research report by a Russian brain researcher indicating that genetically modified feed caused death of animals.

    304. Dutch Elder, my mentor

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Kern, K. Robert (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2016-02-24
    Published:
    USA: Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE)
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: D06646
    Notes:
    Commentary in the "ACE Retiree Update" newsletter. 4 pages., Features life, career and contributions of C. R. Elder, former Extension Editor and Iowa State College Director of Information.

    308. Edible media: farmers make the fashion page

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Philpott, Tom (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2008-03-24
    Published:
    USA: Grist Magazine, Inc. - Environmental News and Commentary
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27898
    Journal Title:
    Grist
    Notes:
    Via online access. 7 pages., Comments on an article in the fashion and style section of the New York Times about urban residents creating small-space farms near urban areas where people are "hungry for quality produce and willing to pay a premium."

    309. Edible media: local yokel

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Philpott, Tom (author) and Grist, Seattle, Washington.
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2007-09-03
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27753
    Notes:
    Posted at http://www.grist.org, 4 pages., Criticizes the way in which influential New York food-media editors cover the local-food movement.

    311. Education needs of agricultural communications students

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Evans, Jim (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2008-11-25
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28762
    Notes:
    3 pages., Responses to questions about communications skills and agricultural studies that agricultural communications students need in order to be most proficient.

    313. Embed journalists everywhere

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Colon, Aly (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2003-03-17
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23816
    Notes:
    Via Poynteronline. 3 pages, "If you want to practice journalism with a difference, mimic the military. Embed journalists everywhere. Embed them where people live, work, play, and pray. Embed them in neighborhoods, urban areas, rural areas, corporations, nonprofits, hospitalsl, families, retirement communities, conservative centers and liberal lodges." Author describes benefits.

    315. Environment movement has lost its way

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Moore, Patrick (author / Greenspirit Strategies Ltd., Vancouver, Canada)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2005-01-30
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 142 Document Number: C21855
    Notes:
    Cited on Food Safety Network from the January 30, 2005 issue of Miami Herald.. 2 pages.

    317. Environmental health science and the legacy of popular literature

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Michaels, David (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2003
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: C25831
    Journal Title:
    Environmental Health Perspectives
    Journal Title Details:
    111(1) : A14-A15
    Notes:
    Urges scientists (described as by nature reductionists) to pay attention to broader environmental health issues revealed in popular literature. Silent Spring (Carson, 1962) cited as an example.

    318. Environmental propaganda

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Crowley, Kelley (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2014
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11114
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Mass Media Ethics
    Journal Title Details:
    29(2) : 134-135
    Notes:
    Perspectives on the role of an ethical public communicator in "this toxic political situation called the environmental debate." Author concludes that in this information environment "the real ethical issue lies with us - the informed citizenry. An ethical citizenry would be rhetorically savvy in order to make sound choices about their local economies and their global environment."

    319. Ethics column: protecting who from whom?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Horstmeier, Greg (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2019-07
    Published:
    USA: AAEA - The Agricultural Communicators Network, LaGrange, GA.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 46 Document Number: D10706
    Journal Title:
    AAEA ByLine
    Notes:
    4 pages., Via online., "The chief ethical fear for the past 99 years of agricultural journalism has been that one of our number would cuddle up closer to advertisers than others of us, and reap unethical benefits of that. The chief charge of every Ethics Committee [of AAEA] has been to protect our collective readers from any hoodwinking that would come from such collusion. As I look toward that 100th year, I wonder who needs protecting from whom." Examines pressures on agricultural journalists in the wake of divided audience perspectives about the role of agricultural media in covering contentious political issues

    320. Even when you get it, it's not all there

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Daugherty, Rebecca (author) and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, Virginia.
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2005-02-24
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: C25626
    Notes:
    Retrieved December 28, 2006, News Media and the Law home page, Vol. 29, No. 2, page 28.

    321. Everett M. Rogers and his contributions to the field of communication and social change in developing countries

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Melkote, Srinivas R. (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2006
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes10 Document Number: D05995
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Creative Communications
    Journal Title Details:
    1(1) : 111-121
    Notes:
    Francis C. Byrnes Collection

    322. Everything old is new again

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Spangler, holly (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2016-12
    Published:
    USA: Penton Agriculture, St. Charles, Illinois.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07628
    Journal Title:
    Prairie Farmer
    Journal Title Details:
    188(12) : 22
    Notes:
    Commentary in the 175th anniversary issue of Prairie Farmer.

    325. Expect more of the same from Time and others

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Henderson, Greg (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2009-09-03
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29370
    Journal Title:
    Drovers
    Notes:
    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.

    329. Falling into the trap of partisanship will only deepen the divide between farmers and city dwellers

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Dyck, Toban (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2019-11-04
    Published:
    Canada: Financial Post, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11104
    Journal Title:
    Financial Post
    Notes:
    Via online. 4 pages., "Our industry won't be the best it can be if we act like bullies, abandon decorum and vent against our leaders."

    335. Farm journalism training program underway in Latin America

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Roberts, Owen (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2008-11-03
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28369
    Notes:
    Via author's web log. 2 pages., For more information about the program (in Spanish), visit http://www.programacapacitar.com.ar

    337. Farmer attitudes to forestry

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Lehane, Patrick (author) and Irish Timber and Forestry, Birr, Co Offaly, Ireland.
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2003
    Published:
    Ireland
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C37017
    Notes:
    Via online. 2 pages.

    339. Farmers and suicide

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Tompkins, Al (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2004-10-25
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23810
    Notes:
    "Tuesday Edition" via Poynteronline. 2 pages., Identifies sources of information and perspectives about farmer deaths by suicide. Cites the National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield, Wisconsin.

    348. Farming with smarts and humor: an NC [North Carolina] farmer makes the radio

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Philpott, Tom (author) and Grist, Seattle, Washington.
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2008-05-30
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27754
    Notes:
    Posted at http://www.grist.org, 1 page., Brief feature about a farmer with a good sense of humor.

    349. Farming, agriculture and social media

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2007-10-24
    Published:
    UK
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29393
    Notes:
    Via Kitchen Garden Network, Shaw Island, WA. 2 pages., Commentary about the potential value of social media for the "little guy" to take part in discussions aboug farming, food and agriculture. Three responses.

    354. Fighting to keep public notices in newspapers: the public loses out when government makes it harder to find out what it's doing

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Reed, Maryanne (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2019-01-03
    Published:
    USA: Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: D10573
    Journal Title:
    Nieman Reports
    Notes:
    3 pages., via website, Nieman Reports.

    355. Find a mentor: to be the best in your endeavors, model yourself after the best

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Sims, Billy R. (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2012
    Published:
    USA: Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association, New Prague, Minnesota.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 184 Document Number: D00313
    Journal Title:
    TOCA Talk
    Journal Title Details:
    26
    Notes:
    Via website. 2 pages.

    359. First principles of journalism

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Bugeja, Michael (author / Iowa State University)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2006-10
    Published:
    USA: Society of Professional Journalists
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 184 Document Number: D00182
    Journal Title:
    Quill
    Journal Title Details:
    94(8) : 14-17

    363. Five more mistakes in development volunteering - part 2

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Joyce, Brendan (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2013
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 190 Document Number: D02316
    Notes:
    Second article in a three-part series posted on the website of Palms Australia, an assisting organization based in Glebe, New South Wales, Australia. 2 pages.

    364. Five of the valued lessons I've learned from NAFB members

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Evans, Jim (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2019-08-06
    Published:
    USA: National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Platte City, Missouri
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11035
    Journal Title:
    Airing on the Side of Agriculture
    Notes:
    Via online issue., Invited thought piece from the periodical.

    365. Five things we don't do when sending volunteers overseas - part three

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Joyce, Brendan (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2013
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 190 Document Number: D02317
    Notes:
    Third article in a three-part series posted on the website of Palms Australia, an assisting organization based in Glebe, New South Wales, Australia. 2 pages.

    369. Focus on the important stuff

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    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."

    377. Food for thought: the importance of preserving the JAC (Journal of Applied Communications)

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Tucker, Mark (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2007
    Published:
    International: Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resource, and Life and Human Sciences, Gainesville, Florida.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28001
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Applied Communications
    Journal Title Details:
    91(1-2) : 7-9
    Notes:
    Abstract posted at www.aceweb.org

    379. Food safety education - does it work?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Costa, Roy E. (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2005
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 142 Document Number: C21968
    Notes:
    Food Safety In-Sight, Volume 3, Number 1, TM Environ Health Associates, Inc. 2 pages., Author suggests that food safety education efforts among food service personnel in Florida have not been especially effective in reducing the number of outreaks.

    380. Food safety has become growing source of conflict

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Charlebois, Sylvain (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2005-03-10
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: C22056
    Journal Title:
    Leader-Post (Regina, Canada)
    Journal Title Details:
    B7
    Notes:
    Author suggests that Canadian beef industry should focus on variables it can control. Emphasizes the implementation of a rigorous traceability system.

    385. Foods that fool

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Somer, Elizabeth (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2008-01-25
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: C27047
    Notes:
    Via MSNBC. 1 page., Brief listing of some healthy-sounding foods that "are imposters, implying they offer more than they really do."

    387. For ACE's 100th year

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Taylor, Hal (author) and Agricultural Communicators in Education (ACE).
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2002-03
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C25985
    Notes:
    4 pages.

    389. Forced speech

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2001-07-02
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22222
    Journal Title:
    Advertising Age
    Journal Title Details:
    72(27) : 14
    Notes:
    Comments on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that mushroom growers can opt out of the Mushroom Council's advertising program.

    394. Fraud on the farm

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Tompkins, Al (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2005-11-18
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23811
    Notes:
    "Friday Edition" via Poynteronline. 2 pages., Reports on coverage by a National Public Radio reporter of fraudulent claims by crop producers against the federal crop insurance program.

    396. From A(dams) to Z(ombies)

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Krut, Jim (author) and Cooperative Communicators Association
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2009-04-07
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C28940
    Notes:
    Via CCA web site. 1 page., Author emphasizes the importance of involvement in this professional communicator organization.