Whiting, Larry R. (author / Chairman, Department of Information and Publications, University of Maryland, College Park, MD) and Chairman, Department of Information and Publications, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1983
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 49 Document Number: C00189
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, Mimeographed, 1983. 9 p. (paper presented at the 1983 Annual Conference of Agricultural Communicators in Education; 1983 July 19; Madison, WI)
Describes a new staff organization plan that discards the concept of media editors and adopts a concept of (1) department editors, (2) field editors and (3) development leadership (that is, development in radio and television, press services, and teaching and research).
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 197 Document Number: D09595
Notes:
Delmar Hatesohl Collection, Letter to the Director General of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute. 3 pages., Describes three kinds of support a communications unit needs to provide for a research organization, with thoughts organized by audience.
Reports on a national survey of the organization and operations of editorial offices in land-grant institutions. Results revealed "an utter lack of uniformity in organization and duties in the 31 institutions reporting." Summary provides three case examples of centralized and decentralized operations. Staff numbers range from 1 to 6. Also reveals institutions in which the editorial offices provide journalism teaching.
