Crawford, Nelson A. (author) and Rogers, Charles E. (author)
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
1926
Published:
USA: A.A. Knopf, New York City, New York.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C14864
Notes:
300 pages., Sections feature the farmer's mind, the field of agricultural journalism, sources and types of agricultural information, and agricultural journalism methods.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 197 Document Number: D09533
Notes:
Eugene A. Kroupa Collection, 263 pages., Detailed resource for teaching agricultural journalism. Includes discussion topics,sample writing exercises, assignments, copy reading marks, media terms, reference shelf, and other teaching aids.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C15140
Notes:
Address included in Kansas State Agricultural College Bulletin, Manhattan, Kansas. Volume 1, Number 2., Address to Kansas State Agricultural College students about various aspects of agricultural journalism.
Ward, William B. (author / Professor of Agricultural Journalism and Head of the Department of Extension Teaching and Information, Cornell University) and Professor of Agricultural Journalism and Head of the Department of Extension Teaching and Information, Cornell University
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1959
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: B04320
Notes:
In: Ward, William B. Reporting agriculture : through newspapers, magazines, radio, television. 2nd ed. Ithaca, NY : Comstock Publishing Associates, 1959. p. 95-133
Weiss, Dick (author) and Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix.
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2008-07-31
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: C28172
Notes:
Via online. 13 pages., Author cites three newspaper articles that reflect excellence in agricultural reporting, especially in terms of "putting pictures in readers' heads with telling details." Two of the three articles are available in printed format with URLs to online sources.
Online via keyword search of UI Library ecatalog., Report of newspaper reading among 241 farmers in Gujarat State, India. Findings suggested that newspapers play an important part in popularizing the agricultural practices of farmers. Author recommended that sufficient space should be given to agricultural information, and it should be published on time, more understandable, interesting, acceptable to readers, and in regional-language newspapers.
Ward, William B. (author / Professor of Agricultural Journalism and Head of the Department of Extension Teaching and Information, Cornell University) and Professor of Agricultural Journalism and Head of the Department of Extension Teaching and Information, Cornell University
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1959
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: B04324
Notes:
In: Ward, William B. Reporting agriculture : through newspapers, magazines, radio, television. 2nd ed. Ithaca, NY : Comstock Publishing Associates, 1959. p. 203-270
USA: Delmar, Centage Learning, Clifton Park, New York.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D01730
Notes:
"As communicators, we are caretakers of an industry - one of the most important industries in the history of humankind. It is our duty as students and teachers of agriculture to learn, as efficiently and thoroughly as we can, the skills needed to tell a positive story about agriculture through words, pictures and Web site content. This book will help you in that goal." (p. xiii)
Gifford, Claude W. (author / Director, Office of Information, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
Circa 1973
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 68 Document Number: D10748
Notes:
2 pages., Claude W. Gifford Collection. Beyond his materials in the ACDC collection, the Claude W. Gifford Papers, 1919-2004, are deposited in the University of Illinois Archives. Serial Number 8/3/81. Locate finding aid at https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/, Claude W. Gifford Collection., Emphasis on writing public information that is readable and understandable. Cites an example of a proposed news release from the deputy of one USDA agency. It contained a 68-word sentence found not understandable.
