Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35770
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"The Farm Journalist"series via online. 2 pages., Discusses agricultural journalists' use of new information technologies. "The challenge is not that of attempting to use all available technology but of selecting those parts offering the highest probability of working best for us."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C16797
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Thesis, Master of Arts, University of Missouri. 97 pages, Examines the beliefs of the ag media, farmers, land grant researchers and government agency personal concerning sustainable agriculture.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23814
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Via Poynteronline. 3 pages, Author argues that "journalism on a smaller scale provides a bigger opportunity to connect with (and answer to) readers and viewers." Cites an experience in which a reporter at a small daily newspaper on the coast of rural North Carolina told her readers that the water was polluted with cancer-causing chemicals and that city leaders had known about the pollutants for many years without doing anything. She received a Pulitzer Gold Medal for Meritorious Public Service, but a hostile reception, locally, by people upset by the uproar she had caused in the community.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29954
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Posted at http://agnews.tamu.edu/saas/2009/irlbeck.pdf, Presented to the Agricultural Communications Section, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Atlanta, Georgia, January 31-February 3, 2009. 19 pages.
Ziegler, Anna (author), Jamison, Angela Bendorf (author), Keller,Des (author), and Evans, Jim (author)
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Case study
Publication Date:
2010-07
Published:
USA: American Agricultural Editors' Association, New Prague, Minnesota.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: D06613
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Two-page introduction and 13 case studies (26 pages). Prepared by the lead author in cooperation with the AAEA Affiliate Advisory Committee., Case studies written to illustrate the values and principles identified in the AAEA Affiliate Code of Ethics. Each study outlines a hypothetical situation involving an ethical dilemma that an agricultural communications professional might encounter and poses six discussion questions. The discussion guide offers suggested answers and discussion topics. These case studies are used in conjunction with the Affiliate Code of Ethics and are intended to offer practice in recognizing, discussing and resolving ethical dilemmas.
