Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22528
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Agricultural Publishers Association Archives, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 5., Delivered to the Agricultural Editors' Association, Chicago, Illinois, May 16, 1922. Annual report, pp. 23-29., Describes the editorial philosophy of the national farm magazine he edits. Argues that "human interest" is not merely a factor in publishing, but the fundamental factor. "Farming is not an end in itself. It is a means to an end - which is living."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: C22544
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Published in "The Final Word" column of Food Routes Network, Millheim, Pennsylvania. Issue 44. 2 pages., Author expresses concern that farm magazines and newspapers in the U.S. are "as bland and featureless as a sun-scorched pasture: there's nothing there to chew on; no water, no food, no new ideas." Suggests they need to challenge the status quo and publicly discuss and debate new ideas.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: C22545
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Published in a column, "The Final Word," from Food Routes Network, Millheim, Pennsylvania. Issue 45. 2 pages., Author reports on consolidation of farm periodicals, with resulting cutbacks in editorial staffing and in local coverage. Describes financial pressures that lead to more use of free-lance writers that often write for ag publications and ag public relations agencies simultaneously. "But the divided loyalties often yield stories that resemble corporate press releases more than journalism." Cites an example from his experience as a free-lance writer.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 183 Document Number: C37321
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See C37280 for original, Page 42 in Fred Myers, Running the gamut: writings of Fred Myers, journalist and 50-year members, American Agricultural Editors' Association. Fred Myers, publishers, Florence, Alabama. 125 pages., Author urges agricultural reporters to write fiction.
Examines early national journalism in the U.S. through the case of Joseph Dennie, who published/edited the Farmer's Weekly Museum of Walpole, New Hampshire, during the 1790s. It was short lived (1793-1799)and produced "an unusually large quantity of original and sometimes controversial content." Dennie is introduced as "a character worth dwelling on."
He did not become a public name by virtue of publishing exclusively under pseudonyms.
