Greene, Edward L. (author / National Vigilance Committee) and Agricultural Publishers Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Format:
Speech
Publication Date:
1925-05-27
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24901
Notes:
Special Bulletin No. 50. 3 pages., Speaker from the National Vigilance Committee commends the agricultural press for protecting farmers from fly-by-night promoters and unfair advertisements.
AAEA members, their publications and advertisers are showing signs of strengthening the role of editorial independence in today's commercial environment.
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.
Hays, Robert G. (author), Reisner, Ann E. (author), and Office of Agricultural Communications and Extension Education, University of Illinois; Office of Agricultural Communications and Extension Education, University of Illinois
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03022
James F. Evans Collection; Paper presented at the 1987 ACE Annual Meeting, Baton Rouge, LA; Condensed version; for original paper, see C02160, This paper explores tentative ideas about the effects which extension communicators might have on the relationship between agri-business writers and writers and editors for farm magazines and newspaper farm departments. An open-ended questionnaire was sent to members of two professional agricultural journalist associations: Newspaper Farm Editors Association and the American Agricultural Editors Association. Responses identified advertising and public relations writers as the principal perceived source of ethical dilemmas in agricultural journalism. None identified extension communicators as a source of concern. We suggest that the availability of extension news acts as a buffer for agricultural newspaper and magazine writers, protecting them from relying more heavily on agribusiness news copy. (original)
James F. Evans Collection; Paper presented at the 1989 Annual Conference of Agricultural Communicators in Education; 1989 July; Portland, OR, Responses from a mail survey of 190 journalists who work for farm journals -- a 78 response rate -- reveal that about two thirds of the journalists say advertisers have threatened their journals on occasion, and about one-half say that advertising has actually been withdrawn. The journalists also report that advertisers sometimes attempt to win over journalists with gifts, free meals, or in other ways, usually not with success. These journalists report that most farm publications do not have a clear policy in dealing with advertiser influence. At the same time, most farm journals are struggling to maintain advertising, a struggle that makes them vulnerable to pressures.
Swanson, Harold B. (author / University of Minnesota, Dept of Information and Agricultural Journalism) and University of Minnesota, Dept of Information and Agricultural Journalism
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1980
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 53 Document Number: C00719
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 Document Number: C36857
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 13, Page 1 of Special Bulletin No. 9., Advertiser's letter to a member publication criticizes advertising that lowers confidence in farm magazines and urges them to clean up their advertising.
Cites journalism educator Don Ranley who urges maintaining the wall between editorial and advertising, in the interest of reader credibility. "I am not a businessman, but it has to be good business to be trusted."
