Swasy, Alecia (author / Washington and Lee University)
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2016
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11222
Notes:
Online from Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida. 3 pages., Observations based on analysis of thousands of articles spanning 50 years from 1964-2014. Findings prompt the author to observe that reporters given the chance to travel to remote areas have done a terrific job of putting a face on the plight of the rural poor."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29251
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From BrownfieldAgNews via AgriMarketing update. 1 page., Reports on ag industry reactions to what one critic described as a "full-blown opinion piece disguised as news" in Time magazine.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29365
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Via Drovers magazine. 3 pages., AgriTalk host Mike Adams interviews Bryan Walsh, author of a Time magazine cover article critical of the food and farming system and practices. Issue of balance in reporting of news media.
Online via keyword search of UI Library eCatalog. 7 pages., Analysis based on media database maintained by the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association, which stores publicly available news media reports of agricultural injuries and fatalities in Canada. Fjindings suggested that prevention messages were rare (6.3% of 856 relevant articles) in media reporting of farm injuries and were decreasing during 2010-2017.
8 pages, Online via UI Library electronic subscription, Examined news media reporting on farm injuries in Canada, 2010 through 2017. Only 6.3% of 856 identified articles included a prevention message. Authors concluded that prevention messages are rare in media reporting of farm injuries and are decreasing over time. "Improved reporting is needed to aid in farm injury prevention."
