Reports on a meeting of agriculture and journalism deans to examine agricultural journalism curricula. They hear calls for courses and curricula that encompass not only "micro" skills (e.g., writing and broadcasting techniques) but also "macro" aspects such as international communications, rural-urban issues and national food and agricultural policy concerns.
Irani, Tracy (author), Sitton, Shelly (author), Hynes, James W. (author), Cartmell, D. Dwayne (author), Blackwell, Cindy (author), and Edwards, M. Craig (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2008-03
Published:
Mali
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: C27715
Notes:
Pages 83-92 in proceedings of the annual meeting of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education at EARTH University, Costa Rica, on March 9-15, 2008.
Solomon, Norman (author) and Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, New York City, New York.
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2006-05-16
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24433
Notes:
Retrieved July 7, 2006, Media Beat. 2 pages., Author discusses the limitations of journalistic work related to hunger throughout the world. "Journlism can't answer those questions. But journalism should ask them."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25907
Notes:
Posted at http://wesj2007.internetguruhosting.net/conference-program, Report of two related sessions at the 5th World Congress of Science Journalists in Melbourne, Australia, on April 16-20, 2007. 2 pages., Summaries of two sessions: "Climate change in ocean and how the media balance the reporting" and "Reporting climate change: the developing world perspective."
Solomon, Norman (author) and Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, New York City, New York.
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2005-11-23
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24434
Notes:
Retrieved July 7, 2006, Media Beat. 2 pages., "Today, some people have bountiful tables while others have very little. On the rhetorical surface, Thanksgiving marks a time of appreciation. But meanwhile, most of all, media outlets encourage us to buy - and forget."
