Weiss, Dick (author) and Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix.
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2008-07-31
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: C28172
Notes:
Via online. 13 pages., Author cites three newspaper articles that reflect excellence in agricultural reporting, especially in terms of "putting pictures in readers' heads with telling details." Two of the three articles are available in printed format with URLs to online sources.
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."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D06213
Notes:
Pages 257-271 in Matthew W. Seeger, Timothy L. Sellnow and Robert R. Ulmer (eds), Crisis communication and the public health. Hampton Press Inc., Cresskill, N.J. 287 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11198
Notes:
Online from ProPublica. 3 pages., Report of a response to ProPublica by a poultry company, Case Farms, described by government officials as "outrageously dangerous." Focus is on accuracy of information provided and reported.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 183 Document Number: C37314
Notes:
See C37280 for original, Page 35 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.
