Specht, Annie R. (author) and Rhoades, Emily B. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2011-02
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 188 Document Number: D01502
Notes:
Paper presented in the Agricultural Communications Section of the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists annual meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas, February 6-7, 2011. 23 pages.
Case analysis of inadequacies in the culture of "advocacy journalism by foundation-based researchers and academics." Documents flaws in the approach of a "senior policy analysis" employed by a conservative foundation to assess he effectiveness of the United Nations (in this case, the role of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN in advancing agricultural development.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 176 Document Number: C30262
Notes:
7 pages., "If more of our news is going to be produced by non-traditional sources - like NGOs who have an interest in promoting their own agenda - how can news consumers sort through their sources and figure out who to believe?"
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29251
Notes:
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.
