Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D02820
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Software Review via National Newspaper Association, Columbia, Missouri. 3 pages., Case report about approaches and keys to publishing community newspapers.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05738
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"Blog Stories on Extension." Online from AgroInsight, Ghent, Belgium. 2 pages., Author tracks the historic importance of documenting and translating, across time and cultures. Cites a network used by Access Agriculture to record farmer-to-farmer training videos in local languages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07688
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Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona. 3 pages., Featuring farmer markets in airport terminals.
USA: International Food Information Council Foundation, Washington, D.C.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: D10554
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3 pages., Via website, International Food Information Council Foundation., While consumers cite broad aspects like taste, price and familiarity as the top reasons to purchase certain foods, they also crave a deeper understanding of what they are eating. Americans want to learn more about the origins of their food and its entire journey from farm to fork, according to the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: D10569
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3 pages., via website, Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Community banks are essential to the local economy and play a vital role in the nation’s financial health. They provide business journalists a plethora of stories. To jump-start your reporting, here are national and regional trends regarding local banks.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: D11535
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4 pages., Online via Poynter Institute website., Featured a two-way educational program involving professional journalists at local rural newspapers and undergraduate students in the School of Journalism, University of Missouri. This article in the series involved a student working for one week with the editorial staff of the Bowling Green Times newspaper. Student learned about community journalism and shared information about use of social media platforms.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: D11589
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5 pages., Online via publisher. 5 pages., Author interviewed Al Cross, director of the Institute of Rural Journalism and Community Issues, about the background of the Rural Blog and more generally about changes in the ways national and local journalists cover - or talk about- rural journalism. Other topics involved gaps in national news coverage about rural areas, who is doing rural journalism well, and effects of newspaper ownership changes in the types of stories that rural news outlets cover.
USA: Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D11682
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2 pages., Via online article., Report on how local makers and crafting movements are unfolding for artisans, small-batch food producers, and other local makers. Identifies possible story angles for journalists.
Interational: Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D11693
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2 pages., Online from publisher website., Cites trends in lifestyles of sending as little to the landfill as possible and offers ideas for local new coverage of efforts along that line (including those of local grocery stores and restaurants).
