Summary of changes associated with the 100-year history of the American Agricultural Editors' Association, as well as future challenges and opportunities.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27816
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Short biographies from the Agricultural Journalism Library, University of Wisconsin, Madison., Subjects include: Norman J. Coleman, Coleman's Rural World -- H.W. Collingwood, Rural New Yorker -- Pietro de Crescenzi, an Italian agricultural writer (1230-1320) -- Samuel Hartlib, Great Britain (1600-??) -- Gervase Markham, Great Britain (1568-1637) -- Sir John Sinclair, Scotland (1754-1835) -- John Stuart Skinner, American Farmer -- Jethro Tull, Great Britain (1674-??) -- Thomas Tusser, Great Britain (1524-1580) -- Jethro Wood, inventor of the modern plow -- Arthur Young, Great Britain (1741-1820)
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: D11543
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2 pages., Online via AgriMarketing Weekly. 1 page., Announcement of change in leadership of one of the nation's pioneer agricultural periodicals/media firms.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11348
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Onlina via Conservapedia. 2 pages., Biography of Cully A. Cobb, a pioneer agricultural journalist, printer, publisher, educator and philanthropist in the American South.
4 pages., Via online., "The chief ethical fear for the past 99 years of agricultural journalism has been that one of our number would cuddle up closer to advertisers than others of us, and reap unethical benefits of that. The chief charge of every Ethics Committee [of AAEA] has been to protect our collective readers from any hoodwinking that would come from such collusion. As I look toward that 100th year, I wonder who needs protecting from whom." Examines pressures on agricultural journalists in the wake of divided audience perspectives about the role of agricultural media in covering contentious political issues
1 page., Online from March 6, 2020, issue of the periodical., Tribute to a long-time agricultural journalist, written by an editorial associate at the Delta Farm Press magazine.