Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12116
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Online from the website of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona. 3 pages., Author describes four things for reporters to keep in mind as context when covering jobs in the energy sector of society.
USA: Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN)
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09876
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Via FERN website. 7 pages., Addresses the broad issue of "fake news" through a case example focused on reporting at the "complex intersection of the meatpacking industry, immigration, the rise of fake news, and the changing face of America's heartland." The example focuses on reporting about Somali and other refugees working at a meat packing plant near Garden City, Kansas.
USA: Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: D11666
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2 pages., Author examines implications of Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods. Suggests possible consequences such as anti-trust charges of monopoly and impact on agricultural businesses and suppliers in the food chain. Also offers advice to reporters in covering this development.
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.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11198
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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.
USA: 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: 201 Document Number: D11700
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2 pages., Online from publisher website., Author discusses some business impacts of climate change and offers suggestions for coverage by business and science writers.
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.
Online via cattlenetwork.com. "Best of Drovers - this month's top stories." 2 pages., Involves the defamation settlement Disney paid to Beef Products Inc. for faulty, damaging reporting by ABC-TV involving the BPI product, lean finely textured beef.
