Via Food Safety Network. 2 pages., Reports on a contentious roundtable discussion. "Instead of seeking consensus, all too often polemics are dominating."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23032
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Presented at the 2005 Congress of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists,Thun, Switzerland, August 31-September 4, 2005. 5 pages., Describes concentration taking place in agricultural publishing in Switzerland, along with opening of agricultural trade and prospects of limited state subsidies to agriculture. Predicts that the number of agricultural publications will fall.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23035
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Presented at the 2005 Congress of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists,Thun, Switzerland, August 31-September 4, 2005. 3 pages., Member of the Government of the Canton of Berne describes the importance and development of agriculture in that region. Explains that agricultural journalists play an immensely important role in providing education and information to highlight relationships and convey the message.
Content analysis of newspaper and television coverage provides an overview, for the first time, of the frequency, depth and range of coverage of agricultural issues in the Swiss media in 2004. Authors observe that "it may be concluded that media coverage of farming issues is somewhat superficial."
