Retrieved 11/01/2006, Charleston Newspapers, via LexisNexis Academic. 3 pages., Author, publisher of the Anniston Star (Alabama), speaks about the role and worth of the community newspaper.
Southeastern Newspapers Corporation via LexisNexis Academic. 2 pages., Author comments about pressures on tv meteorologists to avoid discussing global warming, a topic that he believes may jeopardize advertising revenues from corporate advertisers.
Miraldi, Robert (author) and Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, D.C.
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2006
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24428
Notes:
Retrieved July 7, 2006, 2 pages., Comments on the high cost Oprah Winfrey incurred in defending against the defamation suit by beef interests. "When an industry can haul a speaker into court for merely discussing food safety, the result, inevitably, is silence of the next speaker."
Solomon, Norman (author) and Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, New York City, New York.
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2006-05-16
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24433
Notes:
Retrieved July 7, 2006, Media Beat. 2 pages., Author discusses the limitations of journalistic work related to hunger throughout the world. "Journlism can't answer those questions. But journalism should ask them."
Solomon, Norman (author) and Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, New York City, New York.
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2005-11-23
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24434
Notes:
Retrieved July 7, 2006, Media Beat. 2 pages., "Today, some people have bountiful tables while others have very little. On the rhetorical surface, Thanksgiving marks a time of appreciation. But meanwhile, most of all, media outlets encourage us to buy - and forget."
Author criticizes the Wall Street Journal newspaper for spreading "misinformation" in blaming an increase in gasoline prices on increases in ethanol prices.
"It's apparent that 50 years ago our Association was still naive about the importance of sales and marketing to our employers and the advertising community."
Retrieved June 28, 2006, Features the career and effectiveness of John Winter, editor of Farm Mail, published by the Daily Mail newspaper. Considered "one of the leading agricultural journalists of the second half of the twentieth century."
"Meredith's primary legacy was in the field of journalism, where he gave force to a publishing concept now called 'Service Journalism.' Meredith was aware of publishing trends, but he never strayed from the success formula that he discovered: Service."
USA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24613
Notes:
Retrieved August 2, 2006, Chapter 6 of a 269-page guide. 8 pages., Resources for media about threats involving international contamination of food products, risks from foodborne illnesses, and new systems for information sharing and reporting.
Authors analyze four message formats in risk communications: persuasive, balanced, dialectical, and dialectical with narrative stories. "Preliminary evidence suggests that dialectical messages are successful in increasing respondent critical thinking about risk issues, while not significantly increasing respondent level of concern compared with other message types."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24713
Notes:
Retrieved August 28, 2006, Via InsideIndianaBusiness.com Report. 2 pages., Announces creation of Hossier Ag Today, a series of radio programs hosted by veteran farm broadcaster Gary Truitt.
International Programme for the Development of Communication, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Format:
News release
Publication Date:
2004-02-03
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24721
Notes:
Retrieved September 16, 2006, 1 page., Describes a monthly selection of rural reportage from a wide range of local and community newspapers from different parts of India. "A considerable number of mainstream newspapers are now using 'Grassroots' as a source of rural news features."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24724
Notes:
Retrieved October 14, 2005, Via Science and Development Network. 4 pages., "A democratic dialogue over science-related issues is critical for modern societies. But providing reliable information in an accessible way is an essential prerequisite for this to occur." Author notes a worrying trend within much of the world's media whereby a traditional commitment to reporting facts is giving way to coverage on interpretations of fact (or "spin").
International Press Institute (author) and International Press Institute
Format:
Letter
Publication Date:
1999-08-10
Published:
Indonesia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24729
Notes:
Retrieved September 16, 2006, 2 pages., Letter from the Institute to the Indonesian president condemning the murder of a journalist who had been investigating corruption activities involving an agricultural project for small farmers. Invites investigation and disclosure of findings.
Evans, Jim (author) and International Federation of Agricultural Journalists.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2006-09
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24730
Notes:
Retrieved September 28, 2006, at http://www.ifaj.org/pd/index.htm, Via IFAJ. 5 pages., First of a special series of professional development features for IFAJ members and others regarding crisis communicating. Produced through a partnership of IFAJ and the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, University of Illinois.
Brief reports from Rural Life magazine, Living the Country Life magazine, Progressive Farmer, Rural Lifestyle Radio Group, American Small Farm magazine and National Association of Farm Broadcasting.
Brief reports about serving the fruit and vegetable markets from Meister Media Worldwide, Southeast Agnet, Vance Publishing, Western Farm Press, Malcolm Media Ag Publishing and Annex Publishing.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24758
Notes:
Retrieved September 27, 2006, Via Poynteronline. 3 pages., Case report about award-winning coverage by the News and Observer of issues related to big swine operations in North Carolina.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: C24782
Notes:
Meatingplace.com via Food Safety Network, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. 2 pages., Calls for efforts to educate the media and public about the how and why of reproductive cloning.
Castro, Haroldo (author), Wyss, Jim (author), and World Conservation Union (IUCN), International Union for Conservation and Natural Resources.
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
2003-09-07
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 154 Document Number: C24943
Notes:
Chapter 27 in Denise Hamu, Elisabeth Auchincloss and Wendy Goldstein (eds.), Communicating protected areas. Presented to the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress, Durban, South Africa, September 8-17, 2003.
Evans, Jim (author) and International Federation of Agricultural Journalists.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2006-10
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 154 Document Number: C25097
Notes:
3 pages., Second in a special series of professional development features for IFAJ members regarding crisis communicating. Produced through a partnership of IFAJ and the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, University of Illinois.
Evans, Jim (author) and International Federation of Agricultural Journalists.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2006-11
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 154 Document Number: C25098
Notes:
3 pages., Third in a special series of professional development features for IFAJ members regarding crisis communicating. Produced through a partnership of IFAJ and the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, University of Illinois.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 111 Document Number: C10731
Journal Title Details:
7 pages
Notes:
At An International Conference on Biotechnology, October 1999, Washington, D.C. See Agricultural Biotechnology and the Food edited by G.J. Persley and M. Lantin.
Canadian Association of Journalists (Toronto chapter) (author) and Society of Environmental Journalists (author)
Format:
Panel discussions
Publication Date:
2000-05-27
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 194 Document Number: C11157
Journal Title Details:
one 90 minute tape cassette
Notes:
Environmental Notebook I -- Conference of Canadian Association of Journalists (Toronto chapter) and Society of Environmental Journalists. Toronto, Canada, May 27, 2000.
Canadian Association of Journalists (Toronto chapter) (author) and Society of Environmental Journalists (author)
Format:
Panel discussions
Publication Date:
2000-05-27
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 194 Document Number: C11158
Journal Title Details:
one 90 minute tape cassette
Notes:
Environmental Notebook I -- Conference of Canadian Association of Journalists (Toronto chapter) and Society of Environmental Journalists. Toronto, Canada, May 27, 2000.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 113 Document Number: C11221
Journal Title Details:
page 53-74
Notes:
Also includes discussant remarks in Session II Discussant comments by Robert Agunga at page 75-76, Proceedings of the Agricultural Communicators in Education (ACE): Research Paper Presentations, 25 July 2000, Washington, D.C.
The Research Special Interest Group, Agricultural Communicators in Education (ACE), 25 July 2000, Washington, D.C.
