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    103. An uncomfortable assessment

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Myers, Fred (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2009-07-25
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35782
    Notes:
    "The Farm Journalist"series via online. 3 pages., Examines problems facing the agricultural press and the publishers, editors and journalists working in it.

    108. Another day, another dollar

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Myers, Fred (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2007
    Published:
    USA: American Agricultural Editors' Association, New Prague, Minnesota.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: C25624
    Journal Title:
    ByLine
    Journal Title Details:
    : 18-20

    109. Another development

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Ramirez, Ricardo (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2009-05-04
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 183 Document Number: C37232
    Notes:
    Via BBC World Service - Communication, Media and Development Policy. 5 pages., Author urges change in the approach to development rather than assume that an infusion of good communication would enhance development. "..the heart and soul seems to have seeped out of the development world - it has, without doubt turned into a giant business governed at a corporate level with mind-numbing rules and regulations. There remains little room for creativity and innovation - in our mind a hallmark of good development."

    111. Anti-biotech film a "crockumentary"

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Milloy, Steven (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2005-10-06
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23180
    Notes:
    Via AgBioView and Food Safety Network. 2 pages., Author comments about a new movie, "The Future of Food."

    112. Antimicrobial animal drug sales and distribution reporting

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Rogers, Laura (author / Pew Charitable Trusts), Hansen, Gail R. (author / Pew Charitable Trusts), and Pew Health Group, Washington, D.C.
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2012-10-10
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 183 Document Number: D00044
    Notes:
    Report to the Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, regarding a docket item for proposed rulemaking., 3 pages.

    114. Any ideas on how to persuade kids that journalism is a noble calling?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Evans, Jim (author) and Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana.
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2007-07
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C26056
    Notes:
    3 pages, Thoughts offered in response to that question from a professional agricultural journalist. Focus on key appeals, key audiences and some possible means.

    115. Appetite for change: new documentary shows flaws in mass food industry chain of fools

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Wilner, Paul (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2009-06
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 192 Document Number: D03055
    Journal Title:
    Monterrey County Weekly
    Notes:
    Via website of the periodical. 2 pages., Author reviews the documentary, Food, Inc.

    118. Are sustainability and stewardship the same?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Southwood, Andrew (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2020-07-15
    Published:
    USA: Farm Journal Media
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11762
    Journal Title:
    Packer
    Notes:
    Online from publisher. 2 pages., Author suggests that while many in the produce industry use "sustainability" and "stewardship" as interchangeable terms,they are not. "True sustainability is a mindset that is international in its approach, purposeful in the value it adds to all stakeholders, resource-optimized for operations, circular in thinking, supply chain resilient, ecologically friendly and culturally attuned."

    120. Are you instagramming?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Latzke, Jennifer M. (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2013-11
    Published:
    USA: American Agricultural Editors' Association, New Prague, MN.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 189 Document Number: D02018
    Journal Title:
    AAEA ByLine
    Notes:
    Via online. 2 pages.

    126. Attack of the killer labels

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Byrne, Jay (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2003
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: C26955
    Notes:
    Online from V-Fluence web site via PR Reporter. 3 pages., "Words like 'frankenfoods' and 'genetic engineering' scare consumers and deny them the facts about agricultural biotechnology and food safety, the author writes."

    135. Balance serves both sides

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Young-Puyear, Cyndi (author / Brownfield Network)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2016-04-29
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11024
    Journal Title:
    Illinois AgriNews
    Journal Title Details:
    39(9) : D6
    Notes:
    "It is not the job of an ag news broadcaster or agricultural journalist to be an 'advocate'." ..."covering all sides of a story is a responsibility for any reporter."

    137. Barton Hinkle wins the 2008 Bastiat Prize

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    International Policy Network, London, UK.
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2008-10-22
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28461
    Notes:
    7 pages., Deputy editorial page editor of the Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch earns an international award for an editorial, "Government can solve the food crisis, too."

    139. Be a lover of life

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Myers, Fred (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2009-12-28
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35777
    Notes:
    "The Farm Journalist"series via online. 2 pages., Advice to ag journalists: "Utter these words aloud: 'Lord, just for today, help me make mediocrity fabulous.'"

    144. Beware of observational studies and sensational headlines

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Williams, Daren (author / Board President, Agricultural Relations Council)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2015-12
    Published:
    USA: Agricultural Relations Council, New Prague, Minnesota.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: D06505
    Journal Title:
    ARCLight
    Journal Title Details:
    : 1-2

    148. Biotech and inequality

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Senker, Peter (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2000-04
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 112 Document Number: C10964
    Journal Title Details:
    2 pages
    Notes:
    Center for International Development at Harvard University (CID), Cambridge, Mass.

    153. Biotechnology: how to "bat" criticism

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Manjunath, T. M. (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2006-04-29
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: C23907
    Notes:
    AgBioView from www.agbioworld.org via Food Safety Network. 2 pages., How to handle criticism, using cricket concepts.

    155. Blessed be the communicators for they shall inherit the lectern

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Dalton, Clive (author) and New Zealand Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators.
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2008-11
    Published:
    New Zealand
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28789
    Notes:
    Via Guild web site. 2 pages, Author commends the audience-oriented approach used by an effective speaker.

    158. Boost your image

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Roenfeldt, Shirley (author) and Watson, Kim (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2004-06-10
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 174 Document Number: C29607
    Journal Title:
    Drovers
    Notes:
    Via online. 1 page.

    161. Bringing science communication into policy

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Dickson, David (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2003-02-17
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: C16056
    Notes:
    3 p., This comment is based on a talk delivered to the annual meeting of American Association for the Advancement of Science on 17 February 2003 in Denver, Colorado

    162. Broadband for rural America - not just for people anymore

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    O'Brien, Charlie (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2013-06
    Published:
    USA: Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 189 Document Number: D01611
    Journal Title:
    Ag Executive Advisor
    Journal Title Details:
    22
    Notes:
    Need to get broadband services to technologically advanced machines "on the back 40."

    164. Broadcast localism

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Evans, James F. (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2004-09-08
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: C25288
    Notes:
    Comments before the Federal Communications Commission in the matter of Broadcast Localism, RM-10803. 2 pages., Author urged the Commission to seek ways to help maintain and encourage more localized agricultural programming on radio and television stations throughout the nation.

    166. Building common ground

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Fraley, Robb (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2014-09
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D05720
    Journal Title:
    Agri Marketing
    Journal Title Details:
    52(7) : 54
    Notes:
    Question-answer format for insights from the chief technology officer of Monsanto.

    168. Building the ACT fire

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Evans, Jim (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2000-07-25
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 119 Document Number: C13609
    Notes:
    3 p., 30th Anniversary Observance, Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow, Washington, D.C., July 25, 2000

    170. Bureau of Lost Management: Narrow interests now dominate the agency's direction

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Kenna, Jim (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2020-07
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11728
    Journal Title:
    High Country News
    Journal Title Details:
    52(7) : 42
    Notes:
    Online from publisher., Author observes how the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is losing sight of the traditional mission of maintaining public lands and passing them intact to the next generation. "The BLM's mission is not ideological and does no give preference to certain land users. Its legal mandate calls for managing public lands for a variety of uses, treating energy generation and conservation equally. But now, the agency is losing sight of that mission."

    172. CBC hyperlocal project a first for Canada

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Baluja, Tamara (author) and Washburn, Rob (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2013-04-04
    Published:
    Canada
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07635
    Notes:
    Via J-Source, publication of the Canadian Journalism Project led by Ryerson University,Universite Laval and Carleton University. 2 pages.

    174. CHI favorite: do rural and urban people uses social media differently?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Hinman, Rachel (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2008-04-14
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D06700
    Notes:
    Online via Adaptive Path, San Francisco, California. 3 pages., Blog review of a paper presented by Eric Gilbert and colleagues at CHI 2008. (See Document No. D06699) about rural and urban uses of social media. Author comments on evidence of "how people in rural areas say they want to reach beyond their communities, but in practice, they don't."

    175. CNBC anchor delivers common sense view of production agriculture

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Jefferson, Rich (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2011-06
    Published:
    USA: Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 181 Document Number: C36379
    Journal Title:
    Ag Executive Advisor
    Journal Title Details:
    14: 3, 9
    Notes:
    Via online.

    177. CSPI "risky meat" report called a gimmick

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Henderson, Greg (author) and Drovers CattleNetwork.
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2013-04-24
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 188 Document Number: D01378
    Notes:
    Via online. 1 page., Concerns an analysis by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).

    178. CSPI's perverted pyramid

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Murphy, Dan (author) and Drovers CattleNetwork.
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2013-04-25
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 188 Document Number: D01376
    Notes:
    Via online. 2 pages., Critical view of news media coverage based on information from the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).

    184. Can we stop the attack?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    O'Brien, Charlie (author / Association of Equipment Manufacturers) and Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2010-03
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 175 Document Number: C29967
    Journal Title:
    Ag Executive Advisor
    Journal Title Details:
    9 : 1,3
    Notes:
    "So how do we get the word out that Agriculture is not only safe, but a vital industry?"

    186. Canadian farmers to lose veteran political correspondent in Ottawa

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Ditchburn, Jennifer (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2014-01-20
    Published:
    Canada
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: D07572
    Journal Title:
    j-source
    Notes:
    Interview with Barry Wilson, correspondent for the Western Producer., Publication of the Canadian Journalism Project, Ryerson University, Université Laval, and Carleton University

    193. Changes in ag communications

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Zimmerman, Chuck (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2010-10-14
    Published:
    USA: ZimmComm New Media, Holts Summit, Missouri.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C30698
    Notes:
    Online via AgWired. 2 pages.

    194. Changing communication methods in agriculture

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Davis, Vince M. (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2009-07-02
    Published:
    USA: Integrated Pest Management Program, University of Illinois Extension, Urbana, Illinois.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29249
    Journal Title:
    Bulletin
    Journal Title Details:
    15 : Article 1

    199. Chicken group's ad campaign low budget yet high impact

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Murphy, Dan (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2006-06-23
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24469
    Notes:
    Meatingplace.com via Food Safety Network. 3 pages., Commends efforts in the poultry industry to emphasize "substance" rather than the "sizzle" that often characterizes high-profile marketing campaigns these days.