Thomson, James C. (author / American Agricultural Editors' Association), Hardy, Maurice (author / Association Canadian des Redacteurs Agricoles de Langua Francaise), Atkins, George S. (author / Canadian National Association of Farm Broadcasters), Lewington, Peter (author / Canadian Farmer Writers Federation), and Haeberli, Rolf (author / International Federation of Agricultural Journalists)
Format:
Panel report
Publication Date:
1967-06
Published:
International: First International Congress of Farm Writers.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 73 Document Number: D10792
Notes:
Located in Document D10786. Claude W. Gifford Collection. Beyond his materials in the ACDC collection, the Claude W. Gifford Papers, 1919-2004, are deposited in the University of Illinois Archives. Serial Number 8/3/81. Locate finding aid at https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/, Pages 57-66 in J.S. Cram (ed.), Proceedings of the first International Congress of Farm Writers at Macdonald College, Quebec, Canada, June 18-21, 1967. 112 pages.
Online via Ebscohost. 1 page., Author discusses aspects of the importance of membership and active involvement in organizations like North American Agricultural Journalists and the American Agricultural Editors' Association for farm editors and writers to present real stories and struggles of farmers in the U.S. and Canada.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 183 Document Number: C37355
Notes:
See C37280 for original, Page 76 in Fred Myers, Running the gamut: writings of Fred Myers, journalist and 50-year members, American Agricultural Editors' Association. Fred Myers, publishers, Florence, Alabama. 125 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D02916
Notes:
PowerPoint visuals of presentation by the chair of the National Ethics Committee,Society of Professional Journalists, at the Agricultural Media Summit, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 29, 2014. 9 pages.
3 pages., Online via publisher. May issue., Author's description of his career in agricultural journalism, experiences with the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ), benefits of AAEA, and perspectives about writing.
Online from publisher. 5 pages., Career summary, including service as president of the American Agricultural Editors' Association (AAEA) during 1986-87 and 2011 recipient of the AAEA Lifetime Achievement Award.
