USA: Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN)
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09876
Notes:
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.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29251
Notes:
From BrownfieldAgNews via AgriMarketing update. 1 page., Reports on ag industry reactions to what one critic described as a "full-blown opinion piece disguised as news" in Time magazine.
Friend, Cecilia (author) and Singer, Jane B. (author)
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
2007
Published:
USA: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., Armonk, New York.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37030
Notes:
245 pages., Includes (page 125) a brief mention of an ethics issue arising from a blogging project connected with marketing a new "Raging Cow" milk drink.
Abstract and citation via UI Library Catalog subject term search/Ebscohost.com., Study revealed that what editors applaud as their contribution to the development of northern Ghana was simply publishing challenges of the North in their various media outlets. Media stories fell short of fulfilling the tenets of development journalism in order to enhance progress in deprived communities. It proposed the re-orientation of journalists to play development advocacy roles.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28822
Notes:
Via "Media Watch" online. 5 pages., "Media Watch" commentator criticizes Queensland Country Life farm paper for "non-journalism" - printing news releases as if they were reported stories. Shows examples.
