Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D02932
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International Public Relations Association. Article 832. 4 pages., Case study of an award-winning public relations campaign involving water services in Queensland, Australia.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D02935
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International Public Relations Association. 3 pages., Case study involving an award-winning campaign for crisis management by a Hungarian food firm. 3 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05749
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Professional Improvement Foundation, American Agricultural Editors' Association, New Prague, Minnesota., Calendar features some of the best images from the 2014 AAEA Photo Awards contest.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 142 Document Number: D06392
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Wallaces Farmer/Penton contribution to ACDC, November 2015., 8 pages., Describes the Iowa Master Farmer Awards program founded by Wallaces Farmer magazine in 1926 and continuing through 2014 to honor outstanding Iowa farm families. Includes operations of the Iowa Master Farmer Foundation, which was formed in 2002.
This issue is in the ACDC file of NAAJ/NFEA newsletters., News item about a series of investigative stories, "Failing the Grade," by Jeff Taylor and Mike McGraw that earned a Pulitzer Prize for the Kansas City Star.
This article is accompanied by three others featuring Ella Ebery., Online via Upstart, The Magazine for Emerging Jurnalists. 3 pages., Features a respected 95-year-old (in 2011)editor of a local newspaper, the North Central News, in central Victoria, Australia.
Statistical report in the 175th anniversary issue of Prairie Farmer. Features data about master farmer awards, the Prairie Farmer building, WLS Radio as part of Prairie Farmer Company, Farm Progress Shows and the Prairie Farmer Protective Union.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Folder: 161 Document Number: D07838
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"Airing on the side of agriculture" article, National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Platte City, Missouri. 2 pages., Rural radio station offers rewards for cattle theft detection.
Jackson, Janine (author) and Bell, Beverly (author)
Format:
Interview
Publication Date:
2015-10-22
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: D08693
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Transcript posted on the website of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), New York City, New York. Interview of Beverly Bell, coordinator of Other Worlds, a "women-led and movement-building collaborative." 6 pages.
USA: Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08893
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Pages 23-25 in Lucinda Crile, Review of Extension Research - January to December 1953, Extension Service Circular 493, January 1954. Summary of the author's Master of Science thesis, Iowa State College, Ames. 1953. 236 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09317
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Online from Goldman Environmental Foundation. 2 pages., "In a country with growing socioeconomic inequality and human rights violations, Berta Caceres (d. 2016) rallied the indigenous Lenca people of Honduras and waged a grassroots campaign that successfully pressured the world's largest dam builder to pull out of the Agua Zarca Dam."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09318
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Online from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, New York City, New York. 5 pages., Interview with Beverly Bell on Berta Caceres and indigenous environmental activism. Caceres was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2015 for leading an indigenous campaign that successfully pressured the world's largest dam builder to pull out of the Agua Zarca Dam.
9 pages., Includes a link to the seven-page article which this award-winning agricultural reporter wrote for the February 2018 issue of Western Horseman magazine.
DuPont Crop Protection (author) and Exponent PR (author)
Format:
Online document
Publication Date:
2015
Published:
United States: Public Relations Society of America
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 8 Document Number: D10301
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3 pages., Via Silver Anvil Awards., Doubling the world’s food supply in the next 35 years is no small challenge, but that’s what will be required to feed the estimated global population of 9 billion people. That goal will be achieved by increasing production one farmer at a time. Crop production continues to get more complicated with challenges from weather, weed competition, disease, insects and more – and every growing season is unique. Exponent Public Relations brought targeted, relevant, up-to-the-minute solutions to farmers and their consultants by identifying and sharing expertise of local DuPont Crop Protection experts.
Winfield United (author), Exponent PR (author), and Colle+McVoy (author)
Format:
Online document
Publication Date:
2017
Published:
United States: Public Relations Society of America
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 8 Document Number: D10305
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3 pages., Via Silver Anvil Awards., WinField United teamed up with Exponent PR and its sister agency, Colle+McVoy, to unleash a multi-channeled communications blitz to help farmers and retailers be more efficient and sustainably connect the dots using WinField United’s proprietary precision agriculture tools and data platforms. Additionally, the team took on the challenge of telling the remarkable story of modern agriculture to the masses.
2 pages., Via online journal., Author's editorial in Farm Futures magazine was a winning entry in the 2018 AAEA Communication recognition program. Author questioned the presidential trade and immigration moves that "to me, made no sense for U.S agriculture or for that matter the general economy." In this article he described his rationale, reader reactions, and approach to writing editorials.
USA: American Agricultural Editors' Association (AAEA).
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 47 Document Number: D10711
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69 pages., 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/, Features award-winning article and photos in this national recognition program.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10892
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Online from the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, Lexington, Kentucky, Rural Blog. 3 pages., Describes the editorial approach of two award-winning local newspapers in focusing on the human toll of changing market forces in the dairy industry.
The award-winning editorial (two pages)is attached to this document. It is available online at https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-life/beware-rural-outrage-cycle., Via online issue. 2 pages., This editorial was written by the author of the winning entry in the Editorial Opinion category, 2019 AAEA communications contest.
Online from publisher. 6 pages., Case example includes description of successful use of farmer-to-farmer knowledge exchange and festivals for rural-urban populations featuring ways to get these climate-hardy crops back on their plates.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11356
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Radio program transcript online from National Public Radio. 4 pages., "Weekend Edition" program describes the approach taken by a Pulitzer-winning "small town" newspaper in Storm Lake, Iowa, writing editorials challenging corporate agribusiness interests in the state. Transcript also briefly cites experiences of two additional small town Iowa newspapers.
USA: National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Platte City, Missouri.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: D11411
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97 pages., 2019 membership directory of the organization, including members of current NAFB councils and historical member information. "NAFB 75 years strong."
2 pages., Online from publisher., Report from the photographer who took a winning photograph in the 2019 AAEA communications competition. Described conditions and methods used.
15 pages., Online via UI e-subscription., Researchers analyzed antecedents and consequences of affective commitment revealed "the importance of pleasant arousal in reinforcing self-expressive recycling in order to increase the affective commitment."
Online from publication. 1 page., Produce Market Guide magazine invites applicants for a new Produce Artist Award to honor the work of merchandisers bringing seasonality to life in produce departments with large, creative displays that show shoppers which fruits and vegetables are plentiful, delicious and a great value in a given week.
Via online issue. 6 pages., Part of a series about how to succeed in produce display contests. This article emphasizes how display contests grow shopping basket size, expose new items to customers, help create an engaging image, build teamwork within the store, generate fun, and allow your community and beyond to see your work. "In the end, it really is all about having fun."
Online from publisher. 1 page., Memories of a 32-year member of AAEA, including eight years as executive secretary-treasurer and recipient of the 2010 AAEA Meritorious Service Award.
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.
Online from the publication., Tribute to a founder member of the Guild of Agricultural Journalists and winner of the first all-Ireland agricultural journalism award.
Online from the publication., Former agricultural editor in Ireland and officer of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) awarded an MBE last month on the Queen's birthday honours list.
Via online. 1 page., Announcement of Leigh Radford, retired national head of rural and national programs with Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Regional, as recipient of the 2019 Order of Australia Medal(OAM).
UI Library subscription., Introduction of Gary Truitt and Joe Cornely as new inductees into the Hall of Fame of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB).
UI Library subscription., Report about a National AgriMarketing Association award-winning docudrama, "30 Harvests." It was produced for the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action (USFRA) organization to encourage food companies to join with agriculture in the battle against climate change. Describes the origin and production of this film, as well as the planning for a paid media budget by USFRA and the CLUTCH consultancy/agency, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Online from publication. 2 pages., Report of a Food Impact Award presented to Food Fight GA, an organization established during the COVID-19 pandemic to help Atlanta-area restaurant workers and farmers who supply the restaurants. The organization distributed nearly 4,000 produce boxes to restaurant workers and farmers.
Via online issue. 1 page., Description of an award-winning handbook, entitled "Guide to the Capitol." It was produced and published by the Kansas Farm Bureau for use by members in engaging with elected officials at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas.
Via online issue. 1 page., Announcement and brief description of the award-winning ARC feature story, "Overcoming labor challenges," entered by Farm Credit East.
