Report of a 2002 Sigma Delta Chi award winner in the category, Feature reporting - photography. The Des Moines (Iowa) Register newspaper created a photo documentary of every county fair in the state (100 fairs in 99 counties). Published 100 photos in a series that "capture the essence of rural Iowan society."
Brown, Laurie Ezzell (author / Canadian Record, Canadian, Texas)
Format:
Speech
Publication Date:
2007-04-20
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: C25753
Notes:
Presented in acceptance of the Tom and Pat Gish Award for courage, tenacity and integrity in rural journalism. Presented by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the National Summit on Journalism in Rural America, Lexington, Kentucky, April 20, 2007. 3 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29919
Notes:
307 pages., Includes discussion about agricultural coverage of the paper during this period. Describes the Pulitzer Prize winning agricultural reporting by Lauren Soth (international relations), Nick Kotz (meat packing industry) and James Risser (grain trade).
Describes how AdFarm, an agricultural marketing and communications firm, invests in two company-sponsored farms to permit staff members to "get a taste of what farmers in North America experience every growing season." Also describes other efforts to make "deeper connections" between "ag-ness" and "ad-ness."
Question-answer article involving the creative directors of five agricultural advertising agencies. Questions posed: How have consolidation and tightening budgets affected the creative side of what your agency offers to clients? Have you seen a shift i
