Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 177 Document Number: C30566
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Via WGN Radio website. 3 pages., Site includes links to:"Video: salute to Orion Samuelson," "Audio: Salute to Orion Samuelson" and other celebration resources. Document includes notes of a one-hour WGN program honoring Orion and his career.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35770
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"The Farm Journalist"series via online. 2 pages., Discusses agricultural journalists' use of new information technologies. "The challenge is not that of attempting to use all available technology but of selecting those parts offering the highest probability of working best for us."
Ziegler, Anna (author), Jamison, Angela Bendorf (author), Keller,Des (author), and Evans, Jim (author)
Format:
Case study
Publication Date:
2010-07
Published:
USA: American Agricultural Editors' Association, New Prague, Minnesota.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: D06613
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Two-page introduction and 13 case studies (26 pages). Prepared by the lead author in cooperation with the AAEA Affiliate Advisory Committee., Case studies written to illustrate the values and principles identified in the AAEA Affiliate Code of Ethics. Each study outlines a hypothetical situation involving an ethical dilemma that an agricultural communications professional might encounter and poses six discussion questions. The discussion guide offers suggested answers and discussion topics. These case studies are used in conjunction with the Affiliate Code of Ethics and are intended to offer practice in recognizing, discussing and resolving ethical dilemmas.
94th annual Pulitzer Prizes in journalism announced by Columbia University, New York.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2010-04-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00663
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Via online. 1 page., Award to Michael Moss and members of The New York Times staff for reporting on contaminated hamburger and other food safety issues.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35775
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"The Farm Journalist"series via online. 2 pages., To agricultural journalists: "Along with other steps you can take to improve yourself, do all you can to neutralize fear."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 175 Document Number: C29969
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Via Food Systems Insider. 4 pages., Author critiques a government program intended to connect consumers more closely with farmers and food, especially through local sources.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: D06612
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Prepared for the Affiliates Ethics Case Studies Project of the American Agricultural Editors' Association, New Prague, Minnesota. 2 pages., Identifies possible topics for case studies, featuring some of the ethical issues that have been identified most commonly in agricultural journalism communications. Three categories:
(1) Information control through financial pressure or incentives. (2) Deception and (3) Pestering editors.
Clipping from Robert Brown., Recognizing Milton Bliss, whose career included broadcasting at the National Broadcasting Company as producer of the "National Farm and Home Hour."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35776
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"The Farm Journalist"series via online. 2 pages., On getting information from others. "To be successful in that regard, you must be kind, understanding, interested and flexible."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35777
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"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.'"
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 175 Document Number: C30044
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Doctor of Philosophy Degree, Oklahoma State University, The document includes only nine dissertation pages that involve entry-level skills needed in agricultural communications, as perceived by agricultural education teachers and industry professionals.
Via online. 3 pages., Author reports on management of an issue that arose from a proposal to feature Michael Jackson in the Butter Cow display of the Iowa State Fair.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35779
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"The Farm Journalist"series via online. 2 pages., Author identifies three farm broadcasters - Jay Gould, Harry Andrews and Harry Martin - "who inspired me more than I ever realized at the time." Urges agricultural journalists to "take stock of those who have encouraged you or given you a helping hand and thank them now before it's too late."
Cussons, David (author) and Nuffield Australia, Griffith, New South Wales.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2009-10
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 174 Document Number: C29574
Notes:
Nuffield Australia Project No. 0903. 52 pages., Report by a participant in the Nuffield Australia Farming Scholars program. Author gathered information in Japan, England, Sweden, USA, Canada and New Zealand.
Via online issue. 1 page., Author describes highlights of a radio interview between Mike Adams of AgriTalk and Brian Walsh, author of a Time magazine article critical of modern food production methods in the U.S. Author describes his approach to the article. Document also identifies access to an audiocast of the 15-minute interview, Notes taken from the interview are attached to the document.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29260
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MorningNewBeat.com via AgriMarketing update. 2 pages., Executive of Whole Foods has stirred "a firestorm of controversy with an op-ed piece on health care reform."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29245
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Via KCET and "Documenting the Face of America" web site. 3 pages., Announcement and summary of a documentary about "the legendary group of New Deal-sponsored photographers who traversed the country in the 1930s and early 1940s to capture some of the most iconic images in history."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C29126
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Online via CCA News. 2 pages., Summary of remarks by journalist Jacqui Banaszynski to those at the 2009 conference of the Cooperative Communicators Association.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C30046
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Posted at http://www.aaaeonline.org/files/national_09/papers/9.pdf, Presented at the American Association for Agricultural Education Research Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, May 20-22, 2009. 13 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 179 Document Number: C35784
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"The Farm Journalist"series via online. 2 pages., Commends to agricultural journalists a book, The professor and the madman: a tale of murder, insanity and the making of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 145 Document Number: D06602
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Paper presented at the American Association for Agricultural Education Research Conference,Louisville,Kentucky, May 20-22, 2009. Pages 122-134 in published proceedings.
Simmons, Denny (author) and Cooperative Communicators Association
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2009-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C28961
Notes:
2 pages., Author, an award-winning photojournalist, emphasizes the importance of overlooking diversions and focusing "on what's important - telling truthfull and compelling stories to change the world."
Recognizes the career and contributions of "one of the pioneers in the use of communication for development, a relatively new discipline on the development scene."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C29121
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Via Knight Science Journalism Tracker. 1 page., Reviews a column by Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times about pigs and people as repositories for multiply-resistant staphylococcus aureus. Title: "Our pigs, our food, our health."
AgriMarketing Update via online issue of Entrepreneur. 5 pages., Describes a college student contest involving video clips related to livestock production.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C29122
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Via Knight Science Journalism Tracker. 2 pages., Reviews an article about residents of Kazakhstan who rode, employed and drank the milk of horses more than 5,000 years ago.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C29123
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Via Knight Science Journalism Tracker. 1 page., Reviews coverage by the Anchorage Daily News and New York Times about uses of wind energy in rural Alaska.
