USA: University Press of America, Lanham, Maryland.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D02874
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230 pages., Documents ready-print services (sometimes known as patent insides)that furnished newspapers printed on one side, or on two or more pages, to subscribing publishers. Estimated in 1912 to reach 60 million readers in the U.S. Author explores what was being written in those newspapers, and by whom.
See the article in this 75th Anniversary issue (Doc. No. D09286). Special editions - Delta Farm Press, See article in pages 2-3 of this 75th Anniversary issue (Doc. No. D09286)
USA: The Harvest Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 47 Document Number: D10714
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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/, 11 pages, Brief history and description of the publisher of five state farm publications and two trade magazines.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 49 Document Number: D10720
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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/, 2 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C25910
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Posted at www.thehoot.org > "Grassroots media" section, Women's Feature Service via Media South Asia. 3 pages., Describes the development and pioneering role of a rural magazine for which rural women handle all the reporting, writing, editing, layout, artwork, photography and circulation.
Posted at www.ageditors.com, President of American Agricultural Editors' Association describes challenges facing editorial independence and emphasizes the importance of following guidelines identified in the AAEA Code of Ethics.
Agricultural Publishers Association Archives, Representative of a lumber association reports: "It appeared to me that there was an organized effort being made in the farm papers to foster an attitude of suspicion and distrust between the farmer and the small town merchant who sought the farm trade." Issue involves role of mail-order marketing of farm supplies in competition with local businesses.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 183 Document Number: C37352
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See C37280 for original, Page 73 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., Author expresses concern about mediocre work in the farm press.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: C16082
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The copy in ACDC has only the content table, need for farm papers in India section,and conclusions and implications sections of this dissertation, 278 p., University of Missouri
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22492
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Agricultural Publishers Association Record, Jan 1, 1922 - Jul 1, 1922, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 4, University of Illinois Archives., Presented at the annual meeting of the American Agricultural Editors Association, Chicago, Illinois, May 15, 1922. 7 pages., Discusses his view of relationships among editors, advertising departments of farm papers, and advertising agencies.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: C22545
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Published in a column, "The Final Word," from Food Routes Network, Millheim, Pennsylvania. Issue 45. 2 pages., Author reports on consolidation of farm periodicals, with resulting cutbacks in editorial staffing and in local coverage. Describes financial pressures that lead to more use of free-lance writers that often write for ag publications and ag public relations agencies simultaneously. "But the divided loyalties often yield stories that resemble corporate press releases more than journalism." Cites an example from his experience as a free-lance writer.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: C22555
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Presented at the Agricultural Forum of The Miller Publishing Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 24, 1976. 12 pages., Describes the role of the independent farm press and argues for strengthening the independent sector of agricultural publishing. Emphasizes the editorial and technological dimensions.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: C22646
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Presented at the Agricultural Media Summit, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 31, 2005., Author is World President of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists and Chief Executive Officer of IFP Media, which publishes the Irish Farmers Monthly and 30 other periodicals. Examines the relationship between advertising and editorial content, and suggests that integrity and impartial editorial content are "key to maintaining our product standard to ever increasingly discerning audiences."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: C23930
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Via The Hoot, Media Foundation, New Delhi, India. 3 pages., Describes the approach of a vernacular fortnightly published in Orissa's Western Nuapada district. "Besides being interactive and people-centred, the newspaper makes people cognizant of their rights."
Ninan, Sevanti (author) and Malaviya, Sushmita (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2004-06-28
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: C23931
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Via The Hoot, Media Foundation, New Delhi, India. 6 pages., "Two years ago newspaper publishers in these parts witnessed a decline in circulation because of the influence of electronic media. But now there is a whole new territory being carved out in Hindi-speaking rural India b y newspapers which see their urban markets stagnating, and advertising being taken away by TV channels."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: C24023
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Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota. 69 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24170
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International Journalists' Network. 1 page., Describes the origination of Sadiq News, a newsletter that covers freedom of expression issues for rural Pakistan journalists.
"Meredith's primary legacy was in the field of journalism, where he gave force to a publishing concept now called 'Service Journalism.' Meredith was aware of publishing trends, but he never strayed from the success formula that he discovered: Service."
Brief reports from Rural Life magazine, Living the Country Life magazine, Progressive Farmer, Rural Lifestyle Radio Group, American Small Farm magazine and National Association of Farm Broadcasting.
