Article examines relations between journalists and environmental nongovernmental organization. As well, it identifies barriers to in-depth, balance, and accurate news coverage of environmental issues and events in these former Soviet republics.
4 pages., Via online., "The chief ethical fear for the past 99 years of agricultural journalism has been that one of our number would cuddle up closer to advertisers than others of us, and reap unethical benefits of that. The chief charge of every Ethics Committee [of AAEA] has been to protect our collective readers from any hoodwinking that would come from such collusion. As I look toward that 100th year, I wonder who needs protecting from whom." Examines pressures on agricultural journalists in the wake of divided audience perspectives about the role of agricultural media in covering contentious political issues
Hayden, Victor F. (author) and Agricultural Publishers Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1933-08-11
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36843
Notes:
Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 12, Special Bulletin No. 16. 3 pages., Regarding participation of APA in the newly created Periodical Publishers Institute and the agenda it is to undertake.
Author reports on this Free Media Pioneer Award from the International Press Institute. Also describes other matters on the agenda at the IPI World Congress.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: C25270
Notes:
Retrieved September 16, 2006, Via organization web site. 5 pages., Notes that since February 1,"reporting from rural and remote areas of the country has become even more dangerous. Reporters are risking their lives, without having proper security and insurance for their lives. Dozens of journalists have been picked up by the security forces and interrogated. Some were held for only a few hours, but 10 remained in custody in mid-April."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: D06633
Notes:
Aggregated statistical summary of responses from IFAJ guilds in 17 of 30 member countries. Individual countries not identified. Report also includes narrative responses to the 10 survey questions. 13 pages.
Essay within the theme, "The Jungle at 100: A Century of the Journalism of Reform. Involves Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle," and the ABC News "PrimeTime Live" broadcast in 1992 (and again in 1997) about unsanitary food practices at Food Lion, one of the nation's largest food store chains.
Barcelona, Delia R (author) and Gaje, Virgilio M. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
Philippines
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C14043
Notes:
Chapter 23 in Crispin C. Maslog, Philippine Communication: an introduction. Philippine Association of Communication Educators, Los Banos. 1988. 375 pages.
Evans, Jim (author) and International Federation of Agricultural Journalists.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2007-06-30
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C25978
Notes:
3 pages., Features a newspaper publishing family honored for courage, tenacity and integrity by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues.
Evans, Jim (author) and International Federation of Agricultural Journalists
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2007-05-15
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25781
Notes:
Posted at http://www.ifaj.org/news/media_in_2006.htm, 2 pages., Reviews statistical reports from organizations that monitor media freedom, internationally.
Describes questions being addressed by members of a special subcommittee of IFAJ to explore issues and potential direction of future policy of the organization regarding membership.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11817
Notes:
Via website of Corporate Crime Reporter. 2 pages., An Idaho federal court held that the law violated the First Amendment by "suppressing speech "on topics of immense public importance including the safety of the food supply, and the safety of farm workers and animals."
4 pages., Online via publication website., Author addresses a Parks Canada policy that prevented employees from speaking with the media without approval. This follows up on an earlier article, "Parks in the dark," published in The Narwhal and shining "a bright light on how Parks Canada's media relations' practices hinder press freedom."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11694
Notes:
18 pages., Online from publisher website., Issue brief in the UNESCO series, "World trends in freedom of expression and media development." Reports seven key trends involving increasing disinformation, rising demand for verified information, need for more more transparency, some regulatory measures restricting human rights, risks to safety of journalists, economic threat to journalism, and new opportunities to stand up for journalism.
International Press Institute (author) and International Press Institute
Format:
Letter
Publication Date:
1999-08-10
Published:
Indonesia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24729
Notes:
Retrieved September 16, 2006, 2 pages., Letter from the Institute to the Indonesian president condemning the murder of a journalist who had been investigating corruption activities involving an agricultural project for small farmers. Invites investigation and disclosure of findings.
Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, Makati City, Philippines.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2005-05-04
Published:
Philippines
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: C25264
Notes:
Retrieved September 16, 2006, Center web site. 5 pages., Reports on the shooting of journalist Marlene Garcia Esparat for reporting about allegged malfeasances of local Department of Agriculture officials.
Beltran S., Luis Ramiro (author) and Fox de Cardona, Elizabeth (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1979
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C14168
Notes:
Chapter 3 in K. Nordenstreng and H.I. Schiller, National sovereignty and international communication. Ablex Publishing Corporation, Norwood, New Jersey. 286 pages.
