Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23420
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From the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky, Lexington. 2 pages., Report on discussion during a session of the annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication about the hub-to-spoke news production system used by Clear Channel Communications in radio programming.
8 p., What do journalists think about information source trustworthiness, bias, and fairness in communicating agricultural biotechnology issues? Fifty Texas journalists and 40 national agriculture journalists representing newspapers and television media responded to this study. Journalists believed university scientists/researchers and newspapers were trustworthy, unbiased, and fair, while activist groups were untrustworthy, completely biased, and unfair in communicating agricultural biotechnology issues. They were most opposed to public opinion outweighing scientists' opinions when making decisions about scientific research. A substantial positive correlation occurred between national agriculture journalists' attitudes toward democratic processes in science (i.e., the extent that public opinion is considered in scientific decision-making processes) and trust in newspapers.
6 pages., Author asks: "We are what we eat. So why can't we get our recommended daily intake of agricultural news?" Describes erosion of agricultural coverage by newspapers in Canada. Identifies expressions of hope that the agriculture beat will extend to the consumer beat.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23737
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From Indo-Asian News Service via The Hoot, Media South Asia. 2 pages., "News stories in the media of developing nations often lack critical analysis of the issues at stake and rarely represent the farmer's view."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23739
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Via The Hoot, Media South Asia. 6 pages., "Development journalism needs to adopt an action-oriented approach to help the country overcome challenges like poverty and illiteracy."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23754
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Via The Hoot, Media South Asia. 4 pages., "Journalists either lack access to information about GM crop trials or don't understand the issues at stake. Meanwhile, biotech corporations are pressing ahead, leaving decisions that will affect millions of Indians unexamined."
