Announcement of a 2002 Sigma Delta Chi award entry in the category, Investigative reporting - newspaper/wire service. Mike Lee of theTri-City Herald, Kennewick, Washington, received the award. Investigation uncovered 15 years of flagrant law-breaking and abuse by two farmer brothers. Actions involved disregard of state and federal laws and regulations, including illegal water and air pollution. Series titled, "Bitter Harvest."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26254
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From the Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky, via Knight Ridder Tribune Business News. 2 pages., Describes career of Al Smith, long-time host and producer of the public affairs television show, "Comment on Kentucky." He previously headed a chain of rural weekly newspapers in Kentucky.
Via online issue. 4 pages., Author describes "open access" journals and suggests web sites and searching methods agricultural journalists can use to gain access to them.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C25963
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Via India eNews. 2 pages., Features a special interest of Shree Padre, founder-editor of the "Adike Patrike" magazine "by, of and for" farmers in the Kannada language.
Evans, Jim (author) and International Federation of Agricultural Journalists.
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Article
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2006-11
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International
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 154 Document Number: C25098
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3 pages., Third in a special series of professional development features for IFAJ members regarding crisis communicating. Produced through a partnership of IFAJ and the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, University of Illinois.
