Abbott, Eric A. (author) and Benton, Holly (author)
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Paper
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2005-06
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USA
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: C22333
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Presented at the conference of ACE (Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences), San Antonio, Texas, June 1, 2005. 13 pages., Largest single collection of such publications ever assembled - 9,573 titles. Bibliographic database can be searched online by title, date, editor, state or subject matter topic. Describes the development of this collection by Donald Watson, long-time agricultural editor.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22472
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records Book, Jan 1, 1917 - Jul 1, 1917, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 1, University of Illinois Archives., Before the Agricultural Publishers Association Departmental, 13th Annual Convention, Associated Advertising Clubs of the World, St. Louis, Missouri, June 6, 1917. 7 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22474
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Agricultural Publishers Association Record, Jan 1, 1918 to July 1, 1918, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 2, University of Illinois Archives., Agricultural Publishers Association Archives. 2 pages., Appeals to farm readers to oppose a postal rider to the revenue bill which would increase the cost of carrying second class mail material.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22475
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Agricultural Publishers Association Record, Jan 1, 1918 to July 1, 1918, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 2, University of Illinois Archives., Agricultural Publishers Association Archives. 2 pages., Opposes a bill for a postal zone system which he reports would discriminate against farmers.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22476
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Agricultural Publishers Association Record, Jan 1, 1918 - July 1, 1918, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 2., Agricultural Publishers Association Archives. 8 pages., Rationale and details of a proposed campaign.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22479
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Agricultural Publishers Association Record, Jan 1, 1920 - Jul 1, 1920, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 3, University of Illinois Archives., Agricultural Publishers Association Departmental, Associated Advertising Clubs of the World Convention, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 7, 1920. 5 pages., Describes types of advertising agents and problems involving them. "an incompetent advertising agency can destroy the average advertiser in one year." Calls for coordinated efforts to analyze the qualifications of advertising agents.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22487
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Agricultural Publishers Association Record, Jul 1, 1920 - Jan1, 1921, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 3, University of Illinois Archives., Bulletin No. 182, page 2, Note of farewell after White served for five-plus years as managing director of the Association.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22491
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Agricultural Publishers Association Record, Jul 1, 1921 - Jan 1, 1922, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 4, University of Illinois Archives., Special Bulletin - Agricultural Publishers Association. 3 pages., Extracts of correspondence between APA and the Farm Press Committee of the American Association of Advertising Agencies about advertising rates in farm papers.
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 Document Number: C22493
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Agricultural Publishers Association Record, Jan 1, 1922 - Jul 1, 1922, Serial No. 8/3/80, Box 4, University of Illinois Archives., Special bulletin to APA members. 2 pages., Includes a letter to the president of the American Farm Bureau Federation expressing concern about reported occasions in which state farm bureau papers are competing for national advertising with commercial farm papers. Another concern involved inflation of circulation figures cited by state farm bureau papers.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22527
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Agricultural Publishers Association Archives, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 5., Delivered to the Agricultural Editors' Association, Chicago, Illinois, May 16, 1922. Annual report, pp. 16-23., Offers perspectives on the relationships between editorial and advertising interests of farm periodicals. Urges editors to cooperate with advertisers when it will best serve reader interests.
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.
Cites journalism educator Don Ranley who urges maintaining the wall between editorial and advertising, in the interest of reader credibility. "I am not a businessman, but it has to be good business to be trusted."
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.
Browning, Ned (author), Knecht, Tom (author), Ashman, Meg (author), and Jasa, Lisa (author)
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Paper
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2005-06
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USA
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: C22574
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Power Point presentation at the conference of Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE), San Antonio, Texas. 11 pages., Part of a panel discussion, this part featuring publishing processes and perspectives at Mississippi State University.
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 Document Number: C22955
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Jim Evans Collection, 385 pages., "A behind-the-scenes story of Reiman Publications, a company that began in a basement, was built on 'wild ideas' and become a publishing empire that sold for $760 million."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23032
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Presented at the 2005 Congress of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists,Thun, Switzerland, August 31-September 4, 2005. 5 pages., Describes concentration taking place in agricultural publishing in Switzerland, along with opening of agricultural trade and prospects of limited state subsidies to agriculture. Predicts that the number of agricultural publications will fall.
Farm Journal Media reports staffing for "U.S. Farm Report," weekly television program. Also, "a full-scale introduction of the Top Producer digital edition is planned in September."
USA: Interstate Printers and Publishers, Danville, Illinois.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C23404
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Based on the author's master's thesis, Southern Illinois University., 83 pages., Involves the life and contributions of the publisher of the Mercury-Independent, Grayville, Illinois.
Cross, Al (author / Director, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues)
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Article
Publication Date:
2005
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USA
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23411
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Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues. 4 pages., "The company buys relatively little newspaper advertising, and local newspapers and other businesses say it puts out of business the local firms that formed the retail and advertising bases in their areas."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23414
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Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues. 6 pages., Reports on award presented to Tom and Pat Gish, publishers of the Mountain Eagle, Whitesburg, Kentucky, "rural journalists who demonstrate courage, tenacity and integrity often needed to render public service through journalism."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23418
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From the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky, Lexington. 3 pages., Remarks by Gene Clabes, former weekly publisher and former president of the Kentucky Press Association at the occasion of his being inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.
Environment and Development Organization News and Networking, Asia Edition., Announces formation of the Centre for Alternative Agricultural Media (CAAM) to "focus on farmer friendly communication system." Explains that alternative agricultural media emphasize the need for farmer-friendly ideologies and practices in agricultural research and communication. Example cited: farm journals "published by the farmers and pens to farmers' hands." CAAM web site: http://www.farmedia.org
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., U.S. Court of Appeals ordered the Midwest Farm Paper Unit, Inc., to pay $37,000 in damages for having acquired a substantial monopoly of the advertising in that type of publication, and that competition was destroyed.
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 2 pages., Biographical piece about Cyrus H.K. Curtis, chairman of the board of Curtis Publishing Company. Country Gentleman was among the periodicals published by Curtis. Earlier in his career he founded the Tribune and Farmer. "It was from this publication that the Ladies' Home Journal sprang."
