Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11356
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Radio program transcript online from National Public Radio. 4 pages., "Weekend Edition" program describes the approach taken by a Pulitzer-winning "small town" newspaper in Storm Lake, Iowa, writing editorials challenging corporate agribusiness interests in the state. Transcript also briefly cites experiences of two additional small town Iowa newspapers.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: D11589
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5 pages., Online via publisher. 5 pages., Author interviewed Al Cross, director of the Institute of Rural Journalism and Community Issues, about the background of the Rural Blog and more generally about changes in the ways national and local journalists cover - or talk about- rural journalism. Other topics involved gaps in national news coverage about rural areas, who is doing rural journalism well, and effects of newspaper ownership changes in the types of stories that rural news outlets cover.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07660
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Via Agri Marketing Weekly. 2 pages., Purchase of "the leading independent US exhibitions and professional information services group." Formerly Farm Progress Companies.
September 15 issue via online. 3 pages., Purchase by this UK-based firm adds 30 exhibitions, more than 20 data and intelligence brands, and more than 100 print and digital business-to-business brands.
Online via keyword search of UI Library eCatalog, Examines the Agriculteur Norman newspaper published by the departmental federations of the FNSEA (National federation of farm operator unions) in the Basse-Normandie region of France. Findings from interviews with editors and union employees showed how the paper differs greatly from a typical union bulletin.
