By Kelly Schwalbe, Chair Last month the AAEA Professional Improvement Foundation board of directors held its spring board meeting to discuss funded programs, revenues, and sponsorship activities, and conduct other business in advance of the board’s July meeting at Ag Media Summit. Fiscally, the foundation is on solid footing with nearly $400,000 in investments (as … Read More
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Ag Media Summit under new management, starting in 2020
By Carey Brown, AMS co-chair and publications coordinator of the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association The Agricultural Media Summit LLC (AMS) has selected Innovative Association Management Solutions (IAM Solutions) to serve as its full-service conference management service effective with the 2020 AMS. Starting in 2020, the AMS will be run by this group, instead of LPC and … Read More
AAEA Seeks Board Nominations
By Julie Deering, Nominating Committee Member As spring has arrived and farmers are making final preparations before lowering their planters to the ground with the promise of a new crop, AAEA’s board seeks a new crop of volunteers. If you, or someone you know, would like to serve on the AAEA board of directors, nominations … Read More
Meet Your New Board Member: Chris Clayton
By Gil Gullickson The biggest story of Chris Clayton’s journalism career had nothing to do with what he originally intended to write about. And even in these days of Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, it shows there’s no substitute for pounding good old-fashioned shoe leather and knocking on doors. “I had come back from the … Read More
March 15 Deadline for New IFAJ Leadership Award Application
By Kurt Lawton Calling all AAEA leaders who are 40 years old or younger, apply by March 15 for the new IFAJ-Alltech International Award for Leadership in Agricultural Journalism. Alltech is proud to announce a new award that recognizes excellence and leadership by young journalists. The award will be presented during ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference (ONE19), held … Read More
2019 AAEA Editorial and Marketing Communications Interns Selected
By Laurie Bedord, Future Agricultural Communicators Two outstanding students have been chosen to serve as the 2019 AAEA Agricultural Communicators Network summer interns. Loren Lindler was selected to be the AAEA editorial communications intern with DTN/Progressive Farmer in Omaha, Nebraska. She is a senior at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and is majoring in agricultural communications. … Read More