By Laurie Bedord, Future Ag Communicators Chair AAEA The Agricultural Communicators Network is excited to announce that it is accepting applications for two paid internships for the summer of 2020. The first undergraduate student in agricultural communications will be chosen to work as an editorial communications intern for Feed & Grain magazine in Fort Atkinson, … Read More
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Meet Your New Board Member: Jamie Cole
By Jamie Cole, AAEA Board Member, Creative Director, Red Barn Media Group What is your background? Were you a farm kid? I was very involved in 4-H and FFA growing up, but that was more from growing up in a rural area; I wasn’t a farm kid. Some of my extended family farmed, and we … Read More
Global Impressions of Rural Iowa: IFAJ Pre-Congress Tour
By Harlen Persinger Prior to attending the International Federated Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) Congress in Minneapolis, a group of communicators had the opportunity to visit diversified farming enterprises and industries in the vicinity of Grundy County, Iowa. During this three-day trip, participants from Australia, Japan, Austria, Northern Ireland, Germany and South Africa learned how century farms … Read More
Summer Internship Experience: Katherine Wist
By Katherine Wist, 2019 AAEA Summer Intern, Senior Agricultural Communications and Journalism, Kansas State University The AAEA Marketing Internship was a unique experience, from working at a full-service agency to helping direct traffic to load busses during Ag Media Summit. This one of a kind experience was amazing and gave me firsthand experience in agency … Read More
Reap the Rewards: Host an Intern
By Laurie Bedord, Chair, Future Agricultural Communicators Do you want to give a young person the opportunity to gain practical experience, while also benefitting your company? If you answered yes. . . or even if you answered maybe. . . then you need to keep reading. Why? Because I’m going to share four reasons why … Read More
Saying Goodbye to AAEA Past President and LAA Winner, John Richard Harvey
By Gregg Hillyer, Editor-in-Chief, Progressive Farmer John R. Harvey, past AAEA President (1980) and AAEA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient (2011), passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 25th, he was 84 years old. He was born in Cosby, Missouri, on April 12, 1935 to Pauline and John William Harvey (both educators), and attended the University of … Read More