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Month: August 2017

Request for Fellows

August 30, 2017Events, Professional Development, The ByLine

By Chris Clayton, DTN/The Progressive Farmer   Would you like to learn more about covering the farm bill and environmental issues that impact your beat or region of the country? The Society of Environmental Journalism has a workshop Oct. 4 as part of the SEJ conference Oct. 4-7. The workshop has fellowships available to offset … Read More

10 Interview Tips From the Pros

August 28, 2017Ag Media Summit, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned

By Anna McConnell, Meredith Agrimedia   Interviewing sources is always a high-stakes situation. Whether you get the chattiest grower in the U.S. or the farmer who would rather you not come out and poke around his/her operation, your demeanor as a journalist and questions have to be top notch—at least that’s what I learned from … Read More

What Mac Taught Me

August 28, 2017Awards, Photography, The ByLine, What I Learned

By Jim Patrico, AAEA Awards Co-Chair   Writer of the Year Joe Link and I share some history. We both studied photojournalism under Angus McDougall at the University of Missouri, we both worked for Larry Harper at The Missouri Ruralist magazine, and we both worked for Jack Odle at The Progressive Farmer magazine. I’m older … Read More

Samantha and Courtney: On doing life with AAEA

August 28, 2017The ByLine, What I Learned

By Holly Spangler, AAEA The Byline Editor   Inexplicably, it’s September 2017, which means AAEA has marked an entire year with our new management company, ASG – and a year with outstanding staff members Samantha Kilgore and Courtney Jackson. We decided to take the moment to catch up with them and reflect on this first … Read More

Why Am I Lucky?

August 18, 2017Awards, Design, The ByLine

By Matt Strelecki, Meredith Corporation   I’ve directed projects seemingly far sexier than agriculture for a large part of my career but none compare to the job I’ve held for the last eight and half years. In the past, I’ve worked with Disney, Mattel, Sony Pictures, Marvel and DC, DreamWorks, TLC and Discover Channels, HGTV, … Read More

IFAJ Insights: South Africa Values Exports, Faces Competition from Imports

August 17, 2017The ByLine, Travel, What I Learned

By Amy Roady, Membership Committee Chair   When I look back at my time in South Africa during the 2017 IFAJ Congress many things stand out. The scene I keep going back to is Kurt Lawton, editor of Corn and Soybean Digest, and I both standing in the middle of corn and soybean field outside … Read More

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