The AAEA membership task force and Board of Directors hosted a webinar discussion on newly proposed membership categories on May 14. Amy Roady, AAEA membership chair led discussion by giving background on how the task force came to land on these potential categories and then described them in full. To listen to the full webinar … Read More
Month: May 2018
Welcome to Our Podcast Premiere
By Holly Spangler, The Byline Editor Nine long months in the making, the Ag Communicators Network Podcast is finally live! Host Kelsey Litchfield and I couldn’t be happier – or more relieved. How did it happen? Kelsey, a recent University of Illinois ag com graduate and past National ACT president, approached me last fall about … Read More
Meet Our Student Members: Daiton Tietz
Name: Daiton Tietz School: Iowa State University Major: Agricultural Communications Classification: Senior (December 2018 Grad) What are your career aspirations? Upon graduation, I will be pursuing a career in the field of agricultural marketing, public relations, or communications. Someday, I hope to be an entrepreneur in a niche agricultural market. Why did you join AAEA? I knew … Read More
Meet AAEA Board Member Jill Loehr
By Jim Patrico, Freelancer What do you get when you mix a “people person,” a “research nerd” and someone who “loves to read and write” all into the same personality? In this scenario you get award winning ag journalist and AAEA board member Jill Loehr. This wasn’t necessarily the career path she had in mind. … Read More
2018 Ag Media Summit First-Timer Stipends Available
By Cassie Yontz, Charleston Orwig The AAEA Professional Improvement Foundation is offering up to 10, $100 stipends to help offset first-time attendee registration costs to attend the Agricultural Media Summit. The 20th annual Agricultural Media Summit (AMS) in Scottsdale, Arizona August 4-8 at the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa. AMS is the largest gathering of … Read More
AMS Attendee Registration is Open!
The 2018 Ag Media Summit will be held August 4-8 in Scottsdale, Arizona at The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa. This meeting, Everything Under the Sun, will feature invaluable educational sessions and experiences for any and everyone in the ag communications field. Attendee registration is now open! Hotel information can be found here: https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/events/start.action?id=1712080087&key=3667158 New … Read More
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