By Mike Wilson, Farm Progress Co. How Christy discovered Ag communications It started innocently enough: A freshman campus tour at Oklahoma State University. A desire to earn scholarships. Yet, something didn’t feel quite right. As an incoming student back in 1995, Christy Couch Lee’s father had suggested she go see one of his Ag Econ … Read More
Month: June 2018
First-Timers AMS Bound
By, Cassie Yontz, Sr. Account Executive, Charleston|Orwig Congratulations to the 2018 AMS First-Time Attendee stipend winners! Winners will receive $100 to help offset registration costs to attend the 2018 Agricultural Media Summit. These awards are made possible by the AAEA Professional Improvement Foundation (PIF). Annually, PIF gives more than $50,000 to AAEA members to support … Read More
Podcast: Behind President Trump’s Interview with Sara Wyant of Agri-Pulse
By Kelsey Litchfield, Host of the Ag Comm Network Podcast We are sticking with the ag policy theme with our third episode of the Ag Comm Network podcast. This is an interview you won’t want to miss. This week, I talked with Sara Wyant of Agri-Pulse Communications about her coverage of agriculture in D.C. She … Read More
The Story Behind Harlen’s Favorite Photo Story
By Katie Knapp, The Ag Photographer Harlen Persinger, a freelance photojournalist out of Milwaukee, has been an AAEA Photographer of the Year a few times throughout his career, which has earned him Master Photographer status. I asked him to share how he created his favorite photo story. Photographing and preparing this article on the bread-making … Read More
Meet Our Student Members: Emma Wilson
Name: Emma Wilson School: Iowa State University Major: Double major in Agricultural Communications & Journalism Classification: Graduating Senior What are your career aspirations? I aspire to continue to grow my journalism skills and become a better all around agricultural writer from feature stories to news articles. I welcome the opportunity to freelance for well known publications … Read More
Podcast: 5 Takeaways from Chris Clayton
By Holly Spangler, The Byline Editor (Read Time: 2 minutes) As host Kelsey Litchfield so duly notes in today’s Ag Comm Network podcast, they let us come back with a second episode! This week we talked with Chris Clayton of DTN/The Progressive Farmer, who shared how he covers Washington D.C. from his home base in … Read More