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Month: February 2019
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
Award Winner Profile: Steve Werblow
By Steve Werblow, First-Place Nuts and Bolts: Livestock Photo Category Award Winner *Editor’s Note: This article is part of the “Story Behind the Photo” series featuring first place 2018 AAEA Communication award winners. I shot this image on a plain in the Republic of Georgia. My goal was to share the experience of moving with an … Read More
A pasture visionary
By Mark Moore The opportunity to have a true boots-on-the-ground tour of farming operations in other parts of the world is truly the most memorable part of attending any IFAJ Congress. And having participated in several congresses over course of my ag journalism career, each tour stop has left an indelible mark that has expanded … Read More
Special Interest Groups get new look, new leadership
By Mike Wilson The Ag Comm Network’s Special Interest Groups are under new leadership – along with a new broader plan for the Editor SIG to help serve more members. Former SIG coordinator Gil Gullickson, with Meredith AgriMedia, serves as AAEA vice president/president elect. Nebraska Farmer editor Tyler Harris has taken on the position of … Read More
Obituary of Claude Gifford
Claude W. Gifford, of Muscatine, died at his home on Sunday, February 17, 2019. Claude William Gifford was born at home, in Drury Township, Rock Island County, Illinois, on April 13, 1919. He was the son of Harvey and Minnie Droll Gifford. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a flight instructor during … Read More