by AgCommNetwork | Aug 8, 2024 | The ByLine
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor Growing up in a military family, Sarah McNaughton’s roots in agriculture didn’t start out riding the combine with her dad, or pulling calves in the dark night of winter. Instead, her ag roots began growing when her folks bought a small...
by AgCommNetwork | Aug 8, 2024 | Ag Media Summit, Events
By Diane Johnson Agricultural Media Summit just wrapped up its 25th iteration in Kansas City, Missouri. Diane Johnson, retired executive director of the Livestock Publications Council, was a member of a joint steering committee that created AMS. We asked her to share...
by AgCommNetwork | Jul 11, 2024 | The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
By Pam Caraway, ACN Board Member A dear friend frequently sends emails that start with an incredulous response to poorly written press releases. Once it was a 56-word lede (true story). More often it’s a release so infected with acronyms and corporate double-speak...
by AgCommNetwork | Jun 14, 2024 | Ag Media Summit, Events, Member Resources, News, The ByLine
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor When you come to Kansas City next month for the Ag Media Summit, you should say hello to Julie Deering. Not only is Julie a long-time ACN member, past president and leads the Professional Improvement Foundation, she also is the steering...
by AgCommNetwork | Jun 13, 2024 | Ag Media Summit, Awards, Student News, The ByLine
By Courtney Leeper Girgis, Future Ag Communicators Committee Chair The Future Ag Communicators Committee is excited to announce this year’s two Ag Communicators Network scholarship recipients: Kesley Holdgrafer and Jackie Miller, both agricultural communications...
