by mruberti | Jul 1, 2021 | AAEA News, Past President's Thoughts, Professional Development, Student News, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Holly Martin, AAEA 2009 Past President Years ago, I distinctly remember being on vacuum duty while my mom grumbled about the stack of farm and dairy magazines on my dad’s end table. It must have been summertime and the stack was large because he hadn’t had much...
by mruberti | Jul 1, 2021 | AAEA News, Ag Media Summit, Events, News, Past President's Thoughts, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Holly Spangler, AAEA 2014 Past President The year was 1997. I was an Ag Relations Council intern in Washington, D.C., about to start my senior year in college. No less than a half dozen people I met that summer said, “Hey, you need to go to the AAEA meeting in...
by mruberti | Jul 1, 2021 | AAEA News, News, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Rachel Peabody, AAEA Association Communications SIG Co-Chair Managing people is hardly a one size fits all approach. One of the best bosses I ever had once told me – “you’ll notice that I lead each one of you differently – that’s because it’s what you need.”...
by mruberti | Jun 25, 2021 | Ag Media Summit, Events, News, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Holly Spangler, AAEA 2014 Past President If there’s one thing I’ve learned from 20-plus years of attending the Ag Media Summit, it’s that I’ll come home inspired and with a few new skills. Every year, I sit through workshops and learn new ways to think about my...
by mruberti | Jun 17, 2021 | AAEA News, Freelance, Member Resources, News, Photography, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Harlen Persinger, AAEA Member and 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Editors Note: Harlen Persinger selected each photo within this article because they have never been published before now. All of these scenes exhibit certain guidelines: such as leading lines,...
