Three Things We Learned About the 2023 AMS Location: Palms Springs By: Samantha Kilgore, ACN Executive Director Have you marked your calendar for the 2023 Ag Media Summit yet? The AMS steering committee and stars did a site visit to our host location- Palm Springs, California- in December, and here are three things to look … Read More
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I DO “Heart” EIMA
I DO “Heart” EIMA What the International Equipment Show has to Offer U.S. Journalists and Readers. By: Martha Mintz, Corral Creek Communications and ACN Member The Italian Trade Agency has toasted their fair share of Ag editors with their signature offering of champagne at the Ag Media Summit. Having recently been an ITA-sponsored delegate and … Read More
“A Privilege to Lead”
By ACN President Bill Spiegel Since we met in Raleigh for a wonderful Ag Media Summit in July, I’ve had this nagging feeling that I’m forgetting to do something. This week it hit me: write a column for the ByLine as the new President of the Ag Communicators Network. The first column is the easiest: … Read More
An Honor to Serve
By ACN 2021 Past President Mindy Ward “You’re welcome. And thank you.” In the Disney movie Moana, that is the last line Maui or Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson sings in “You’re welcome.” It is my grandson’s current favorite movie and song, so I watch it on repeat. The lyrics focus on the successes of Maui … Read More
“Wendy & Murray”
The “Story Behind the Story” of ACN’s 2022 Photo of the Year By ACN Member Lorne McClinton Everything that Murray Johnston and Wendy Hogarth do at Muskoka Lakes Farm and Winery in Bala, Ontario revolves around cranberries. They sell wine and other products made from the cranberries they grow on their farm and offer all … Read More
“Down From the Mountains”
The “Story Behind the Story” ACN’s 2022 Story of the Year By ACN’s 2022 Writer of the Year Steve Werblow Some days the universe just hands you a story. Some days you have to dig for it. “Down from the Mountains” was a little bit of both. I’d been invited to speak at a press … Read More