by Mary Kendall Dixon | Sep 21, 2017 | Events, News, Professional Development, The ByLine
An AAEA Agricultural Communicators Network Regional Workshop will be held Tuesday, November 14, at the Alabama Farmers Federation headquarters, 2108 E. South Blvd., Montgomery, AL 36116. The Regional Workshop will include speakers focused on agricultural journalism,...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Sep 21, 2017 | News, The ByLine
Take a moment to look at our committees for the new year! Contact these members if you have any questions or ideas to share. Committee Chairs are as follows: Advisory- Christy Couch Lee Financial- Christy Couch Lee Nominating- Julie Deering Affiliate Advisory- Pam...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Sep 21, 2017 | Awards, The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
By Joe Link, AAEA Freelancer After winning the Writer of the Year award in July, the editors of the Byline asked me to offer some advice on writing. For me, that’s difficult because I know I could just as easily NOT have won. I know—as I hope you do as...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Sep 15, 2017 | News, The ByLine
AAEA- The Ag Communicators Network has some of the top agricultural communication student members in the industry. To help showcase our student talent, we’re creating a page on our website, where more than 400 ag media professionals can view resumes and consider...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Sep 15, 2017 | Ag Media Summit, Professional Development, The ByLine
By Marlee Moore, Alabama Farmers Federation Ask a writer to pen a story, however brief, and our mind races with lead ideas ranging from the cliché to the passé to the downright terrible. But then the juices get flowing and voila. You’ve done it. A...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Sep 15, 2017 | Ag Media Summit, The ByLine
By Kasey Brown, Angus Media Ag journalism is a people business. Ag Media Summit reminds us of this each year. We all use our skills to meet many deadlines, but if there weren’t a people aspect to journalism, we wouldn’t tell very good stories, would we? To this...