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ACN’s Spring Regional Workshop Heads to Chicago

by AgCommNetwork | Apr 11, 2025 | The ByLine, Uncategorized

By Jessica Wesson, ACN Communications Specialist Get ready to sharpen your skills, expand your network, and gain fresh insights at the Agricultural Communications Network (ACN) Spring Regional Workshop, happening at the iconic McDonald’s Headquarters in downtown...

Six Years of Designer of the Year: What It’s Taught Me

by AgCommNetwork | Apr 10, 2025 | Awards, Design, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned

By Rachael Davis, ACN Board Member When I found out I had been named Ag Communicators Network’s Designer of the Year for the sixth time, I was genuinely speechless. To be recognized once is a huge honor—but to receive this award year after year? It’s humbling, and...

Tell me a story

by AgCommNetwork | Apr 10, 2025 | The ByLine

By Pam Caraway, ACN President The posts started showing up in my social media feed like dispatches from afar. Who was this guy? Why were these posts so long? I glanced. Perused a graph or two. Went on. Then I read one. Maybe it was about a kid in the hospital. No...

Sensational Switzerland

by AgCommNetwork | Apr 10, 2025 | Photography, Professional Development, The ByLine, Travel, What I Learned

By Harlen Persinger Switzerland, officially The Swiss Confederation, is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Alps and the Jura. The Alps occupy the greater part of the territory. Most of the country’s 8.5 million people are concentrated in the plateau...

Meet a Member: Pam Smith

by AgCommNetwork | Mar 14, 2025 | The ByLine

By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor At a Beck’s Hybrids field day in Effingham, Illinois a few years back, Pam Smith told me how much she loves children’s books. In an interview with her for this article, she explained why. “I think it’s the purest form of writing...

How to Win Next Year’s Communicator of the Year

by AgCommNetwork | Mar 13, 2025 | Awards, The ByLine, What I Learned

Want to know how to become the next Communicator of the Year? We asked this year’s winner, Katrina Huffstutler of Grant Company, what her secret is, how she won the award this year and the impact it has on her career. 1. How do you become the Communicator of the Year?...
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