by Ashlyn Rochester | Jul 11, 2024 | Ag Media Summit, Events, The ByLine
By Ashlyn Rochester, ACN Communications Specialist Julie Deering, the AMS Steering Committee Chair, Pam Caraway, ACN’s President-Elect, and Shelia Grobosky, AMS Program Chair, all met on July 10th to inform ACN members about the Ag Media Summit, what to...
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 Ashlyn Rochester | Jul 11, 2024 | AAEA News, The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
By Courtney Leeper Girgis, Future Ag Communicators Committee Chair This year, the Future Ag Communicators Committee, with the support of the Professional Improvement Foundation, launched a new opportunity to interact with agricultural communications students: a...
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...
by AgCommNetwork | Jun 13, 2024 | Ag Policy, News, The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
By Brooks Lamb, American Farmland Trust Imagine that you live on a 200-acre farm. It’s a productive place, filled with open fields and healthy forests. Perhaps there’s a creek that meanders along the eastern boundary. Maybe your cattle graze the back pastures while...
