by mruberti | Jun 2, 2021 | AAEA News, News, Past President's Thoughts, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Mike Wilson, AAEA 2017 Past President The wonderful aspect of my life in ag journalism is that after forty years of chatting up farmers and meandering along dusty country roads, I still feel challenged. I still wake up every day thinking about how to write a better...
by mruberti | Jun 2, 2021 | AAEA News, Freelance, Member Resources, News, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
By Cathy Merlo, AAEA Member, Freelance Writer Cathy Merlo says taking daily walks, traveling and being an active member of AAEA-The Ag Communicators Network inspires her to find new topics to write about on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. A freelancer since...
by mruberti | May 28, 2021 | AAEA News, Ag Media Summit, News, Past President's Thoughts, The ByLine
By: Elaine Shein, AAEA 2016 Past President, AAEA International Committee Chairwoman UPDATE: In lieu of flowers, the Drake family requests those wishing to make a contribution in Steve’s memory to please consider the CFAES fund at Ohio State University. The fund will...
by mruberti | May 27, 2021 | AAEA News, Ag Media Summit, Awards, Events, The ByLine
By Larry Dreiling, AAEA 2001 Past President, AAEA Legacy Committee Chairman I became a member of the American Agricultural Editors’ Association in 1989. I attended my first “Communications Clinic” in 1990 at Kansas City, Mo., when Wheeler McMillen, legendary editor of...
by mruberti | May 19, 2021 | Member Resources, News, Podcast, Professional Development, Social Media, The ByLine, What I Learned
By: Katie Navarra, AAEA Podcast Host, with Special Guest Ryan Tipps, AGDAILY Managing Editor It can take less than a minute for a single post to go viral—either boosting an organization’s reach to new audiences, or sparking a heated discussion and discontent...
by mruberti | May 12, 2021 | Ag Policy, News, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
Using farmer members and influencers as policy storytellers through Voice for Soy By: Rachel Peabody, AAEA Association Communications SIG Co-Chairperson If you talk to any farmer and ask them about things that keep them up at night, ag policy is probably on that list....