by AgCommNetwork | Nov 8, 2024 | Events, Member Resources, News, The ByLine
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor Writing? Check. Photography and Video? Check. Search Engine Optimization? Check. An update on AI in journalism, and a newsmakers panel discussion on biofuel? Check and check. The ACN Regional Workshop has a powerful lineup of speakers,...
by AgCommNetwork | Nov 7, 2024 | Events, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Betty Haynes, owner of Midwest Lens Freelance “Switzerland aims to be a global leader in sustainable food production.” The statement was echoed time and time again by Swiss farmers and CEOs alike. Although externally I continued the signature journalist smile and...
by AgCommNetwork | Sep 12, 2024 | AAEA News, Awards, Events, News, The ByLine, Travel
By Katie Knapp, International Committee Chair and ACN Board Member IFAJ Congress was held in Interlaken, Switzerland, Aug. 14-18, 2024, and more than just cow bells were ringing. The Swiss guild successfully showed agricultural journalists from around the world how...
by AgCommNetwork | Sep 12, 2024 | Events, The ByLine, Travel, What I Learned
By Courtney Leeper Girgis, ROOTED Communications On my first day in Switzerland, I found myself on a bus traveling a narrow mountain road with turns that grew sharper the further up we went. We were fine as long as we did not look down or meet a car on the path. Of...
by AgCommNetwork | Aug 8, 2024 | Ag Media Summit, Events
By Diane Johnson Agricultural Media Summit just wrapped up its 25th iteration in Kansas City, Missouri. Diane Johnson, retired executive director of the Livestock Publications Council, was a member of a joint steering committee that created AMS. We asked her to share...
by Ashlyn Rochester | Jul 11, 2024 | Ag Media Summit, Events, The ByLine, Travel, What I Learned
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor When you head for Kansas City next month, you have a unique chance to enjoy agriculture in Kansas–my state. The AMS Program Committee has prepared a schedule that touches on many highlights of Kansas agriculture: beef, bread, booze and...
