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...
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 | 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 | Mar 8, 2024 | AAEA News, Events, News, Travel, What I Learned
By Katie Knapp, International Committee Chair and ACN Board Member I often wow my friends and neighbors with stories of where work takes me. Sometimes, I forget just how amazing ‘another day on the job’ really is until they stop me mid-story about climbing around on...