by Mary Kendall Dixon | Aug 19, 2020 | Awards, News, Professional Development, The ByLine
By Laurie Bedord, Chair, Future Ag Communicators Committee Madelyn Main, Iowa State University John F. Kennedy once said, “We must do all that we can to give our children the best in education and social upbringing for while they are the youth of today, they shall be...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Aug 12, 2020 | News, Professional Development, The ByLine
By Jessica Wesson, AAEA 2020 Editorial Intern In the last five years, there have been 306 journalists murdered in connection to their work. Iraq, Syria, Mexico and Afghanistan have held the top spots for the largest number of journalists killed in a single year....
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Aug 12, 2020 | Ag Media Summit, News, The ByLine
By Gil Gullickson, 2019-2020 AAEA/ACN president The Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber isn’t like Pastor Gilbertson or Pastor Bailey or any other Lutheran minister I knew while growing up in northeastern South Dakota. She’s different. Heavily tattooed and a recovering alcoholic,...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Aug 4, 2020 | Member Resources, News, The ByLine
By Del Deterling, 1978 AAEA President Del Deterling I grew up on a small cotton and grain farm in central Texas. I picked many a pound of cotton by hand, giving me all the incentive, I needed to seek a higher education. At Schulenburg High School, I enrolled in vo-ag...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Jul 9, 2020 | News, The ByLine
By Julie Deering, PIF Chair The Professional Improvement Foundation (PIF) Trustees met April 29 in the midst of a national shutdown stemming from COVID-19. Like many businesses and organizations at the time, we had more questions than answers. Are on-site internships...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Jul 9, 2020 | Member Resources, News, The ByLine
By Jack Pitzer I grew up on a 240-acre grain and livestock farm in central Illinois. I was active in 4-H and was in FFA at Toulon Township High School. I was particularly interested in the chapter history and getting articles about our chapter into the...
