by Mary Kendall Dixon | Nov 10, 2017 | Member Resources, Professional Development, The ByLine
By Holly Martin, High Plains Publisher Inc. Ever have a stock tank that had a leak? One that ended up being bigger than you wanted but allowed you to water the cows until you could get it fixed? That’s the AAEA Professional Improvement Fund financial statement...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Nov 1, 2017 | Member Resources, Professional Development, The ByLine
By Kelly Schwalbe, PIF Chairman We talk a lot about PIF – our Professional Improvement Foundation – in AAEA circles, but where did it come from? And what does it do exactly? Let’s start with a bit of history. The AAEA Professional Improvement Foundation (PIF)...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Oct 20, 2017 | Member Resources, News, Professional Development, The ByLine
By Samantha Kilgore, AAEA Executive Director The Ag Comm Network has been throwing a lot of different programming and event announcements your way. It is a lot to take in, and some you may be unfamiliar with. Take “SIG”, for example. Is it a disease? No,...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Oct 3, 2017 | News, Professional Development
By Laurie Bedord, Chair, Future Agricultural Communicators Chair Have you toyed with the idea of hosting an intern but weren’t quite sure if it would be worth the time and effort? Rather than try to convince you that becoming a host for an AAEA intern is...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Sep 21, 2017 | Events, News, Professional Development, The ByLine
An AAEA Agricultural Communicators Network Regional Workshop will be held Tuesday, November 14, at the Alabama Farmers Federation headquarters, 2108 E. South Blvd., Montgomery, AL 36116. The Regional Workshop will include speakers focused on agricultural journalism,...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Sep 15, 2017 | Ag Media Summit, Professional Development, The ByLine
By Marlee Moore, Alabama Farmers Federation Ask a writer to pen a story, however brief, and our mind races with lead ideas ranging from the cliché to the passé to the downright terrible. But then the juices get flowing and voila. You’ve done it. A...
