by Ashlyn Rochester | Sep 12, 2024 | Ag Media Summit, Awards, Member Resources, The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
By Mike Wilson, Senior Executive Editor for Farm Progress Want to know how to become the next Writer of the Year or Story of the Year recipient? We asked this year’s winner, Mike Wilson of Farm Progress, what his writing secrets are, how he won the awards this year,...
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 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 AgCommNetwork | Jul 11, 2024 | The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
By Pam Caraway, ACN Board Member A dear friend frequently sends emails that start with an incredulous response to poorly written press releases. Once it was a 56-word lede (true story). More often it’s a release so infected with acronyms and corporate double-speak...
by Ashlyn Rochester | Jul 11, 2024 | AAEA News, The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
By Courtney Leeper Girgis, Future Ag Communicators Committee Chair This year, the Future Ag Communicators Committee, with the support of the Professional Improvement Foundation, launched a new opportunity to interact with agricultural communications students: a...
by AgCommNetwork | Jun 13, 2024 | Ag Policy, News, The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
By Brooks Lamb, American Farmland Trust Imagine that you live on a 200-acre farm. It’s a productive place, filled with open fields and healthy forests. Perhaps there’s a creek that meanders along the eastern boundary. Maybe your cattle graze the back pastures while...
