by Ashlyn Rochester | Mar 8, 2024 | The ByLine, What I Learned
By Ashlyn Rochester, ACN Communications Specialist March is Women Making History Month, and March 8 is International Women’s Day. To celebrate the day and the month, we asked women in ag for their advice to other women. Jenni Latzke, Editor of Farm Press,...
by AgCommNetwork | Feb 9, 2024 | The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
By Jessie Scott, ACN Board Member March 1 will be my one-year anniversary as editor-in-chief (EIC) of Successful Farming. This is only a fraction of what I’ve learned (you’re welcome) because if I included everything, it would be a novel. I’m only mentioning a few of...
by AgCommNetwork | Feb 9, 2024 | Freelance, Member Resources, Professional Development, What I Learned, Writing
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor More seasoned members of this group will recall the days when editors used a “cassette recorder” to record interviews. Transcribing these cassettes was painstaking and arguably the worst part of agricultural communications. When I was...
by Ashlyn Rochester | Feb 9, 2024 | Events, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Ashlyn Rochester, ACN Communications Specialist In honor of Black History Month and injunction with our new DEI initiative, we are celebrating and sharing five Black innovators in agriculture. Henry Blair Blair (1807-1860) was an African American inventor who...
by AgCommNetwork | Jan 12, 2024 | The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor On a cold, winter day in January, ACN President Martha Mintz felt exhausted. On the ACN Facebook page, she wrote: “I needed this reminder to stop and center myself. I pictured sitting right next to a wheat field that’s just starting to...
by AgCommNetwork | Jan 12, 2024 | Member Resources, The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
By Joel Reichenberger, Senior Editor for Progressive Farmer and ACN Board Member My father, Larry Reichenberger, called recently while he was cleaning up his home office. He retired from this industry about a year ago after 48 years of recording bylines with many of...
