by AgCommNetwork | Nov 10, 2023 | Ag Media Summit, Freelance, Member Resources, What I Learned, Writing
You Can Beat Writer’s Block By Pam Caraway, ACN Board Member Banish your writing demons. That’s how the AMS brochure billed freelance writer Catherine Merlo’s session. Banish? Right. Not even an award-winning writing veteran like Merlo could meet that...
by AgCommNetwork | Nov 10, 2023 | Events, Member Resources, Past President's Thoughts, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
Five Takeaways from the ACN Regional Workshop By Bill Spiegel, ACN Past-President and Byline Editor Packing a bunch of information into a tiny writing hole on a layout is just, well, difficult. Years ago, Steve Werblow did what everyone would do in that situation: he...
by AgCommNetwork | Oct 13, 2023 | AAEA News, Member Resources, PR/Marketing, The ByLine, What I Learned
Why We Aim To Attract Diverse Storytellers To Agricultural Media and ACN By Ryan Tipps, AGDAILY.com Agriculture and Rural Lifestyle Managing Editor One of the first things we are taught as journalists is to see the world through the eyes of our subjects. We question...
by AgCommNetwork | Oct 13, 2023 | Travel, What I Learned
IFAJ in Canada Became a Road Trip to Remember By Chris Clayton, Ag Policy Editor for DTN/The Progressive Farmer It’s 6 p.m. on July 3 on a back highway in Alberta somewhere around 150 kilometers southeast of Calgary when one of the three other reporters in my...
by Ashlyn Rochester | Oct 13, 2023 | Ag Media Summit, Awards, Professional Development, What I Learned, Writing
How To Win Story of the Year in 2024 By Amber Friedrichsen, Associate Editor at Hay and Forage Grower Want to know how to win 2024’s next Story of the Year? We asked this year’s winner, Amber Friedrichsen, what her secret is, how she won the award this year, and its...
by AgCommNetwork | Sep 8, 2023 | AAEA News, Ag Media Summit, Past President's Thoughts, What I Learned
It’s all a Blur By Bill Spiegel, Past President and ACN Board Member In the time since this group convened in Palm Springs, California, for the annual Ag Media Summit, I’ve been doing some thinking. Number one, my year as President seemed to have gone by in a...
