by AgCommNetwork | Jan 12, 2024 | News, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor Peering into agriculture’s crystal ball for 2024 is an interesting exercise. At its heart, production agriculture is the production of food, fiber and fuel. And yet, if you do a Google search along the lines of “what’s in store for...
by AgCommNetwork | Dec 8, 2023 | AAEA News, Member Resources, The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
What Do Ag Editors Want for Christmas? By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor Whether you’ve been naughty or nice, we know Santa Claus will soon be stopping by your home this Christmas. What have you asked The Big Guy to bring you this year – a new camera lens?...
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...
