by Mary Kendall Dixon | Oct 1, 2020 | News, The ByLine, Writing
By Joe Dan Boyd, 1995 AAEA President, Winner of the 2020 Northeast Texas Poetry Contest Invisible as a China breeze, it fluttered into our life.On little cat’s feet it crept into our country and state.Corona virus it was first called, and then Covid-19.Death was...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Sep 1, 2020 | Member Resources, News, Professional Development, The ByLine, Writing
By Jim Osborn, Boelte-Hall This is a stressful time for businesses all around the world- big and small alike. The COVID-19 pandemic has taken over the globe and nothing seems normal. Most businesses are concerned about how to communicate effectively with their...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Aug 4, 2020 | Podcast, Professional Development, The ByLine, Writing
By Katie Navarra, AAEA Podcast Host Today we sat down with Gil Gullickson, AAEA President, and talked about the writing technique he used in his award-winning article, Yours, Mind and Ours, the 2020 International Federation of Ag Journalists AgTech Reporting Award....
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Jul 1, 2020 | Awards, Member Resources, Writing
Congratulations to our 2019-2020 AAEA President, Gil Gullickson on winning this award! By IFAJ Yours, Mine and Ours Gil Gullickson received the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) 2020 AgTech Reporting Award for “Yours, Mine and Ours,” a...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Apr 9, 2020 | Professional Development, The ByLine, Writing
By Steve Werblow, Freelancer Even on our dullest, most I’m-not-feeling-it days, those of us lucky enough to write for a living are surrounded by inspiration. It comes to our mailboxes and inboxes in torrents. I know I’m absolutely guaranteed to get a...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Feb 19, 2020 | Professional Development, The ByLine, Writing
By Debra Davis, Publications Director, Alabama Farmers Federation As a writer for 35 years and an editor for nearly 25 of those, I’ve made plenty of mistakes. Fortunately, there were some excellent editors who helped make me look smarter than I was. They also helped...