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...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Nov 7, 2019 | Awards, The ByLine, Writing
By Gail Keck, 2019 AAEA First Place Humorous Article Winner Click here to read What Do You Do if You Discover a Tick in Church. The idea for a column on ticks in church came while I was in church. And I found a tick. I must confess I did not pay much attention to the...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Oct 30, 2019 | Awards, The ByLine, Writing
By Allison Jenkins, editor, Today’s Farmer, MFA Incorporated 2019 AAEA First Place Personality Profile Winner Click here to read View from the Countryside Andrew McCrea Farm broadcaster, speaker and author Andrew McCrea has made a successful career out of telling...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Oct 10, 2019 | Awards, Writing
By Kayla Sargent, Western Ag Reporter, 2019 AAEA First Place Issues Winner Read the three part series: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Several missed connections, three unread emails and a brief and somewhat gruff phone call to set a time eventually led to a three-hour...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Oct 2, 2019 | Awards, The ByLine, Writing
By Gil Gullickson, Executive Editor, Crops Technology, Successful Farming; 2019 AAEA First Place Human Interest Winner; 2019-2020 AAEA President Click here to read Hometown USA A banker friend of mine told me a story about a career military officer eyeing retirement...
