by Ashlyn Rochester | Nov 11, 2022 | Member Resources, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
3 Writing Tools to Improve Your Writing from ACN Members By Bill Spiegel, ACN President, with content provided through attendees at the ACN regional workshop. When I was hired as a field editor at Kansas Farmer in 1995, editor, Hank Ernst, used to regale me with...
by Samantha.Kilgore | Nov 4, 2022 | Member Resources, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
Ten Take-Home Writing Tips from ACN Members By Bill Spiegel, ACN President, with content provided through attendees at the ACN regional workshop. There’s no better way to learn productivity strategies than by listening to your peers. At the ACN Fall...
by Samantha.Kilgore | Oct 21, 2022 | AAEA News, Member Resources, Professional Development, The ByLine, Writing
By Ben Potter In my prior Byline article, I wrote about a piece of writing advice that inspired me (a “Writers on Writing” piece by the incomparable Elmore Leonard). I hope you found it helpful – I certainly enjoyed revisiting a personal favorite. It...
by mruberti | Sep 15, 2022 | News, Past President's Thoughts, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
Part 10 in the ACN Article Series “Interview Insights” By Past President Elaine Shein In the movie “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” there is a scene when Albus Dumbledore is trying to convince professor Horace Slughorn to return to Hogwarts in a...
by mruberti | Aug 19, 2022 | Ag Media Summit, Awards, Events, The ByLine, Travel, What I Learned, Writing
The “Story Behind the Story” ACN’s 2022 Story of the Year By ACN’s 2022 Writer of the Year Steve Werblow Some days the universe just hands you a story. Some days you have to dig for it. “Down from the Mountains” was a little bit of...
by Samantha.Kilgore | Aug 12, 2022 | Past President's Thoughts, Professional Development, The ByLine, Uncategorized, Writing
Is Your Question Too Simple – Yes or No? Pt. 9 in the “Interview Insights” Article Series, by ACN Past President Elaine Shein One of the simplest of questions we ask sources can either serve as a valuable tool or a source of frustration,...
