by Mary Kendall Dixon | Sep 8, 2017 | Events, The ByLine
Mark your calendars! AAEA- The Ag Communicators Network is hosting a regional workshop in Montgomery, AL at the Alabama Farmers Federation Office November 14, 2017. Join us for education, networking, a grower panel and more. Registration coming soon. This meeting is...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Sep 7, 2017 | Ag Media Summit, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Ann Hess, Carbon Media Group It’s hard to believe it’s already been a month since we last gathered together in the majestic mountains of Snowbird, Utah. This year’s Ag Media Summit was my fifth, but my first as a working journalist. And I must say I didn’t...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Aug 30, 2017 | Events, Professional Development, The ByLine
By Chris Clayton, DTN/The Progressive Farmer Would you like to learn more about covering the farm bill and environmental issues that impact your beat or region of the country? The Society of Environmental Journalism has a workshop Oct. 4 as part of the SEJ...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Aug 28, 2017 | Ag Media Summit, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Anna McConnell, Meredith Agrimedia Interviewing sources is always a high-stakes situation. Whether you get the chattiest grower in the U.S. or the farmer who would rather you not come out and poke around his/her operation, your demeanor as a journalist and...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Aug 28, 2017 | Awards, Photography, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Jim Patrico, AAEA Awards Co-Chair Writer of the Year Joe Link and I share some history. We both studied photojournalism under Angus McDougall at the University of Missouri, we both worked for Larry Harper at The Missouri Ruralist magazine, and we both worked...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Aug 28, 2017 | The ByLine, What I Learned
By Holly Spangler, AAEA The Byline Editor Inexplicably, it’s September 2017, which means AAEA has marked an entire year with our new management company, ASG – and a year with outstanding staff members Samantha Kilgore and Courtney Jackson. We decided to take...