by AgCommNetwork | Dec 12, 2024 | News, The ByLine
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor Ahh, the holidays. Eggnog and Mistle Toe; Trees and Menorahs. A Charlie Brown Christmas and those weird Animagic tv programs that used to freak me out as a kid. Traditions, all. And, the question that becomes more difficult to answer...
by AgCommNetwork | Dec 12, 2024 | Events, News, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Jessica Wesson, ACN Communications Specialist ACN members recently met in Omaha, Nebraska, for the fall regional workshop, and heard from industry experts on a variety of topics. The topics included everything from SEO to videography and storytelling to biofuel...
by AgCommNetwork | Dec 12, 2024 | Events, News, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Joy Crosby, ACN president-Elect The ACN Regional Workshop held Nov. 19 in Nebraska boasted an assortment of topics from writing to photography, as well as search engine optimization to utilizing artificial intelligence in journalism. Lei Guo and Cassie Mallette...
by AgCommNetwork | Nov 8, 2024 | Events, Member Resources, News, The ByLine
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor Writing? Check. Photography and Video? Check. Search Engine Optimization? Check. An update on AI in journalism, and a newsmakers panel discussion on biofuel? Check and check. The ACN Regional Workshop has a powerful lineup of speakers,...
by AgCommNetwork | Nov 8, 2024 | AAEA News, Photography, Professional Development, The ByLine, Travel, Uncategorized
By Bill Spiegel, Byline editor Longtime ACN member Jim Patrico revisits some of the stories from his stellar career in a new book, “Dispatches from Farm Country: A Journalist’s decadeslong search for the soul of rural American in a changing world”. Patrico has earned...
by AgCommNetwork | Nov 7, 2024 | Events, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Betty Haynes, owner of Midwest Lens Freelance “Switzerland aims to be a global leader in sustainable food production.” The statement was echoed time and time again by Swiss farmers and CEOs alike. Although externally I continued the signature journalist smile and...