by AgCommNetwork | Apr 11, 2025 | Awards, News, The ByLine, Uncategorized
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor Well, the headline isn’t completely true. Yes, the deadline is April 25, but technically, award submissions will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. on Friday, May 2. The catch is: a 20% late fee applies to those entries. Here are the...
by AgCommNetwork | Apr 11, 2025 | The ByLine, Uncategorized
By Jessica Wesson, ACN Communications Specialist Get ready to sharpen your skills, expand your network, and gain fresh insights at the Agricultural Communications Network (ACN) Spring Regional Workshop, happening at the iconic McDonald’s Headquarters in downtown...
by AgCommNetwork | Apr 10, 2025 | Awards, Design, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Rachael Davis, ACN Board Member When I found out I had been named Ag Communicators Network’s Designer of the Year for the sixth time, I was genuinely speechless. To be recognized once is a huge honor—but to receive this award year after year? It’s humbling, and...
by AgCommNetwork | Apr 10, 2025 | The ByLine
By Pam Caraway, ACN President The posts started showing up in my social media feed like dispatches from afar. Who was this guy? Why were these posts so long? I glanced. Perused a graph or two. Went on. Then I read one. Maybe it was about a kid in the hospital. No...
by AgCommNetwork | Apr 10, 2025 | Photography, Professional Development, The ByLine, Travel, What I Learned
By Harlen Persinger Switzerland, officially The Swiss Confederation, is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Alps and the Jura. The Alps occupy the greater part of the territory. Most of the country’s 8.5 million people are concentrated in the plateau...
by AgCommNetwork | Mar 14, 2025 | The ByLine
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor At a Beck’s Hybrids field day in Effingham, Illinois a few years back, Pam Smith told me how much she loves children’s books. In an interview with her for this article, she explained why. “I think it’s the purest form of writing...
