by AgCommNetwork | Sep 12, 2024 | AAEA News, Ag Media Summit, Awards, News, Student News, The ByLine
By Courtney Leeper Girgis, Future Ag Communicators Committee Chair Students from Iowa State University, University of Arkansas, and Tarleton State University were among those recognized as rising ag communicators this year at Ag Media Summit in Kansas City. Dr. James...
by AgCommNetwork | Sep 12, 2024 | Events, The ByLine, Travel, What I Learned
By Courtney Leeper Girgis, ROOTED Communications On my first day in Switzerland, I found myself on a bus traveling a narrow mountain road with turns that grew sharper the further up we went. We were fine as long as we did not look down or meet a car on the path. Of...
by AgCommNetwork | Aug 8, 2024 | The ByLine
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor Growing up in a military family, Sarah McNaughton’s roots in agriculture didn’t start out riding the combine with her dad, or pulling calves in the dark night of winter. Instead, her ag roots began growing when her folks bought a small...
by AgCommNetwork | Aug 8, 2024 | Ag Media Summit, Events
By Diane Johnson Agricultural Media Summit just wrapped up its 25th iteration in Kansas City, Missouri. Diane Johnson, retired executive director of the Livestock Publications Council, was a member of a joint steering committee that created AMS. We asked her to share...
by Ashlyn Rochester | Jul 11, 2024 | Ag Media Summit, Events, The ByLine, Travel, What I Learned
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor When you head for Kansas City next month, you have a unique chance to enjoy agriculture in Kansas–my state. The AMS Program Committee has prepared a schedule that touches on many highlights of Kansas agriculture: beef, bread, booze and...
by Ashlyn Rochester | Jul 11, 2024 | Member Resources, The ByLine
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor Within a few minutes of meeting Miranda Reiman, one thing becomes clear: she is a born communicator. Sources, friends and associates marvel at her ability to focus completely on the person she is talking to, eagerly learning more about...
