Gullickson Writer of the Year

Chuck Zimmerman

Gil GullicksonAt Successful Farming I know who gets the tough stuff to write about. It’s gotta be Gil Gullickson. As Crops Technology Editor I’m sure he has a challenge making sure his readers understand some pretty complicated stuff. Now he’s won a big award to prove he’s very good at it.

Gil Gullickson has been named Writer of the Year by his peers in the field of agricultural journalism. Gullickson, Crops Technology Editor with Meredith Corporation’s Successful Farming® magazine, received the recognition through the American Agricultural Editors’ Association (AAEA) annual Writing Awards program. The award was presented during the eighth annual Agricultural Media Summit, in Portland, Ore., which took place July 23-26, 2006. Gullickson’s three winning articles in Technical Feature (Stop Super Weeds), On-Farm Production (What’s Happened to the Miracle Crop?), and Regular Column (What Did We Learn About Asian Soybean Rust?) categories earned him the award.

Meredith had some other winners too.

  • Rich Fee, Successful Farming Crops and Soils Editor: First Place Human Interest, Picking Up the Reins, and Third Place Economics & Management, New N Rates Stress Economics.
  • Cheryl Tevis, Farm Issues Editor and Dan Looker, Business Editor: Third Place Team Story, Growing Great Workers.
  • Betsy Freese, Livestock Editor: Second Place Regular Column entry When Worlds Collide.
  • Laurie Potter, Special Projects Editor: Master Writer Level 2 designation.
  • Lisa Prater, Features Editor: Master Writer Level 3 designation.

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