It looks like Farm Journal Media came away from the Agricultural Media Summit with some nice awards. Starting with:
John Phipps, host of U.S. Farm Report…Town & Country Living, was awarded “Story of the Year” honors by the American Agricultural Editors’ Association (AAEA) for a column published in TOP PRODUCER magazine in September 2005. The award-winning column, entitled “This Will Leave a Scar,” described Phipps’ decision to discourage his son’s return to their sixth-generation farm. Phipps won in the category of Regular Column. His winning column was chosen for top story honors from among all 373 farm magazine contestants in all categories of the annual AAEA contest.
In other Farm Journal Media wins announced at the Agricultural Media Summit in Portland, Ore., on July 26, DAIRY TODAY magazine received the prestigious James Flanagan Award from the Livestock Publications Council (LPC) for the most improved publication over the past year. In this year’s awards, DAIRY TODAY Editor Jim Dickrell received first place in the LPC Regular Column competition for his monthly column entitled “Dairy Talk.”
Linda Smith, Managing Editor of TOP PRODUCER, won first place in the Economics & Management category of the AAEA writing contest for an article entitled “Why Funds are Bullish on Farming” published in September 2005. TOP PRODUCER Artist Dana Timmins won first place in Cover Page Design for the same issue.