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Gullickson Writer of the Year
At 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.
PIF Happens To All Of Us
I was just minding my own business when Larry Dreiling, High Plains Journal, comes up and says, “Give me $20.” Say what?
AAEA DSA Announced
The Agricultural Media Summit is approaching real fast. It’s still not too late to register if you haven’t done so yet.
Support The AAEA PIF
The American Agricultural Editors Association has a Professional Improvement Foundation that provides guidelines and training activities for AAEA members.
Mentoring Tomorrow’s Communicators Today
In case you AAEA members didn’t know it there’s now a student mentoring program underway. It’s really easy to get involved and share your talents with some of our communicators of tomorrow.
Ag Media Summit Seminar
It’s not too early to think about the Agricultural Media Summit in Portland, OR, July 23 – 26. Not much on the website yet but it’ll be there soon.
Retired Journalism Prof Shows Arrogance
In the latest issue of the AAEA Byline (you’ve got to be a member to read it) there’s an article on ethics called “Beware The Ethics Swamp.” It’s written by Elaine Shein. I think this is a great subject to do a series of articles on.
Meet The New AAEA President
It’s the American Agricultural Editor’s Association new president right here on AgWired in our ZimmCast for this week. He’s Dan Crummett, Farm Progress Companies. I interviewed him right after he got sworn in at the recent Ag Media Summit. Dan talks about AAEA and why he thinks the organization has become stronger. He also discusses AAEA’s new strategic plan.
AAEA Has 5-Year Plan
The American Agricultural Editors Association has just finalized a new strategic plan. This has been a process in which members were given plenty of opportunity to have input. You can download and read the full plan here.