Let’s just say that their are a lot of award winners at the Ag Media Summit. For a full list follow these links: AAEA Awards (pdf) – LPC Awards. Here are most of the first place winners from the AAEA contest. They were pretty excited with their achievements and we congratulate all the winners. 2012 Ag Media Summit Photo Album
Lindsay Calvert AAEA Intern
Lindsay Calvert has been the AAEA intern this summer and was “working like a dog” at the Ag Media Summit. She worked at DTN/The Progressive Farmer which was the host company for the internship. After that experience she says she may want to change her mind about being in public relations and start her career on the media side. In …
Meet New AAEA President
Let’s meet the new President of the American Agricultural Editors’ Association, Lauri Bedord. Here’s Laurie presenting now past President Greg Horstmeier his plaque with gavel during the AAEA business meeting at the Ag Media Summit. Laurie says she’s going to have several priorities that include the strategic plan which calls for an increase in membership. She encourages members to get …
First AAEA Dr. Jim Evans Scholarship
A very emotional Dr. Jim Evans was called to the stage during the Ag Media student awards and recognition luncheon to help present the first scholarship named in his honor by the American Agricultural Editors’ Association. Receiving the first scholarship is Claire Benjamin, University of Illinois. Presenting for AAEA was Joann Alumbaugh. In addition to this new scholarship, three additional …
AAEA Board Update
We’ve heard how things are going with the Livestock Publications Council. Now let’s hear how things are going with the American Agricultural Editors’ Association. To get that update I visited with Greg Horstmeier, DTN/The Progressive Farmer, President of AAEA. Here’s the board on a break during their board meeting today. Greg says AAEA has created a new contest to bring …
AAEA New Media Awards
The American Agricultural Editors Association has announced its first New Media Awards Program. This is a very progressive move and I applaud them for it. It will be interesting to see the results and I’m betting there are already unanticipated questions for the competition. For example, I wonder if someone who is an Active member can submit entries in both …
NAMA AAEA Get Together At Commodity Classic
One of our sponsors here at Commodity Classic, BASF, gets involved in supporting the event in so many ways. One of them is to sponsor this year’s combined American Agricultural Editors Association and National Agri-Marketing Association reception. Pictured (l-r) Beth Burgy, Broadhead and NAMA President; Nadine Keutzer, BASF; Amy Ogburn, Padilla Speer Beardsley and Greg Horstmeier, DTN/The Progressive Farmer and …
Ag Media Summit Supports Soles4Souls
The Ag Media Summit held a shoe drive to benefit Soles4Souls. I believe almost 300 pairs of shoes were donated! During the conference we held a public distribution of shoes at the Ozanam Inn, a local homeless shelter. On hand were Andy Atzenweiler and Kathy LaScala, pictured here with two of the folks we met at the shelter. The shoes …
Annual AAEA Awards
There are a lot of awards presented during the Ag Media Summit. I’ve got some information here to share with you from the American Agricultural Editors Association. I posted their Lifetime Achievement Awards already but here are some more. If you’d like to download the full document of winners then use this link (pdf). Pictured is Mike Deering, National Cattlemen’s …
AAEA Presents Lifetime Achievement Awards
The American Agricultural Editors Association presented two Lifetime Achievement Awards during the Ag Media Summit awards banquet. Receiving one of the awards from the AAEA was John Harvey (pictured on right). These awards are just some of the many awards that are presented during the Ag Media Summit. I will try to find an electronic copy of them and provide …