From Texas to Pennsylvania. That’s a big move. That’s what Allen Moczygemba will be doing. (I’m glad this isn’t radio)
Henderson Wins Another Award
Pam Henderson has been busy winning awards recently. This time it’s the the first Plant Pathology Journalism Award from the American Phytopathological Society.
Product of the Year Entry Deadline
Have you got a hot product and think it’s award winning? Then you’d better hurry to get your entry in for AgriMarketing’s annual Product of the Year award. Entries need to be submitted by Thursday, August 31.
Award For Grower’s Boyd
I love this picture. Vicky’s posed on a fence rail, the background is out of focus but she’s not. I know, it’s hard to see on a 150 pixel wide web resolution jpeg but it’s “creative.” I like that.
So Vicky has a nice picture and a nice award.
Farm Journal Media Awards
It looks like Farm Journal Media came away from the Agricultural Media Summit with some nice awards. Starting with:
Writing About New Media
New media will now be getting some regular play in my local business paper, the Jefferson City Business Times (JCBT). They’ll be kicking off a new website any day now and I’ll be able to link you to my regular column that started with the August issue. I got started by defining blogs, podcasts and RSS. In the coming months I’m going to be focusing on each of these new media tools separately.
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.
Margy Fischer Is Machinery Editor
It’s great to see former AgWired student blogger, Margy Fischer developing her career.
Loos Tales Podcast
I’ve got some serious updating to do on my blog and podcast pages after this week of learning about new ones in agriculture. Like Loos Tales which you’ll find on Feedstuffs website. Loos Tales is produced by Trent Loos.
AAEA President Blogs
I keep getting positive feedback from my agriblogging and farm podcasting workshop yesterday. For example, Dan Crummett, current President of AAEA, Rural Life, said he used an idea that came up in the session for a post he did yesterday on his blog.