I’m wondering if someday our journalism schools will teach event blogging. Probably not until they hire professors who can do it themselves? I noticed that Andy Vance over at Buckeye Ag Radio Network is making the media transition it takes to do more than just one kind of reporting. He’s been blogging the Ohio FFA Convention.
I was talking to some organizational marcom people last night who seemed fascinated by what I’m doing here at the Clean Cities Congress. They actually wondered if I sleep or not and the answer is “sometimes.” But to cover an event using the full capabilities of a blog I think you’ve got to be a photographer, videographer, editor, broadcaster and web developer all rolled into one. This is why the traditional definitions of media just don’t cut it anymore.
As Andy is proving, a traditional farm broadcaster is now becoming an online editor. So Andy, it’s time to join AAEA in addition to NAFB. I wonder what the merger of those two organizations will be called? The National Association of Agricultural Editors of Various Types (NAAEVT)?
At the start of the Clean Cities Congress the state coordinators get together. The first evening is social and then they have a full morning of training before the conference officially kicks off.
The next post will probably be from the road somewhere between here and Phoenix for the 
The winner of the Deere Gear Toy Tractor Contest for this week is Joseph Mitchell, Martville, NY.
I can’t keep up with all the awards out there can you? In fact, a great blog would be one about awards. An awards blog. Today I learned about the 
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The USDA has a series of 
I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while. I know some of you companies out there use 
At the recent BIO Convention I got to speak with Canadian farmer Jim Pallister. Jim was attending thanks to the 
Researchers in Manitoba are attempting to harness the power of ultrasound to provide a live animal assessment of the amount of marbling in pork. Scientists with Swine Research and Development Corporation in Brandon have found marbling results in a distinct pattern in an ultrasound image.