We recently added to the ACDC collection an interview with journalist Ted Genoways, co-producer of a May 2017 news article about a foiled terror plot last October to bomb an apartment complex in Garden City, Kansas. The complex was home to Somali and other refugees who were working at a nearby meatpacking plant. His responses during the interview included these thoughts about the rise of fake news:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a strange environment to report in. \u2026\u00a0 more than ever, it\u2019s important to distinguish real reporting from opinion or speculation or even things that are intentionally misleading, so that we know that what we\u2019re reading is based on reality.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a reporter, that means there\u2019s an even higher bar now for establishing what\u2019s factual. \u2026 Especially online, there is a growing body of people who are happy to contest observable facts. What a strange thing to argue with someone, not over policy goals or opinion, but over the basic facts that in many cases the reporters have established by witnessing themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
You can read the interview here<\/a>. You can read his \u201cTerror in the heartland\u201d story here<\/a>. We added them from the Fern<\/em> newsletter of the Food and Environment Reporting Network, which is an independent investigative non-profit organization.<\/p>\n Congratulations to Lyn Jarvis, honored recently with the Robert O. Sinclair Cup from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and University of Vermont Extension Service.\u00a0\u00a0 He and associates at the University of Vermont have sustained a farm and home television program that has extended for 62 years.\u00a0 Lyn produced, directed, recruited talent, and constructed sets for 27 of those years (more than 7,000 \u201cAcross the Fence\u201d shows) on WCAX-TV, Burlington.\u00a0 Here are several keys for sustained success, as described in his recognition:<\/p>\n You can learn more about \u201cAcross the Fence\u201d here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The second 2017 issue of the Journal of Applied Communications<\/em> (JAC) <\/em>includes these articles:<\/p>\n JAC<\/em>, a peer-reviewed journal, is published by the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE).\u00a0 You can read these new articles here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Thanks to Neil Inall for alerting us to the new \u201cFood and Agribusiness Roadmap\u201d for Australia. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) announced it July 17, charting a course for products, technology, and innovation in this sector.<\/p>\n Effective communications are integral to all five \u201ckey enablers\u201d for the Roadmap:<\/p>\n You can read the announcement here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Four farmers and indigenous leaders are among six recipients of the 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize. This annual award from the Goldman Environmental Foundation \u201chonors grassroots environmental heroes\u201d from all parts of the world.<\/p>\n You can read more about the award and the efforts of recipients here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Hailley is a 2014 graduate of Vanderbilt University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and history. She is working on her Master of Library and Information Science degree here at the University of Illinois, focusing on rare books and special collections.\u00a0 Her previous library experience includes customer service at the Champaign Public Library, Center for Children\u2019s Books, and Urbana Theological Seminary Library. Also, she has worked on organization and schedule coordination for several University of Illinois professors.<\/p>\n October 20, 2017 October 26-30, 2017 November 8-10, 2017 We close this issue of ACDC News with a challenge for those of us who would communicate about nature and the environment. It is from Linda Hogan, quoted in the Book of Green Quotations<\/em>:<\/p>\n \u201cThere is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.\u201d<\/p>\n Please pass along your reactions, suggestions, and ideas. Feel free to invite our help as you search for information. 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\nThe longest-running U.S. daily farm and home television program<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nEight new research reports in JAC<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nCommunications: A key in mapping out Australia\u2019s food future<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nPeople of the land as heroes in environmental conflict<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nWelcome to the ACDC crew<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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It is a pleasure to welcome Hailley Shaw as a new graduate assistant in the Center. She joined the staff this summer and already has helped expand the Contributed Collections section of the ACDC website. Also, following reviews of documents, she has added nearly 150 citations to the online database.<\/p>\n
\nCommunicator activities approaching<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nDeadline for submitting professional development proposals and posters to be presented at the Agricultural Communications Section of the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists in Jacksonville, Florida, February 4-5, 2018.
\nInformation about professional development proposals: Lauri Baker at lmbaker@ksu.edu<\/a>
\nInformation about posters: Quisto Settle at quisto.sett.e@gmail.com<\/p>\n
\nWorld Conference of Science Journalists, San Francisco, California USA.
\nInformation: http:\/\/wcsj2017.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cFocus influence.\u201d Annual convention of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB), Kansas City, Missouri USA.
\nInformation: https:\/\/nafb.com\/events\/nafb-convention<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWhen nature talks<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nBest wishes and good searching<\/strong><\/h3>\n