{"id":13143,"date":"2019-08-12T16:41:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T16:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/?p=13143"},"modified":"2019-08-12T21:00:16","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T21:00:16","slug":"acdc-news-issue-19-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/acdc-news-issue-19-08\/","title":{"rendered":"ACDC News \u2013 Issue 19-08"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2019\/08\/DocNews19-08-pdf.pdf\">Click Here<\/a> for a printer-friendly PDF of this newsletter.<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Green shoots of hope across the impoverished local news landscape<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThough it\u2019s a precarious time for local journalism, with ruthless slashing of jobs and papers closing across the continent, there are some small green shoots sprouting up across the impoverished local news landscape.\u201d Olivia Bednar described some of them in a 2019 article in the Ryerson Review of Journalism (Canada). Examples cited:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Employee ownership for greater local independence, editorial expertise, and community engagement<\/li>\n<li>Social media platform with local news, plus emphasis on a watchdog role<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Hub concept \u2013 \u201cbits and pieces of local action\u201d from 15 different local news outlets (e.g., online sites, television channels, and radio shows)<\/li>\n<li>Library-based local newspaper photocopied and distributed from various spots around a tiny farm town<\/li>\n<li>Community website where anyone can pitch a story, supply photos, or links<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/rrj.ca\/green-shoots\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>New legal assessment tool for gender-equitable land tenure<\/h3>\n<p>We have added to ACDC an announcement of it from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. It introduced a legal assessment tool (LAT) providing \u201cprompt, targeted and effective policy and regulatory advice to countries working towards gender-equitable land tenure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tool analyzes national legal frameworks across 30 legal indicators and assessments in 23 countries. Assessments focus on elimination of gender-based discrimination in the country\u2019s constitution, in inheritance, nationality, property rights, and access to justice among others. Effective communicating is a key element throughout this initiative.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the announcement <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/gender-landrights-database\/legislation-assessment-tool\/en\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Countering claims in the \u201cGo Green &#8211; Go Paperless\u201d campaign<\/h3>\n<p>We recently added to the ACDC collection a brief report of global \u201canti-greenwash\u201d efforts to address what are described as unsubstantiated claims in the \u201cGo Green \u2013 Go Paperless\u201d campaign. This blog reported on efforts by Two Sides North America, a not-for-profit, global organization. They involved an analysis of 921 corporations, worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Two-thirds of those were found to be using unsubstantiated claims regarding paper\u2019s impact on the environment, \u201cusually in breach of local advertising regulations.\u201d After being challenged, 335 of those firms were found to have removed or changed their messaging.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the report <a href=\"https:\/\/twosidesna.org\/US\/335-leading-corporations-remove-misleading-go-green-claims\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Farmers concerned about biological preservation, but not joining an agro-environmental program<\/h3>\n<p>That pattern emerged from a recent study involving farmers in the shrinking grassland areas of Normandy, France. Researchers used a choice experiment method to assess farmers\u2019 perceptions and actions involving an agro-environmental scheme aimed at grassland preservation and restoration. The scheme included monetary compensation, but was not successful in prompting farmers to abandon cropping systems they have found more profitable than grassland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnvironmental consideration is not the key driver behind farmers\u2019 preferences,\u201d researchers concluded.<\/p>\n<p>You can read this 2019 conference paper <a href=\"https:\/\/ageconsearch.umn.edu\/record\/289701?In=en\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Two new successful social marketing efforts promoting low-fat milk consumption<\/h3>\n<p>The June 2019 issue of Social Marketing Quarterly included results of a case study that featured two effective interventions promoting consumption of 1% low-fat milk. A promotion in the Oklahoma City (USA) media market resulted in a significant 15 increase in consumption. A later statewide promotion resulted in a 42.9% increase in sales during the intervention period.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the abstract <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/1524500418824292\">here<\/a>. Contact us at <a href=\"mailto:acdc@library.illinois.edu\">acdc@library.illinois.edu<\/a> for counsel about gaining full-text access.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Thanks for teaching and research materials<\/h3>\n<p>Thanks to Dr. Eugene Kroupa who recently added resources to those he had contributed earlier to the ACDC collection. They relate mainly to his teaching and research during the 1970s as a member of the agricultural journalism faculty at the University of Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>His contributions add historical depth and enduring perspective to topics such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Farmers\u2019 uses, understanding, and sources of agricultural market news<\/li>\n<li>Promotion of farm products<\/li>\n<li>Audience research methods in agriculture<\/li>\n<li>Courses, curricula and trends in agricultural communications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can get acquainted with his contributions by entering \u201cKroupa Collection\u201d in the ACDC search system <a href=\"https:\/\/bibleaves.library.illinois.edu\/?f%255Bcollection_facet%255D%255B%255D=ACDC\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Communicator events approaching<\/h3>\n<p><strong>September 12-13, 2019<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cExtending horizons: Extension\u2019s role in climate, rural industry, and community challenges. Conference of the Australasia Pacific Extension Network (APEN) in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Information: https:<a href=\"\/\/aapevents.eventsair.com\/2019apen\/\">\/\/aapevents.eventsair.com\/2019apen\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>October 9-13, 2019<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cHeadwaters to the Plains.\u201d Annual conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists at Fort Collins, Colorado USA.<br \/>\nInformation: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sej.org\/initiatives\/sej-annual-conferences\/AC2019-main\">http:\/\/www.sej.org\/initiatives\/sej-annual-conferences\/AC2019-main<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>October 11-12, 2019<\/strong><br \/>\nSeminar of the Swiss Agricultural Journalists at the guest house Probstenberg, located between the municipalities of Welschenrohr and Seehof, Switzerland. Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agrarjournalisten.ch\/seminar\">https:\/\/www.agrarjournalisten.ch\/seminar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>November 11-13, 2019<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessional development conference of the International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association at Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifwtwa.org\/2019-ifwtwa-conference\">www.ifwtwa.org\/2019-ifwtwa-conference<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>November 13-15, 2019<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201c75 years strong.\u201d Anniversary convention of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) in Kansas City, Missouri.<br \/>\nInformation: <a href=\"https:\/\/nafb.com\/events\/nafb-convention\">https:\/\/nafb.com\/events\/nafb-convention<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>December 6-7, 2019<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cPluralistic extension for enhancing farmers\u2019 income through reaching the unreached.\u201d National seminar organized by Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth and Maharashtra Society of Extension Education at Maharashtra, India. Information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inseeworld.com\/seminars.htm\">http:\/\/www.inseeworld.com\/seminars.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Surely the oldest career field<\/h3>\n<p>We close this issue with a story reported decades ago in the Monthly Labor Review. We discovered it recently in some contributed materials.<\/p>\n<p>A physician, an engineer, and an economist were arguing about whose career area is oldest.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cHealing is as old as man himself,\u201d said the physician. \u201cThat makes mine the oldest profession.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNot so,\u201d said the engineer. \u201cGod had to use engineering to create the world out of chaos and confusion.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAnd who do you think created chaos and confusion?\u201d asked the economist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Best wishes and good searching<\/h3>\n<p>Please pass along your reactions, suggestions, and ideas. Feel free to invite our help as you search for information. Don\u2019t forget to follow us on Twitter @ACDCUIUC. And please suggest (or send) agricultural communications documents we might add to this unique and valuable international collection. We welcome them in hard copy (sent to Ag Comm Documentation Center, Room 510, 1101 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801) or in electronic format sent to acdc@library.illinois.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click Here for a printer-friendly PDF of this newsletter. 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