{"id":14953,"date":"2021-11-10T19:53:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T19:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/?p=14953"},"modified":"2022-06-20T20:04:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T20:04:27","slug":"acdc-news-21-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/acdc-news-21-11\/","title":{"rendered":"ACDC News – Issue 21-11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Click here<\/a> for a printer-friendly PDF of this issue<\/h3>\n
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The lost art of being a food merchant<\/strong><\/h3>\n

We have added to the ACDC collection a recent article about creativity and training needs in the produce departments of food stores. Veteran food executive Mike O\u2019Brien emphasized the need to deliver a positive, unique, and memorable experience for shoppers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt comes down to trust, empowerment and education,\u201d he said. \u201cMany supermarkets find that letting their people get creative is a key part of the puzzle, so nurturing a company culture that supports a beyond-the-basics approach is essential. \u2026 It is somewhat of a lost art in today\u2019s fast paced world of data, low price and lack of labor.\u201d Automating and executing by corporate dictum \u201cwon\u2019t get you what you really want\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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You can read his suggestions here<\/a> in this Produce Market Guide <\/em>article.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>Hold government, other players accountable with investigative agricultural reporting<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Journalists in the agriculture sector should do all they can to hold regulators, policy executives and private-sector players accountable for transparency, efficiency and development of the sector. So advised Ini Ekot while speaking to agricultural reporters and editors on \u201cInvestigating the Agricultural Sector\u201d at a three-day intensive training in Abuja, Nigeria.\u00a0 The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism organized this program.<\/p>\n

Participants also learned of existing constitutional empowerment for journalists to hold leaders accountable in African countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Gambia.<\/p>\n

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You can read this 2019 article in Guardian Nigeria<\/em> here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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News deserts and ghost newspapers: Will local news survive?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cThis report is the fourth on the state of local news produced by the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. It measures what has been lost, while also assessing what must be done if we are to nurture and revive a vibrant news landscape in the third decade of the 21st<\/sup> century.\u201d Penelope Muse Abernathy, Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics, authored the 121-page research report (2020).<\/p>\n

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You can read the report here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Simplistic journalism and rural America as a scapegoat<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cThere are ways for the industry to support better and more incisive reporting on rural communities.\u201d\u00a0 So reported Sarah Jones, a staff writer for New York Magazine<\/em>, in a 2019 article we have added from Dissent Magazine<\/em>. Decrying fabricated, stereotyped reporting about rural people and matters, she suggested that journalists \u201ctake steps to ensure that rural communities are empowered to tell their own stories.\u201d<\/p>\n

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You can read the article by open access here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Potentials and limitations of citizen journalism initiatives<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Researchers Kalyani Chadha and Linda Steiner explored this timely topic through a case study involving rural and tribal communities in central India. The citizen journalism enterprise, CGNet Swara, was initiated to act as a bridge between those communities and professional news outlets. Findings revealed \u201cfailure to \u2018bridge\u2019 the citizen-professional divide and to position the experiment in terms of the larger public sphere\u201d as a force for democracy.<\/p>\n

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You can read the article in Journalism Studies <\/em>by open access from the publisher here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Communicator events approaching<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Uncertainties of the COVID-19 health issue continue to prompt flexible event planning. Here are plans of which we are aware, with contact information you can use for details.<\/p>\n

November 17-19, 2021<\/p>\n

\u201cHarvesting News for Rural America,\u201d Convention of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) in Kansas City, Missouri.<\/p>\n

Information: https:\/\/nafb.com<\/a><\/p>\n

February 13-14, 2022<\/p>\n

National Agricultural Communications Symposium in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists in New Orleans, Louisiana.<\/p>\n

Information: https:\/\/www.saasinc.org<\/a><\/p>\n

June 12-14, 2022<\/p>\n

Annual Conference of the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE) in Kansas City, Missouri.<\/p>\n

Information: https:\/\/aceweb.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pondering the future of agricultural journalism<\/strong><\/h3>\n

We close this issue of ACDC News<\/em> with an observation we enjoyed and appreciated from Betsy Freese when she was executive editor at Meredith Corporation in Des Moines, Iowa:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI would like to see a robot try to do what I do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Offering information and best regards<\/strong><\/h3>\n

ACDC is a resource for you, so please feel free to invite our help as you search for information. Don\u2019t forget to follow us on Twitter @ACDCUIUC<\/a>. And please suggest (or send) agricultural communications documents we might add to this unique and valued international collection. We welcome them in hard copy (sent to Ag Comm Documentation Center, Room 510, 1101 S. Goodwin Avenue, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801) – or in electronic format sent to acdc@library.illinois.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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