{"id":9231,"date":"2015-05-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-dev.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/15_05\/"},"modified":"2018-02-24T23:34:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T23:34:51","slug":"15_05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/15_05\/","title":{"rendered":"ACDC News – Issue 15-05"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New role needed for environmental and food safety journalism <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Aspirations of objective reportage are outdated and ill-equipped to deal with many of the new risk stories which environmental and food safety journalism covers, according to a Journalism Studies <\/em> article we added recently to the ACDC collection. Researcher Anita Howarth observed that these new disputes are about highly abstract, technical, futuristic risks. They confront a pre-occupation with objectivity, factual accuracy and impartiality \u2013 \u201cthe legacy of classic liberal assumptions about journalistic professionalism.\u201d<\/p>\n

The author proposed a participatory role in which media \u201cbecome active participants, seeking to influence public policy change in their own right and to mobilize wider political participation.\u201d She suggested, \u201cWithin the spaces of participatory media, emotion and reason become interwoven in debate rather than a duality; fear, anger, etc., can be seen as legitimate expressions of political engagement rather than dismissed for tainting the critical-rational space of debate.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can read the article, \u201cParticipatory politics, environmental journalism, and newspaper campaigns,\u201d via the Burnel University Research Archive <\/a> or Google Books <\/a> .<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Social media: essential skill in the plant scientists\u2019 toolkit<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cUnderstanding social media, and having the knowledge and confidence to use it appropriately and effectively for professional purposes will become essential skills to be included in a scientist\u2019s skills tool kit.\u201d\u00a0 Anne Osterrieder of Oxford Brookes University, UK, offered that counsel in a 2013 journal article we are adding to the ACDC collection. Her analysis included \u201cdo\u2019s and don\u2019ts of social media,\u201d identifying suggestions, pitfalls, and online references. She also offered examples of social media use in the plant sciences.<\/p>\n

You can read the article on Plant Methods’ website <\/a> or through the National Center for Biotechnology Information <\/a> .<\/p>\n

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Establishing a new Rural Journalism Hall of Fame exhibit <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Congratulations to members of the Rural Press Club of Queensland (Australia) for spearheading a new Rural Journalism Hall of Fame exhibit.\u00a0 It was officially commissioned in September at the Australian Stockman\u2019s Hall of Fame in Longreach, Queensland.<\/p>\n

The new exhibit traces the history of rural journalism in Queensland and showcases the contribution of three rural journalism legends in the club: Malcolm McCosker, Robin McConchie, and Rod Green.<\/p>\n

You can read \u201cRural journalism exhibit commissioned\u201d on Rural Press Club\u2019s website <\/a> .<\/p>\n

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Overview of nanotechnology in agro-food <\/strong><\/h3>\n

A recent article in Food Research International <\/em> examines the agro-food sector, one of the fastest growing fields in nano-research. It describes current nanotechnological applications in enhancing food production, processing, storage, and distribution; managing water quality; and controlling food quality with nano-sensors. It also highlights risk assessment and safety concerns with respect to nano agro-food research.<\/p>\n

It calls for nanoeducation to \u201cconnect schools, colleges, research centers, small scale industries and consumers to understand the potential benefits as well as risk and safety aspects of nanotechnology.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can read the article, \u201cNanotechnology in agro-food,\u201d here <\/a> .<\/p>\n

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\u00a0How ethical is food blogging?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Food blogger Anne Green addressed that question in an Epicurean Epistles commentary we added recently to the ACDC collection. Here are several ethical dimensions she identified:<\/p>\n