This year’s Agricultural Media Summit is quickly approaching! It will bbe July 24-28, 2010.
Students, to register please visit http://www.agmediasummit.com/
Register before June 30 for the special student price of $175
If you are interested in becoming an NACT Officer, please email your resumes to Tyler Bowser at tcbows@gmail.com
We cannot wait to see you there!!!
There are scholarships avaliable to attend this year’s Media Relations Made Easy Workshop for students:
Thursday, June 17, noon – 5:00 p.m.
Friday, June 18, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Media Relations Made Easy
Cost: $85, includes lunch on Thursday and Friday and continental breakfast on Friday
Agricultural communicators can learn how to prepare their faculty for interactions with the media at the Media Relations Made Easy workshop being held in conjunction with the ACE annual meeting in St. Louis. The workshop starts at the close of the ACE meeting with a lunch session Thursday, June 17.
Progressive Cattleman magazine is actively searching for an editor to help our team produce a national monthly magazine focused on the beef industry. Our future editor will join a successful agriculture publishing team in our Idaho office. The preferred candidate would have some experience in the beef industry, as well as rock-solid editorial skills. The candidate should also have the ability to organize, meet deadlines, coordinate multiple projects, communicate effectively and be a team leader. Please email resume and letter of interest to glen@progressivedairy.com, or mail to the address below.
Thank you,
Glen Leavitt, Business Manager
Progressive Publishing
PO Box 585, Jerome, ID 83338-0585
208-324-4860 • 208-324-1133 (fax)
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) is seeking college interns to work directly with its Director of Communications from June to mid-August, 2010. The internship is intended for students in their junior or senior years of college prior to graduation.
USW is the industry’s market development organization working in more than 100 countries on behalf of America’s wheat producers. The activities of USW are made possible by producer checkoff dollars managed by 19 state wheat commissions and through cost-share funding provided by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. USW offices are located in the Clarendon neighborhood of Arlington, VA, two blocks south of the Clarendon Metro Stop on the Orange Line.
Applicants can expect the internship to provide a well-balanced experience in marketing communications and public affairs work with a USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service agricultural commodity cooperator organization in the Washington, DC, area.
The experience will include:
The student will be responsible for all living costs while in the Washington, DC, area, to include food, transportation to and from work and housing accommodations. USW will cover business travel and other associated costs. USW or supporting state wheat commissions will provide a stipend of $2,000/month for the months worked.
Ideal applicants must have excellent news writing and general professional communications skills, working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, an ability to work independently and in group settings, a demonstrated interest/connection to agriculture, and an interest in pursuing an agriculturally related career.
Interested candidates should send via email or mail a completed application (see attached) no later than April 21, 2010, to:
Contact Information: Steve Mercer
Director of Communications
U.S. Wheat Associates, Inc.
3103 10th Street North, Suite 300
Arlington VA 22201
smercer@uswheat.org
www.uswheat.org
To view press release and application, click here.
The American Farm Bureau Federation is seeking one student for a summer internship with the public relations department in its Washington, D.C. office. Preference will be given to students just completing their junior years with a major in communications, journalism or a related field, but other students will be considered. Experience and aptitude in exploring business applications of social media (Web 2.0) and strong writing skills are required.
The selected intern will be assigned to projects overseen by the intern coordinator, pertaining to timely topics important to agriculture and rural communities. As such, applicants should specify their areas of interest and how their background provides them the proper knowledge and abilities to excel in this internship.
The department carries out a number of programs, activities and functions, including media relations, issues management, and management of public relations campaigns and events. On a day-to-day basis, the department responds to media inquiries, arranges media interviews for AFBF leaders and staff; produces the organization’s newsletters, FBNews and Foodie News; writes and designs brochures and pamphlets for internal and external audiences; writes and distributes news releases; produces radio reports and video news releases, and oversees the organization’s public Web site; an intranet site, Facebook fan pages and Twitter account.
The department’s work program is designed to complement the programs conducted by state Farm Bureaus and to serve as a resource to state Farm Bureaus.
Interns will receive a stipend equal to $15 per hour, based on a 7.5 hour day, for work days included in the dates of the internship. The start and end dates of the internship are flexible, but the intern will be expected to work a minimum of 8 to 10 weeks. Housing will not be provided, but AFBF staff will be happy to assist with the search and provide some housing contacts.
The deadline for application is March 22, 2010. Applicants will be notified of their selection status no later than March 31, 2010.
AFBF PUBLIC RELATIONS INTERN APPLICANT CHECKLIST (you must forward all of the following by mail or email to be considered for this internship):
_____Cover letter
_____Resume
_____Two (2) letters of recommendation
_____Up to three (3) writing, graphic design or broadcast samples
Send your materials to:
Cyndie Sirekis
Director of News Services
600 Maryland Ave., SW
Suite 1000W
Washington, DC 20024
Phone: (202) 406-3649
Fax: (202) 406-3602
If you have any questions regarding this position, please feel free to contact Cyndie directly. We look forward to receiving your applications.