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.

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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:

1. Researching and writing articles for USW newsletters; writing news releases as needed; and assisting the Director of Policy to draft trade policy communications as needed;
2. Covering and writing about USW events such as trade team visits;
3. Assisting the Director of Communications on promotional material production as needed;
4. Updating the USW Web site and maintaining USW social media outreach;
5. Assisting the State Outreach Coordinator as needed;
6. Performing other general office and/or clerical responsibilities.

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.