National ACT Membership Benefits

Your membership benefits with the National ACT include:

Exclusive scholarship & internship opportunities.
Eligibility for Critique and Contest, including professional feedback on contest submissions. The first individual entry for each member is
free. Additional individual entry is $5 USD per entry. All group entries are $5 USD per entry.
Eligibility for national recognition through Chapter of the Year awards, distinguished member award, distinguished alumnus award, honored professional awards, and honored Chapter Adviser award.
Eligibility for chapter social media contest.
Professional development opportunities, including Ag Media Summit & the Professional Development Conference.
Networking opportunities across the United States, including connections to National ACT officers.
Eligibility for the Arthur Leal travel abroad scholarship, as well as Jim Evans professional development funding.

Agricultural Communication Organizations

You can join many professional agricultural communication organizations as a student, taking advantage of scholarships, internships, professional development, and mentoring. Learn more about the agricultural communications profession by exploring these professional organizations.

Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE): Communication professionals working in universities, government agencies, and research organizations in the public and private sectors.
Agricultural Communicators Network: Agricultural editors, writers, and photojournalists.
Agricultural Relations Council (ARC): Professionals specializing in public relations and public affairs serving the agricultural and food and ﬁber industries.
American Horse Publications (AHP): Communication professionals in the equine publishing industry.
Association of Food Journalists: A networking system to encourage communication among food journalists who plan and write food copy for news media.
Cooperative Communicators Association: Communication professionals employed in cooperatives.
International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ): Professional association for agricultural journalists in 29 countries.
Livestock Publications Council (LPC): Communication professionals in the livestock publishing industry.
National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA): Communication and marketing professionals in agricultural marketing.
National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB): Communication professionals at farm broadcast stations and networks and the agri-marketing community of companies and agencies.
National Association of Science Writers (NASW): Forum to promote good science writing through all media normally devoted to informing the public.
North American Agricultural Journalists (NAAJ): Journalists in North America who report or edit agricultural news for newspapers, magazines, and syndicated services and are independent of agricultural organizations and businesses.
Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ): The site for this professional organization provides news, events, and useful links.
Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association (TOCA): Communication professionals involved in green industry communications.
Center for Environmental Journalism: Includes news, research, and resources section. Maintained at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Communication Officers of State Departments of Agriculture (COSDA): National association of information officers within U.S. state departments of agriculture.