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Owen Roberts
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Debate over flu coverage intensifies
The hand-wringing continues over fairness in reporting H1N1 flu, also unpopularly known as swine flu among pork producers. Jim Evans and the crew at the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center at the University of Illinois detail some of the latest media … Continue reading
Ethics challenges facing farm journalists
I’ve been fortunate over the past several months to work on an agricultural journalism ethics research project with Dr. Jim Evans, a giant in the field, and Karen Simon, the newly-elected president of the American Agricultural Editors Association. Our findings … Continue reading
Posted in Guelph Mercury
Tagged agricultural communications, ethics, farmers, farming, Guelph Mercury, IFAJ, Urban Cowboy
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Put your money where your mouth is, say pork sector supporters
Members of the Canadian pork sector are asking for the public’s help in bailing out their industry — by buying local food. I write about their pleas in this week’s Urban Cowboy column in the Guelph Mercury, and in my … Continue reading
Posted in Guelph Mercury
Tagged Guelph Mercury, local food, pork producers, University of Guelph, Urban Cowboy
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