Farmers are sometimes reluctant to talk to the media, for fear of being misunderstood by general assignment reporters trying to sort out complicated agricultural issues. But there are compelling reasons for farmers to be patient...
Read MoreI became acquainted with University of Guelph political studies Arpana Chakravarty when, as a volunteer reporter for The Ontarion, she attended last year's CanACT etiquette dinner and wrote a story for the student newspaper....
Read MoreOur friends at the Guild of Agricultural Journalists in the UK have elected a new chairman, Nick Bond, who is profiled in a story on the guild's website here. Nick is well known to International Federation of Agricultural...
Read MoreCheck here for a story from the latest edition of IFAJ News — a publication deftly edited by Australian journalist Liz Harfull — about the first graduates from the University of Guelph agricultural communications...
Read MoreIt looks like Arkell, Ontario (a village just outside Guelph) will not be home to the 2015 Pan Am Games' equine events, after all. But nonetheless, a Guelph-area group working towards creating an Ontario Equine Centre is...
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Owen Roberts is an agricultural journalist and communications instructor based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He is a trustee on the Global Foundation for Agricultural Journalism and an associate editor (communications) for the Journal of Agromedicine. Previously, Owen was president of the International Forum for Agricultural Journalists, an agricultural communications faculty member at the University of Illinois, and research communications director at the University of Guelph. His programs and research papers have been recognized through awards from the Journal of Applied Communications, the National Agri-Marketing Association, the Association for Communications Excellence and the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation.