Check 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 diploma program. The story notes the graduates were recognized at a special ceremony at the Delta Guelph Hotel and Conference Centre, which is home base for the Guelph leg of the 2011 IFAJ Congress.
OWEN ROBERTS
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.