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United we Brand? Top Reads on Corporate Activism

Flack's Revenge

It reported how agricultural giant Cargill fell out of favor with environmentalists: For years, the American agricultural giant Cargill has been on relatively good terms with environmental advocates, praised for agreeing to a landmark moratorium on buying soybeans grown on deforested land in the Amazon rain forest.

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Meet the Media: Justine Murphy, Senior Editor at Laser Focus World

Bianchi Biz Blog

Can you tell us what types of stories, trends or issues are on your radar now? Smart farming” is on my radar as well; it’s poised to change the future of farming and agriculture as a whole. For this series of articles, I won a first-place writing/reporting award from the New England Newspaper and Press Association.

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Met the Media: Ryan Gehm, Editor-in-chief at Truck & Off-Highway Engineering

Bianchi Biz Blog

We report on key engineering topics impacting medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses, as well as the construction, agricultural, mining and other off-highway mobility sectors. I also write the occasional story for our Automotive Engineering and ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Engineering magazines.

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Coffee with a Journalist: Lisa Martine Jenkins, Protocol

OnePitch

Now, this is not usually what I ask on here, but how do you deal with the beat you write about like emotionally? [00:03:52] LMJ: I think it requires a certain level of both realism and optimism at the same time. You’ll be writing about something, and you’ll remember, “Oh, God. How do you – Okay. This is great.

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#measurePR Recap (April 2017): Measuring Financial Communications

Waxing UnLyrical

Erica suggests honing writing skills: A7 Hone your writing & editing skills. Guests include: Elizabeth Gregory North , Head of Agricultural Communications; Ellen Graves , Social Media Strategist; and Quisto Settle , Assistant Professor. Constantly look to evolve and learn. Quality AND Quantity are important.

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Engaging reporters on Twitter: Why it’s an over-hyped “best practice”

Communications Conversations

As for now, I am in very narrow niches: architecture and building media for one client and agriculture for the other. For example, you can share stories that they are writing and reading, and engage in thoughtful conversation about shared topics of interest. It was about a survey, however, and that can be an easy win.

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