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Tuesday, April 25, 2017
The International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) has named Stock Journal photographer, Jacqui Bateman as having taken the world’s best rural photograph.
Announced at the recent lFAJ 2017 Congress in Pretoria, South Africa, Jacqui’s winning photograph was of shearer, Daniel Telfer taken during shearing on Jacqui’s own Limestone Coast property at Furner in the state’s South East. It featured a fully naked Daniel removing the wool off a sheep in a stance similar to that of PETA’s earlier anti-shearing publicity shot of an unclothed female model posing with a faux sheep covered in artificial red dye to simulate shearing cuts.
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Following a forty year career in writing about the Australian agricultural sector, including 27 years at News Corporation, The Advertiser’s Rural Editor Nigel Austin decided late last year that it was time to leave behind the world of daily newspaper journalism.
His new direction in life is now the pursuit of a long-held dream to focus full-time on continuing his authorship of books focused on country Australia.
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Friday, February 10, 2017
2016 SA Rural Journalist of the Year, Cassandra Steeth of ABC Rural Radio at Mount Gambier has been named by the Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists as the Best Rural Broadcast Journalist in Australia.
In addition to competing against other radio entries from throughout Australia, Cassandra’s story had to compete against winning entries from the television and online awards.
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Wednesday, February 08, 2017
Former editor of the Stock Journal and current principal of agricultural communications firm, AgCommunicators, Deanna Lush has just been awarded a Churchill Fellowship.
Deanna’s Fellowship will permit her to investigate communication, education and engagement methods to improve understanding of agriculture across the community. It will take her to Canada, USA and UK.
Deanna Lush in her role as Rural Photography Award Judging Panel Chair, providing comments at the 2016 Awards
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Tuesday, February 07, 2017
A humorous touch up with a yellow paintbrush in a field of golden canola has been selected as Australia’s best in a prestigious rural photo contest.
Multi-award winning Adelaide Advertiser photographer Tait Schmaal captured the image of a happy South Australian farmer trying to improve on Mother Nature. The Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists Rural Photography Award carries $1,000.00 prize money for the winner and entry into the World Star Prize Competition.
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Sunday, December 11, 2016
Leigh Radford was recently honoured by Rural Media SA and his peers when he was bestowed the rare honour of being inducted to the status of “Rural Media Icon”.
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Sunday, December 11, 2016
From a large number of outstanding entries, ABC Rural journalist Cassandra Steeth and freelance photographer Jacqui Bateman, working for the Stock Journal, have taken home the major prizes at the 2016 Telstra & Rural Business Support Rural Media Awards announced at the Adelaide Showground today.
Cassandra Steeth is the ABC Rural Radio reporter in Mount Gambier. Cassandra had her locally produced regional and rural stories broadcast on Radio National’s The World Today and Off Track and posted them on the Radio National online website.
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Friday, November 25, 2016
ABC Rural Journalist, Danielle Grindlay may have illustrated her superb abilities when she took out both the Best Rural Journalist - Radio and the Best Rural Journalist - Online awards in RMSA's Telstra & Rural Business Support Rural Media Awards in 2015, however she was still keen to increase her abilities in reporting on rural issues.
Danielle successfully applied to the Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists for an IFAJ-Alltech Young Leaders in Agricultural Journalism Award to enable her to travel overseas to study rural media at an international level. The annual award recognises the industry’s rising stars who have leadership potential and as Australia's entrant, Danielle was fortunate to win one of the ten international awards allocated by the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) for 2016.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2016
A radio story by former Executive Producer and Presenter of ABC’s South Australian Country Hour, Caroline Winter has been named the ‘Best Radio Story’ at the recent SA Press Club Awards.
Caroline’s investigative nine-minute story, “Does Zambia have what it takes to become the food bowl of Africa” gained the award ahead of stories submitted by radio journalists from all sectors of the media industry.
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