SA celebrates another national leadership award winner

South Australia’s success for the second year running in a prestigious national award for young rural journalists was celebrated today (Thursday, July 28) at a gathering of the State’s rural press club.

Stock Journal editor Deanna Lush is heading to Canada in September after winning the 2011 Alltech Young Leaders in Rural Journalism Award, organised annually by the Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists (ACAJ) and sponsored by global animal nutrition company, Alltech.

South Australia’s success for the second year running in a prestigious national award for young rural journalists was celebrated today (Thursday, July 28) at a gathering of the State’s rural press club.

Stock Journal editor Deanna Lush is heading to Canada in September after winning the 2011 Alltech Young Leaders in Rural Journalism Award, organised annually by the Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists (ACAJ) and sponsored by global animal nutrition company, Alltech.

In taking out the award, Deanna is following in the footsteps of her predecessor at the Stock Journal, Tom Dawkins, who is now editor of the Stock and Land, based in Melbourne.

She will attend the 2011 congress of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) in Canada from September 14 to 18, with leading rural journalists and communicators from more than 30 countries.

In a major new initiative coordinated by the IFAJ and sponsored by Alltech, she will also participate in a special three-day ‘boot camp’ before the main congress. The tailor-made professional development program will also involve 10 other young leaders selected from around the world, with both practical and formal training from highly regarded practitioners and a personal mentor.

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Media Contacts:

Liz Harfull
President ACAJ
M: 0409 674 941
E: lizharfull@internode.on.net

Deanna Lush
M: 0419 035 463