Agricultural Communications and Journalism
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Agricultural Journalism at Texas A&MFemale student judging cattle.

Agricultural Communications and Journalism has been a program at Texas A&M University since 1918. It is one of only approximately a dozen Agricultural Communications and Journalism programs in the country. Students in Agricultural Communications and Journalism take a core of courses including writing, editing, and senior seminar. They will take courses in Agricultural Communications and Journalism principles and professional skills. The skills courses students take include publications production, public relations, and Internet communications. Graduates are prepared to work in news/magazine, broadcast, public relations, advertising, or multimedia. Some will work in fields of digital cable and satellite communications.

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Modern EquipmentStudents working at a television station.

Professional courses provide the student with experience using the equipment found in newsrooms, television, and radio stations and the corporate world. This equipment includes:

bulletThree computer labs: graphics, news writing, and multimedia.
bulletTelevision studio including digital non-linear editing.
bullet35mm cameras, digital photography, and digital video.
bulletAudio laboratory.
bulletBroadcast production at KAMU-TV and KAMU-FM.

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Practical ExperienceAgriLeader is a TAMU student publication.

Agricultural Communications and Journalism students produce the AgriLeader, an agricultural magazine for all students, staff, and former students of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Texas A&M Agricultural Communications and Journalism students participate in paid internships at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, livestock shows at San Antonio and Ft. Worth, and various legislative initiatives in Austin.

Male student working television camera at rodeo.

 

 

 

 

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National Agricultural Communicators of TomorrowAgricultural Communicators of Tomorrow

Texas A&M University is a member of Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow, a national student organization offering leadership to college students in agricultural communications. The goal of ACT is to foster career development skills and networking opportunities for agricultural communicators. For more information regarding the Texas A&M Chapter, please visit oursite at ACT.

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InternshipsTexas Agricultural Extension

One or two professional internships are expected to be completed for most students by graduation. Among the places students find employment in Agricultural Communications and Journalism is Agricultural Communications in the Texas Agricultural Extension/Experiment Station outreach program.

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Agricultural Journalism GraduatesStudent and professor working.

Texas A&M Agricultural Communications and Journalism graduates include editors and writers for such publications as the Quarter Horse Journal and the Farm Journal. Two Agricultural Communications and Journalism graduates have been elected to the Former Journalism Student Association Hall of Fame: Tom Hargrove '66 and Leroy Shafer '67, a Vice-President of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

Jobs for graduates are readily available among places like membership associations such as the American Painthorse Association, public relations in such firms as Gibbs & Soell, agricultural writers, photographers or designers in agricultural publications and broadcast outlets, such as the Meredith Corporation.

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Professional Journalism Organizations

bulletAgricultural Communicators in Education
bulletAmerican Agricultural Editors' Association
bulletThe Council for the Advancement of Science Writing
bulletInternational Federation of Agricultural Journalists
bulletInvestigative Reporters and Editors
bullet The International Science Writers Association
bulletNational Association of Farm Broadcasters
bulletNational Association of Science Writers
bulletSociety of Environmental Journalists
bulletSociety of Professional Journalists

Student Journalism Organizations at Texas A&M

bullet Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow (ACT)
bullet The Battalion - Student Newspaper
bullet Hispanic Journalist Association(HJA)
bullet National Association of Black Journalists(NABJ)
bullet Public Relations Student Society of America(PRSSA)
bullet Radio, Television and News Directors Association(RTNDA)
bullet Society of Professional Journalists -Sigma Delta Chi (SPJ)

Agricultural Journalism & Communications Programs

bullet Kansas State University
bullet Oklahoma State University
bulletPurdue University
bulletTexas Tech University
bullet University of Arkansas
bulletUniversity of Florida
bullet University of Georgia
bullet University of Nebraska - Lincoln
bullet University of Missouri - Columbia
bullet University of Wisconsin
bullet Washington State University

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Additional program information can be obtained using the request form.

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Information presented herein is for educational purposes only. Reference to commercial products or trade names is made with the understanding that no discrimination is intended and no endorsement is implied. Unless otherwise noted, information provided by this page does not represent the official views of Texas A&M University. This site is a product of the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications. Questions may be directed to Deb Dunsford.

This site was last modified on 10 July 2007.