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| Ashley Bechman |
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| (800) 772-9354 ext. 3 |
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The newest member of the AgriNews team, Ashley earned her degree in agricultural communication from Purdue University.
She originally is from Franklin located in central Indiana. During her time at Purdue, she was a student news writer for the university's agricultural communication department and an intern for Unity Seeds.
Ashley now covers livestock along with associated commodity groups, the Indiana State Board of Animal Health, livestock environmental issues, vocational agriculture, farm families, forage and forestry.
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| Martha Blum |
| Field Editor |
| (800) 426-9438 ext. 117 |
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For the past two decades, Martha has reported on the beef, dairy and sheep industries in Illinois.
She also covers FFA and other farm youth activities, forage and agricultural issues in northern Illinois.
A University of Illinois ag communications graduate, Martha grew up on a DeKalb County farm. She works out of Illinois AgriNews' LaSalle office. |
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| Kevin Conerton |
| Copy Editor |
| (800) 426-9438 ext. 118 |
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Kevin, who grew up on a LaSalle County farm in Illinois, coordinates editing for Illinois AgriNews and Indiana AgriNews.
He also is responsible for layout and design of newspaper pages, in particular: Agri-Business, Agri-Trucker, Antiques, Farm Insurance, Homemaker, Lifestyles, Markets, Market Data, MoneyNews and Opinions.
Kevin was the first editor of Illinois AgriNews when the newspaper was started in 1977. |
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| Tom Doran |
| Field Editor |
| (309) 828-1432 |
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Tom's reporting assignments include covering corn, environmental and conservation issues in Illinois.
He joined the Illinois AgriNews team in 2005 and works from the newspaper's satellite office in Bloomington.
A lifelong resident of central Illinois, Tom earned a bachelor's degree at Southern Illinois University. |
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| James Henry |
| Executive Editor |
| (800) 426-9438 ext. 190 |
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Jim first began working with Indiana AgriNews as a field editor in 1993. He became state editor in 1996 and managing editor in 1999.
In 2003, he was named executive editor of AgriNews Publications, overseeing the editorial content of Illinois AgriNews, Indiana AgriNews and CountryNews.
He was raised on a farm in northwestern Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois' College of Communications.
He received the United Soybean Board's award for outstanding farm reporting in 1999. In addition to designing pages, Jim primarily is responsible for writing articles on federal farm policy and agribusiness. |
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| Katie Nickas |
| Field Editor |
| (800) 772-9354 ext. 4 |
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Katie began working for Indiana AgriNews in 2007 and has enjoyed learning about the wonderful – and challenging – world of agriculture.
She grew up in Madison, Ind., interned at NUVO Newsweekly in Indianapolis and worked as a writer, copy editor and assistant news editor for The Butler Collegian at Butler University.
Katie writes about Indiana’s corn and soybean farmers, grain commodity organizations, grain markets, ethanol, the Indiana State Fair, the Purdue University School of Agriculture and more.
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| Jeannine Otto |
| Field Editor |
| (800) 426-9438 ext. 211 |
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Jeannine joined the Illinois AgriNews team in 2005, but has been reporting on agricultural issues for several years.
Previously, she was a reporter for the daily Dixon Telegraph. Raised in Amboy, she now works in AgriNews' LaSalle office.
In particular, Jeannine is interested in urban and suburban sprawl and land development issues, as well as alternative crops and fuel costs.
She is a graduate of Rosary College in River Forest, Ill., where she earned a bachelor's degree in English. |
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| Nat Williams |
| Field Editor |
| (618) 932-3041 |
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Nat, located in southern Illinois, writes stories on wheat, fruits and vegetables, soybeans and minor crops such as aquaculture, grain sorghum and forestry.
He covers Southern Illinois University, as well as meetings of St. Louis-based farm groups such as the National Corn Growers Association and the United Soybean Board.
Nat earned a degree in journalism from SIU and joined Illinois AgriNews in 1989. |
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