British Guild of Agricultural Journalists

The inaugural Mike Evans Award for PR Communications, formerly the Guild’s PR Writer of the Year Award, is open to all PR professionals who work in the agricultural sector and carries a £250 prize. The award is in memory of Mike Evans, a well known master of agricultural communications and founder of Agrafax and Mistral, who died last year. The PR award, now in its fourth year and again kindly sponsored by Oxtale PR‘s Amy Jackson, who was a work colleague and friend of Mike, celebrates agricultural communicators who demonstrate a clear and strategic aim for their clients. Entries for the award will be judged on how well the author has delivered newsworthiness and/or technical content despite the PR purpose of the piece, as well as conciseness and consistency of quality, clarity of writing and style. ❗ The closing date for entries is Friday September 20, 2024. ➡️ Learn more and enter: https://lnkd.in/devwBQ3Z

Michael David Scott (Mike) Evans, 13 June 1945 – 21 October 2023 Mike Evans was an almost legendary figure in the UK agricultural communications world, founding Agrafax and Mistral, where too many public relations careers to mention were founded and blossomed. Read more 👇 https://lnkd.in/dA4icRsE

Limited spaces are available for the upcoming ENAJ trip to Italy. Please register by September the 15th if you would like to apply for a place on this trip. UNARGA and European Network of Agricultural Journalists AGM and low budget press trip to Umbria, Italy, October 6-9, 2024 More details ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/e-P47YmG

The British Guild of Agricultural Journalists’ 2024 Omnia Digital Farming Award, sponsored by H L Hutchinson Limited , is open for entries. The award is open to any Guild member who has a feature published, from September 2023 to September 2024, on the wider use of technologies and digital tools that help to improve productivity, sustainability or profitability across any farm business, arable, livestock, vegetable or horticultural. ❗ Deadline: 6 September 2024 ℹ️ https://lnkd.in/eVJPdDZd

Nominations are open for the 2024 Netherthorpe Communicator of the Year Award. This is the Guild’s most prestigious accolade and recognises members who have made an outstanding and sustained contribution to agricultural communications. ❗ Deadline: 16 September 2024 ℹ️ https://lnkd.in/ezGvhN6A

The Guild’s Photography Awards are now open for entries from members who are either full-time professional photographers or who take photographs as part of their work. Award categories: 📷 Livestock 📷 Arable 📷 Environment and Sustainability ❗ Deadline: 6 September 2024 ℹ️ https://lnkd.in/eMbAP3jD

This year’s Agricultural Journalism Awards – which recognise the best in British written and broadcast agricultural journalism – are now open for entries. Award categories: 🌿 Arable 🌿 Livestock and Grassland 🌿 Environment and Rural ❗ Deadline: 6 September 2024 ℹ️ More info: https://lnkd.in/eSZ4XG_D

Every year, winners of the Perkins Power on the Farm Award enjoy a phenomenal day out. Perkins Engines Company Limited has generously sponsored the Guild for over 50 years, and is known for its spectacular prize-giving days. Here’s how the 2024 award day unfolded:

Guild members had a wonderful day at ABP’s farm in Newport, Shropshire, where Guild member Ruth Downing taught them how to take pictures. Ruth covered the basics in the classroom, and then members went outside, turned their cameras off auto and played with composition and different settings. Having a small group meant Ruth could give one-on-one tuition and address common problems, such as low lighting inside sheds and how to stage profile pictures. Thanks to ABP Food Group for hosting us and for the delicious lunch! And, of course, Ruth Downing!

Entries CLOSE NEXT WEEK for a new award which celebrates agricultural podcasts and the people behind the microphone. The new award is kindly sponsored by specialist rural podcast production agency RuralPod Media Entry deadline: 01/08/2024 More details ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/d9h_mbXa