Media Resources
For Agriculture Trade Media, please contact:
Sedelta Verble: 571-224-2214 or sedelta@aol.com
Ms. Verble has longtime agricultural and communication experience. A former reporter for Texas newspapers, she was recognized for her reporting skill by Texas Press Women. Her career includes seven years with then Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower. She served in various leadership communications positions during nearly eight years with the U. S. Department of Agriculture culminating in her appointment as director of the Office of Communications. Ms. Verble also serves as principal of Liberty Quests, a strategic communications consulting firm in McLean, VA.
For Rural Press Media Inquiries, please contact:
Keith C. Dinsmore: 573-230-5360 or keithdinsmore@yahoo.com
Mr. Dinsmore, who formerly owned and published a group of 22 weekly newspapers in Iowa and Missouri, is an expert on rural press and community newspapers. His experience also includes communications work for President Jimmy Carter, several Members of Congress, and numerous organizations which serve rural communities.
News About MY RURAL AMERICA:
My Rural America Press Release
WASHINGTON, D. C. – Midwestern and western states with large rural populations will be key battlegrounds in the 2008 presidential election and will likely determine which party controls Congress, the leader of a prominent rural advocacy group said this week.
Trading Markets.com
A broad coalition of citizens from the labor, environmental, business and rural communities strongly supports the Senate Democrats' Consumer-First Energy Act. Below are highlights from their letters and statements of support:
Rural Wire
WASHINGTON (RuralWire), April 14, 2008 – Midwestern and western states with large rural populations will be key battlegrounds in the 2008 presidential election and will likely determine which party controls Congress, the leader of a prominent rural advocacy group said this week.
Farm Progress
Rural America has been the forgotten nation, contend two public policy analysts offering their views at Monday's conference of North American Agricultural Journalists. But Bill Greener and Barbara Leach think that's going to change, come this fall's Presidential election.
My Rural America: An Open Letter
At My Rural America, we often think that journalists whose task it is to bring attention to the challenges of rural America have the toughest job in the country.
