Survey wants your views to guide important debate

Agricultural journalists from around the world are being invited to participate in a special on-line survey which will contribute to an important international debate about the profession at the 2008 IFAJ Congress.
The congress session on September 11 will explore the question: “To whom are agricultural journalists responsible – politicians, farmers, consumers or advertisers?”
Leading representatives from politics, lobbying, agriculture and industry have been invited to participate in the discussion, including former EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Franz Fischler, and Michael Mann, spokesman for the current commissioner, Mariann Fischer Boel.
An audience of more than 200 congress delegates from around the world will take part in the session, but organisers are keen to involve the opinions of others who cannot attend the sold-out event.
Results from the survey will be presented during the session by Joschi Schillhab from the market research centre, “Oekonsult, which has help set up the questionnaire.

It is available on the 2008 Congress website or at www.oekonsult.at/ifaj2008>