NAFB member Susan Littlefield was named 2016 Farm Broadcaster of the Year at the 73rd NAFB Convention on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016.
Q: How are you feeling after winning Farm Broadcaster of the Year?
Susan Littlefield: Ecstatic. Shocked. It was just, I mean it's like the pinnacle of everybody's career to be named Farm Broadcaster of the Year. I'm just still shaking.
Rustin Hamilton, writer, producer, and partner at Illumina Filmworks, spoke at the 73rd NAFB Convention bout ways to improve your “on-air” sound during a Friday morning workshop.
“Step out on a cliff and do something someone else wasn’t willing to do,” said Hamilton.
A tip from today's session on ways to improve your "on-air" sound: Record yourself, and then listen and evaluate. -Rustin Hamilton. #NAFB16
Spencer Chase of Agri-Pulse discussed his involvement in NAFB and the benefits his membership has offered at the 73rd NAFB Convention.
Spencer explained he became a student member of NAFB at the behest of this employer to help him gain experience and insight from seasoned professionals as he began his career as a broadcaster.
“The NAFB membership has given me a lot of mentoring. It’s given me access to a lot of folks that are just willing to give me advice,” Chase said.
Q:Why did you seek membership with NAFB?
A: I was a collegiate member of Mizzou ACT and had always heard that NAFB was something worthwhile to invest time in, so I became a student member of NAFB. After receiving the 2014 George Logan Scholarship from the NAFB Foundation, I received a free year of membership and after that I quickly realized that NAFB was something I enjoyed and wanted to join and get involved with. The association and members are an invaluable resource in starting my professional career.
Q1: Hi Carah! Can you introduce yourself?
A1: My name is Carah Hart. I am a farm broadcaster in the Red River Valley in a city called Grand Fox, North Dakota. I talk to farmers about what is going on in their fields, crops, and cattle. We also discuss economy. It is a lot of fun!
