Completing her second summer as a recipient of a NAFB Foundation Internship Grant at KKOW (Pittsburg, KS), Anissa Zagonel was born and raised in southeast Kansas. She graduated from Girard High School in 2013, where she was involved in FFA. Currently, a sophomore at Kansas State University, she is majoring in agricultural communications and journalism, with a minor in agronomy. 

Retired farm broadcaster Roddy Peeples is turning his people skills sharpened by years of farm broadcasting toward welcoming travelers arriving at Dallas/Ft.Worth International Airport (DFW). Even though Roddy sold the Voice of Southwest Agriculture (VSA) Radio Network in Texas in 1995 to Clear Channel Communications, he continued broadcasting for the network several times a month until about six years ago. Roddy and wife, Bettimae, moved to Dallas from San Angelo, TX, in 1997, and in 1999 Roddy joined the then fledgling DFW Airport Ambassador program as a volunteer. 

DeAnna J. Thomas, Allied Industry member from LG Seeds has changed positions.  She’s begun her new role as Midwest Central Agriculture Education teacher and FFA Advisor in Manito, IL.  She’ll miss telling the LG Seeds story and working with NAFB, but in her new role, she will be using her skills to teach an agricultural communications course. 

Dave Williams (Pennsylvania Farm Country Radio Network, Honesdale, PA) spoke to media and communication students at Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, PA, this spring about internship and career opportunities.

Over the next several months Airing on the Side of Agriculture will be highlighting the 2014 student interns at NAFB member stations and networks. The internships are made possible through the NAFB Foundation and a generous donation from DuPont Pioneer.