Kelsey Litchfield from Rio, IL, joined the RFD Radio Network team in Bloomington, IL, this summer, reports Rita Frazer. A junior at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Kelsey is studying agricultural communications with a concentration in broadcast journalism. She is a member of 4-H House Cooperative Sorority, Collegiate Farm Bureau, Explore ACES steering committee, and Illini Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow. Recently, she was elected to serve as Member Relations Coordinator on the National Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow officer team. Also, Kelsey is the 2015 Jim Evans Scholarship recipient sponsored by the AAEA Professional Improvement Foundation. After graduating from the University of Illinois, she plans to become a farm broadcaster. “I want to help tell the story of agriculture to consumers and be a credible source that farmers can get information from,” she said. “Rita, DeLoss (Jahnke), and the whole RFD team have given me so much guidance and support to help me be a well-rounded farm broadcaster, and I can’t thank them enough for this experience.” Rita said, “Kelsey has been not only a tremendous help to the RFDRN this summer, she has been a blessing to me. She has come in every day with a smile and a positive attitude and always welcomes new opportunities. I realize interns are supposed to learn from their experiences, but I can honestly say that I have learned a great deal from Kelsey this summer. I’m confident that she will make a wonderful NAFB Farm Broadcaster after her graduation in 2017 from the University of Illinois. The RFDRN has been lucky enough to have received the NAFB Intern Scholarship Grant again this year, and we are so grateful that the grant helps us to secure such top notch students from around the state.”
