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.

Chase is employed at the Washington D.C. Agri-Pulse office. He said he arrives at his workplace at 9 a.m. and reads through world news. He will often have conference calls or travel to Capitol Hill for hearings.

“Sometimes, a press release will come out that I'll chase down and usually spend the morning doing a lot of kind of news gathering, and then in the afternoon I try to produce the content,” Chase said. “That's when I try and finish up any stories I've been working on.”

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Chase is a multi-platform journalist. He explained that he collects information he many not use in the story he is working on at the time, but can use later to tell a bigger and more complete story.

“We try to make sure that we're covering the story from all angles,” Chase said. “Being a writer and a broadcaster enables me to do that.”

Post by 2016 NAFB Social Media Corps member Evan Johnson, an agricultural communications student at Texas Tech. The 2016 NAFB Social Media Corps is sponsored by Farm Credit.