How to use our Farming Media Centre search facility
The Farming Media Centre will put you in contact with Members and Friends of the British Guild of Agricultural Journalists – and other key contacts in the food and farming industries.
You can search by name, region, expertise and knowledge, or for a particular discipline e.g. Journalist, PR Consultant or Photographer. Clicking Search without entering any criteria will display all Members and Friends. In all cases, listings are displayed in random rather than alphabetical order.
If you are an editor or journalist working outside the agricultural industry, members can help by checking information for an article to ensure its accuracy or suggest suitable contacts for stories.
If you represent a commercial or other organisation, members can provide freelance writing, website editing, video content and production, broadcasting, photography and PR / marketing services on all topics related to the rural sector.
The Guild offers a recruitment advertising service for organisations wanting to appoint staff in rural communications roles, such as reporting, editing, PR and marketing communications. Click here for more details.
The Guild can also help with contacts in other countries through its affiliation to the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) and European Network of Agricultural Journalists (ENAJ).
For emergency help with story contacts or checking facts, or for crisis management PR, contact Guild Chairman Catherine Linch on 01568 617620.
- Decide which fields you wish to search against and enter your criteria: for example, select ‘Eastern’ Region and ‘Arable’ to search for all Guild members who can advise on arable farming matters and who are based in the eastern counties.
- Click ‘Search’
- The next page will show a list of all members matching your search requirements. Telephone numbers and/or email addresses will be displayed in some cases, but all members can be contacted using the email facility, which sends a message with details of your request. They will respond at the earliest opportunity.
- There are no limits to the number of searches you can perform.
If you don’t get the results or responses you need, please contact Guild secretary Nikki Robertson on 07584 022909 or by email to gajsec@gmail.com for further help and advice.
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Name
Region
Expertise
Discipline
Member
Sarah Kidby
Early Bird Farming Publications , Farmers Guide - Livestock Editor/Deputy Editor
Journalist and deputy editor for Farmers Guide and Fruit & Vine magazines, specialising in livestock but covering all areas of agriculture.
Member
Claire Taylor
Claire Taylor, Agricultural Communicator
Specialising in communications within agriculture, food and the rural environment, and a freelance columnist and political commentator.
Member
Juliette McDaniel
Kendalls PR & Marketing, Account & Client Services Director
PR and communications consultancy and management. Content creation and technical writing across all agricultural sectors, including livestock, animal health, arable, machinery and professional services. Specialist in digital marketing, including social media strategy and management.
Member
Julie Scanlon
Julie Scanlon, Freelance PR Consultancy
Agricultural PR and communications advice, specialising in livestock.
Member
John Jarrett
ACT Publishing, Publisher
Publisher of The Fruit Grower, The Vegetable Farmer and The Commercial Greenhouse Grower. Handbooks include: The Vine Grower, The Potato Yearbook, The Berry Buyers Guide, The Vegetable Yearbook, The Greenhouse Yearbook.
Member
Philip Christopher
Red Rock Services Ltd, Director
Freelance PR and ghost-writing for agribusiness, animal health and farmhouse retailers. One-man-band career-agric and foodie.
Member
Niamh Tye
Siafu PR Ltd, PR Consultant
Independent marketing communications specialising in arable cropping. Outsource resource for technical writing. BASIS qualified.
Member
Rachel Hicks
Farmers Guide, Editor
Editor of leading agri journal for the trade industry providing information on arable crops, agricultural machinery, livestock, land management, soil management and ag-chem plus more.
Member
Nathan Stirk
Nathan Stirk Photography, Freelance Photographer
Freelance photographer and videographer; I've worked closely with Massey Feeds and Harper Feeds and currently a stringer for Getty Images.
Member
Rachael Brown
Farmers Guardian, Chief Reporter
Chief Reporter at Farmers Guardian, shining a light on some of the challenges and issues facing the agricultural industry.
Member
Martin Stanhope
NFU Countryside, Editor
Editing the membership magazine of NFU Countryside.
Member
Maisie Jonas
Barenbrug UK, Marketing Campaign Executive
Barenbrug UK specialises in grass breeding and production for agriculture, sport and leisure, providing innovative grass solutions, research and breeding of forage and amenity grasses.
Member
James Andrews
James Andrews, Freelance Journalist
Freelance reporting, mainly on new machinery and technologies.
Member
Sandy Cox
Ideas in Print, Freelance Journalist, Editor, PR Consultant
Freelance journalist and public relations consultant. Special interests: writing and editing anything to do with farming, especially technical subjects. Assistant Editor: Classic Tractor magazine.
Member
Roger Gilbert
Perendale Publishers, Publisher
Special interests: Publishing monthly international milling, feed and aquafeed magazines in six languages and running an Online Milling School - for the production of Livestock feeds, Aqua feeds and Petfoods.
Member
Joanne Sharpe
Cargill Animal Nutrition & Health, Global Category Lead - Sustainability in Ruminants
Strategic marketing and managing ruminant sustainability portfolio. Experience in agriculture markets across Europe.
Member
Karen Wright
Karen Wright Marketing Communications Ltd, PR/freelance journalist
PR, freelance writing. Special interests: All aspects of livestock production, nutrition, animal health, sustainability.
Member
Jo Learmonth
JL Farming Ltd, Freelance Journalist
Freelance journalist specialising in crop production systems and agronomy.
Member
Marianne Curtis
Agri-hub, Editorial and PR Manager
Writing technical and general features for farming publications and undertaking PR activities for agricultural supply companies and organisations.
Member
Ken Fletcher
Ken Fletcher, Freelance Journalist
Former editor of The Scottish Farmer, which has been informing, supporting and entertaining farmers since 1893. Now working freelance.
Member
Chris Biddle
Chris Biddle Media, Podcast Host and Producer
Editorial and features on land-based and turfcare machinery and equipment markets. Consultant Editor: Service Dealer / Turf Pro. Producer/Presenter: Inside AgriTurf podcast.
Member
Nick Fone
Nick Fone Media, Freelance
Special interests: machinery, renewable energy, technical news, features and photography.
Friend
Simon Orpwood
Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth, Honorary Press Secretary
RASC is a confederation of more than 50 national and regional agricultural show societies, associations and research bodies in 20 Commonwealth countries.
Member
Gill Norriss
Sequitur, Marketing and Communications
Special interest in European agrifood business, horticulture and marketing.
