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.
Refine Search
Name
Region
Expertise
Discipline
Member
Leo Townsend
Whisper PR, Account Manager
PR manager specialising in arable and other agricultural industry topics.
Friend
Wallace Currie
Rural2Kitchen, Podcaster
Podcaster showcasing the people in food and farming. Also creating content for people.
Member
Claire Shaddick
Shaddick & Gunn, Freelance
Special interests: all aspects of horticulture worldwide, including ornamentals, and particularly production, research and technology. Business email: shaddickandgunn@btinternet.com
Member
Andrew Pearce
Andrew Pearce, Freelance
Farm machinery.
Member
Justine Hards
LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming), Marketing and Communications Manager
MarComms Manager working with farmers across the globe to deliver more sustainable, regenerative farming and food systems.
Member
Ian Howie
Ian Howie, Freelance Journalist
Special interests: R&D, rural sustainability, farm management, new techniques.
Member
Philip Case
Farmers Weekly, Chief Reporter
News, features, videos and social media content for farming and rural communities.
Member
Tim Price
Pricewrite Communications, PR consultants and rural communicators
PR consultancy and freelance journalism on rural issues. Special interests: rural life, farm business, rural economy, farm safety, rural crime, succession planning, diversification, education, sustainability.
Member
Megan Bullock
RDP Marketing, Marketing Account Manager
Account Manager at RDP Marketing, a full service communications agency specialising in the agribusiness and animal health sectors. Particular interest in strategy and branding.
Member
Bob Carruth
NFU Scotland, Communications Director
Communications activities for Scotland's farming union.
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
Jimmy Birchmore
Jimmy Birchmore Events Ltd, Owner / Director
Virtual, hybrid, and face to face event management. Bespoke 3D, animation and video content creation. Specialists for agriculture, environment, food and land based sectors.
Member
Richard Shepherd-Barron
Richard Shepherd-Barron, Freelance
Freelance specialising in field-scale vegetable crops, horticulture, robot technology and sustainable farming.
Member
Matthew Tilt
Lewis Business Media, Machinery Editor - Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer
Handle all editorial requirements for Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer, including reporting on industry events, writing detailed machinery articles and working closely with freelancers.
Member
Sarah Todd
Sarah Todd, Freelance journalist, PR Consultant
An award-winning writer specialising in features about farming, the countryside and rural life. Popular Yorkshire Post columnist, northern-based but happy to travel. PR opportunities considered.
Member
Roger Moore
Ahead Ltd, Managing Director
Specialist writing, editing and PR for the agricultural, agribusiness and food processing sectors.
Member
Oli Hill
Agricultural Industries Confederation, Communications Manager
Communications Manager at Agricultural Industries Confederation, specialising in digital media and project management. Formerly working at Farmers Weekly and Red Tractor.
Member
Spence Gunn
Shaddick & Gunn Ltd, Freelance
Special interests: horticultural production, technology, R&D, environment, amenity horticulture, plant science.
Member
George A Macpherson
George A Macpherson, Freelance Journalist, Editor and Author
Consultant editor of Appropriate Technology; author eight novels, three non-fiction. Book reviews, newspaper articles. Interests: world development and sustainability; avoiding population migration; Quaker policy.
Member
Polly Stevenson
Polly Stevenson, Freelance Marketing and PR
Marketing communications specialist providing marketing, public relations, media relations, social media and marketing project management expertise on a freelance basis to agricultural and rural businesses.
Member
Julie Goulding
Early Bird Farming Publications Ltd, Company Director
Helping to produce the agricultural magazine Farmers Guide for 38 years.
Member
Laurence Brown
Reverberate PR, Account Executive
Reverberate PR is an agricultural public relations company, providing consultation on communication for a range of agricultural clients.
Member
Monika Pletty
RDP Communications, Senior Account Manager
Overseeing and managing client accounts within agricultural vertical, which involves strategic planning, media relations, client relationship management, while working for a full-service communications agency.
Member
Gary Crossley
Gary Crossley, Freelance
Special interests: all aspects of agriculture.
