Rural Missouri Staff

Our Staff

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Editor Jim McCarty joined the staff of Rural Missouri in 1985. A University of Missouri School of Journalism graduate, Jim has been honored by the Cooperative Communicators Association as 1994 "Writer of the Year" and has received that organization's coveted Michael Graznik young communicator award. Twice, Jim has led the Rural Missouri staff to national recognition as the recipient of George W. Haggard Memorial Journalism Award from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.

Managing Editor Jason Jenkins joined Rural Missouri in 2007 after spending the previous five years as a news writer and photographer with the University of Missouri Extension and Ag Information News Group. Named the CCA Photographer of the Year in 2009, Jason is a member of the Missouri Outdoor Communicators and the Outdoor Writers Association of America. He also is the administrator of the Rural Missouri Web site.

	Associate Editor Heather Berry left Gov. John Ashcroft's press staff to join Rural Missouri in 1989. In addition to regular features Heather produces our Home and Hearth page and is the alter-ego of Buddy Bear, Rural Missouri's Just 4 Kids mascot. Heather also handles freelance submissions.

Production Manager Mary Davis joined Rural Missouri in 1990 after working for the Missouri Department of Agriculture. Mary is the liason with our printer, handles postal issues and oversees the budgeting process for Rural Missouri and is responsible for all of the display advertising in Rural Missouri and also assists the entire staff with computer graphics.

	Editorial assistant, Jammie Berendzen handles our classified advertising and subscriptions and untold other responsibilities. During the middle of August, she's often found inside a bear suit as she appears as Buddy Bear at the Missouri State Fair's MEC Building

	Graphic Arts Specialists Angie Jones-Gerber and Dusty Weter produce the cooperative local pages that appear either outside or in the middle of Rural Missouri. Angie joined the staff in 2007; Dusty in 2009.
Angie Jones-Gerber		Dusty Weter

Rural Missouri is published by
The Association of Missouri
Electric Cooperatives