Welcome to ASBPE
ASBPE is the professional association for full-time and freelance editors, writers, art directors, and designers employed in the business, trade, and specialty press. If you work as a journalist in the B2B sector, ASBPE membership is a “must” to gain access to the targeted training and networking that are so vital to your success in the dynamic world of specialized publications — plus you’ll qualify for the prestigious Azbee Awards of Excellence.
Benefits of Joining ASBPE
Membership in ASBPE is available to qualifying B2B journalists and other professionals and provides a host of benefits to members.
ASBPE
Is Your Voice
Our central focus is helping our members develop their editorial, design and management skills, enhance their performance and prepare them to play larger roles in their publishing organizations. No other journalism association can match ASBPE’s expertise and engagement in the B2B sector.
Network
With Your Peers
Our national conference is a terrific opportunity to network with the profession’s best and brightest. Our local chapters bring you together year-round. Learn how to deal with the management, technical, and financial issues that are shaping your future as a professional and the future of your publication.
Azbee Awards
of Excellence
Our annual Azbee Awards competition is the largest and most competitive in B2B publishing. The Society recognizes excellence — both in print and digital platforms — in more than 50 categories. Members are eligible for consideration and can enter the competition at a discounted rate.
ASBPE News
ASBPE Educational Foundation Names Julianne Hill as 2024 Stephen Barr Award Winner
The ASBPE Educational Foundation recognizes Julianne Hill with its 2024 Stephen Barr Award for her ABA Journal feature article, “Parental Penalties: Collateral Consequences Reverberate through Families Long After a Sentence Has Been Served.” … read more
Bloomberg Law Wins the ASBPE Foundation’s 2024 Journalism That Matters Award
The ASBPE Educational Foundation presented Bloomberg Law with the 2024 Journalism That Matters Award for their article, “Baby Foods With Toxic Metals Stay on US Market While FDA Dithers.” … read more
ASBPE Educational Foundation Honors Young Leader Scholars
The ASBPE Educational Foundation recognizes three Young Leader Scholarship recipients: Holden Galusha, Zachary Phillips, and Alexander Utano. … read more
ASBPE Selects Three 2024-25 Diversity Fellows
ASBPE has awarded 2024-25 ASBPE Diversity Fellowships to three industry professionals: Khalil P. Garriott of the American Bankers Association; Aaron Kiel of Questex’s Bar & Restaurant News; and Sara Mosqueda of ASIS International’s Security Management. … read more
From The ASBPE Blog
Groundbreaking Coverage Earns Bloomberg Law the Multi-Platform Package of the Year Award from ASBPE
Bloomberg Law investigates the lack of equal representation in federal district courts in this Multi-Platform Package of the Year-winning submission for the 2024 Azbee Awards. … read more
What can journalists do that some Generative AI tool can’t?
Ask ASBPE: President Davide Savenije talks about how journalists can rise above AI-generated content through voice, personality, and doing the real journalism that Generative AI can’t. … read more