Poynter Senior Scholar and prolific author Roy Peter Clark closed out the day’s events with a lively session on how to write succinctly. Using a combination of piano playing, anecdotes, famous examples and written exercises, Clark encouraged attendees … read more
Editorial
5 Tips For An Award-Winning Magazine
In less than one week, two editors of award-winning magazines are giving a free ASBPE webinar to take you behind the scenes of an AZBEE Magazine of the Year. Kim Kleman is editor of The American Lawyer and … read more
10 Tips to Make Infographics Easy
By Laura D’Alessandro, Integrated Media Editor, American Public Power Association, ASBPE National Blog Chair As B2B editors, we know one of our biggest challenges is shrinking staffs. We’re already all trying to more with less. So why waste time … read more
Source Cultivation: A Process and Habit
By Andy Brown, freelance writer, Methodical Writing If we ask 10 people for an interview and nine say ‘yes,’ it’s possible we’re networking-journalist superheroes. Everyone we meet likes and admires us. The mere mention of our names and … read more
Abe Peck on Navigating the New Editorial Environment
In an era where long-time B2B publishers have rebranded as data and information companies, how has the role of the B2B editor changed? … read more
We are surrounded by our stories but don’t always tell them
ASBPE member Ronn Levine attended the Feb. 17 webinar hosted by Sarah Redohl on customizing new media content for different platforms and wrote about it for the Software & Information Industry Association blog. Read Ronn’s blog and click … read more
Telling Tales
Everyone has a story because everyone has a struggle. Ron Green, executive director of the KCdigiSTORY Center, drove home this point during his keynote address at the ASBPE Kansas City Chapter’s Boot Camp, which took place on Wednesday, … read more
Understanding the rise of brand journalism in corporate America
By Kimberly Kayler, CPSM President, Constructive Communication, Inc. News is not just outside newspapers today — it is outside newsrooms. The decline of the newspaper as well as the shrinking of newsrooms leaves our culture to filter content. … read more
Why editors should build relationships with authors, and how they can do so
By Katharine O’Moore-Klopf, ELS It’s not enough anymore to just edit. We editors can’t just clean up messy documents and pass them along the production chain. We have to build relationships with our reporters, authors and clients to … read more
Why Businesses Will Always Need Writers And Editors
By Larry Alton If you majored in writing or English in college and were told time and again there’s nothing you could do with that degree but teach, it’s easier than ever to prove everyone wrong. Not everyone … read more