If there were a traditional path to the ASBPE Lifetime Achievement Award, Abe Peck would rarely have walked along it. Exalted as a professor since 1980 at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism until his decision to retire … read more
ASBPE’s 30th annual Azbee Awards of Excellence were celebrated July 24 at the Intercontinental Hotel on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Mo. The banquet was part of the ASBPE National Editorial Conference. Taking top honors were … read more
Service is designed to improve publication performance at a reasonable price; deadline for submissions is Oct. 1, 2008. ASBPE and Trade Association Business Publications International (TABPI) will once again provide a magazine critique service for business-to-business publications. Offered … read more
Trade magazine editors say it’s time to end the blind spot to b2b journalism in college classrooms. Journalism students typically find abundant career opportunities in business-to-business or “trade” publications upon graduation, yet the curricula of college journalism programs … read more
Now ASBPE members can get advice about the ethics of an editorial or advertising practice. ASBPE’s new Ethics Advisory program offers members a formal process for receiving timely guidance on specific situations. When an ethical question arises, an … read more
Separate programs will have their own conferences. To increase the prestige and visibility of the high-quality digital work that b2b editorial and design staffs do, ASBPE is creating a separate digital Azbee Awards program for 2009. It will … read more
New program recognizes journalists who help effect change; entry deadline is March 2, 2009. ASBPE is pleased to introduce the Journalism That Matters Award, a new program to recognize a B2B, association, or trade publication journalist whose coverage … read more
20 ‘best-in-class’ magazines named Downsized editorial and art staffs are more than pulling their weight to keep standards high, if one uses ASBPE’s Magazine of the Year finalists as a gauge. Taking a cue from the Internet, print … read more
Frank Lessiter’s series on mistreatment of horses led to industry, government action. Frank Lessiter, editor of American Farriers Journal, received the sixth Stephen Barr award for his four-part series, “Soring,” from July/August to December 2008. “Inventiveness. Insight. Balance. … read more
Please welcome ASBPE’s new national officers for a two-year term ending July 2011. Warren Hersch, formerly ASBPE’s New York City chapter president, is the new president, and Tina Grady Barbaccia, formerly Chicago chapter president, is the new vice … read more
