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
ASBPE News
American Farriers Journal editor wins Barr Award for feature writing
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
New ASBPE board members take office
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
2009 Magazine Critique Service now open
Get the real scoop on your magazine’s strengths; deadline Nov. 16. Put your magazine in the hands of some of the most respected editors working in B2B journalism today and benefit from their colleague-to-colleague analysis of what you … read more
2009 Digital Azbee Awards finalists announced
ASBPE names finalists for Web Site of the Year; Digital Azbees break entry record. Four publications are finalists in ASBPE’s 2009 Digital Azbees competition. BusinessWeek (McGraw Hill, now Bloomberg), CIO (IDG), InfoWorld (IDG), or TechRepublic (CBS Innteractive) will … read more
ASBPE adds ethics guidelines for association editors
Collaboration with association publications group produces new best practices. To better serve association editors, ASBPE has approved guidelines that are now part of the Society’s Code of Preferred Editorial Ethics. The new best practices were developed in partnership … read more
Final report on digital skills, training, and strategies research released
Survey of 273 B2B editors shows corporate digital training and publisher leadership lacking even as titles become cross-platform brands. The final, complete report of the ASBPE-Medill Survey on Digital Skills and Strategies is now available. Preliminary results were … read more
ASBPE, Medill release preliminary results of Survey on Digital Skills and Strategies
Survey of B2B editors shows gaps in corporate digital training, editorial skills, and publisher leadership even as titles become cross-platform brands. Even as their titles plunge into the digital space, B2B editors have been left largely to their … read more
New ethics committee has new vision
Identifying social media issues, ethics heroes are among new programs in works ASBPE’s ethics committee is expanding its activities under the leadership of editorial consultant Howard Rauch, the Society’s 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and newly appointed chairperson. … read more
ASBPE Award banquets honor 2010 regional and national Azbee Award winners
Winning work includes reports on noncombat casualties in Iraq, border troubles, crime control, fitness club shooting. ASBPE recently named the top award winners, who were honored at regional banquets nationwide. In Washington D.C., Hanley Wood, Collinson Media & … read more