Original air date: May 27, 2025

Watch the 2025 National Azbee Awards of Excellence to learn the winners of our most-coveted accolades, and hear from winners about their enterprising work, best practices, lessons learned, and the biggest takeaways for producing award-winning work.

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Watch ASBPE’s May 27 recording of the 2025 National Azbee Awards of Excellence, our biggest celebration of the year. Learn the winners of our most coveted accolades, and hear from top winners about their enterprising work. Interviews yield tips, best practices, lessons learned, and the biggest takeaways for producing your own award-winning work. Interviews include:

• Kevin Wack, national editor at American Banker about “Two thefts decades apart, and a victim’s quest for answers,” National Gold winner for Print Feature Article, 11 or Fewer Issues per Year
• Tom Taylor, chief of staff, news at Bloomberg Industry Group about the podcast series, “AI and the Law, Explained,” National Gold winner for Podcast
• Julia Himmel, news graphics developer at Cybersecurity Dive about the data visualization and digital design of “MOVEit Meltdown: Using data to show how one cyber exploit campaign turned from bad to worse,” National Gold winner for Web Feature Article
• Amy Keller, executive editor at Florida Trend about the National Gold winning Enterprise News Story, “Rebuilding Paradise”
• Jonathan Maze, editor-in-chief of Restaurant Business about his “Fast Food Minute” social media series, winner of Social Media Account of the Year
• Rebecca Kilbreath, editor-in-chief of restaurant development + design about the Email Newsletter of the Year, “The Pulse”
• Heather Lalley, managing editor of Restaurant Business about their Project of the Year, “Labor Pains”
• Scott Costa, publisher of tED magazine about the Digital Magazine of the Year
• John O’Brien, editor and publisher of ABA Journal, the Magazine of the Year, 11 or Fewer Issues per Year
• Harry Goldstein, editor-in-chief of IEEE Spectrum, the Magazine of the Year, 12 or More Issues per Year
• Nico Heins, senior art director of Restaurant Business, the winner of Website of the Year
• Michael Annino, art director of Pharma Manufacturing and Plant Services on his winning portfolio for Best Body of Work by a Designer
• Jeni Williams, freelance author for her winning portfolio of work from hfm for Best Body of Work by a Freelance Journalist
• Molly Boigon, reporter at Automotive News for her winning portfolio fro Best Body of Work by a Staff Journalist
• Brett Dworski, reporter at C-Store Dive about his investigative article, “‘Epic Failure:’ Inside the Rise and Fall of Mountain Express Oil,” winner of the 22nd annual Stephen Barr Award for Feature Writing

This archived event recording is free for ASBPE members.