Original air date: May 14, 2026

Watch the 2026 National Azbee Awards of Excellence to learn the winners of our most-coveted accolades, and hear from winners about their enterprising work and their most valuable takeaways for producing award-winning work.

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Watch ASBPE’s May 14 recording of the 2026 National Azbee Awards of Excellence, celebrating the best of the best in editorial and design. 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 valuable takeaways for producing your own award-winning work.

Interviews include:

• Renee Pas, editor of Foodservice Equipment & Supplies, about their Inaugural State of the Industry Issue, National Gold winner for Print State of the Industry.
• Sean McCracken, news editor at CoStar News Hotels, about their event coverage of the Hotel Data Conference 2025, National Gold winner for Event Coverage.
• Katelyn Mullen, art director, about the design of Nursery Management‘s Market Reports, National Gold winner for Data Visualization.
• Aly McDevitt, data & research journalist with Compliance Week about “Inside a Dark Pact: A Case Study of Lafarge’s Terrorist Funding and Compliance Fallout in Syria,” National Gold winner for Enterprise News Story.
• Gareth Sleger, senior digital editor, about The Fabricator‘s Instagram account, winner of Social Media Account of the Year.
• Brian Croce, Washington bureau chief at Pensions & Investments about “This Week in Washington,” winner of Email Newsletter of the Year.
• Louise Poirier, managing editor of Mechanical Engineering, winner of Digital Magazine of the Year.
• Elizabeth Frerking, editor-in-chief, and Sandra Stevenson, managing editor, visuals & immersive experiences for Education Week, winner of Magazine of the Year, 11 or Fewer Issues per Year group.
• Jean Kumagai, executive editor of IEEE Spectrum, winner of Magazine of the Year, 12 or More Issues per Year group.
• Jonathan Maze, editor-in-chief of Restaurant Business, winner of Website of the Year.
• Hillary Glen, digital art director at ASI Media, winner of Best Body of Work by a Designer.
• Katja Ridderbusch, freelancer and columnist for Police1, winner of Best Body of Work by a Freelance Journalist
• Jacob Bell, senior reporter at BioPharma Dive, winner of Best Body of Work by a Staff Journalist.
• Evan Ackerman, senior editor of IEEE Spectrum, winner of the 23rd annual Stephen Barr Award for Feature Writing.

This archived event recording is free for ASBPE members.