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Leaders Scholarship
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winners and their mentors at the conference (from
left): Bill Gardner, editorial director, Craftrends,
and his protégé Amy Fischbach, staff writer,
CEE News; Patti-Anne Tom, managing editor of Waste
Age with her mentor, Kimber Richards, managing editor
for ni.com. |
ASBPE’s Young Leaders Scholarship sponsors up to five young
editors, allowing them to attend the the annual
editorial conference. And this year, for the first time, ASBPE
assigned each scholarship winner a mentor to help them get acquainted
with the association and the conference.
This
year’s scholarship winners and their mentors were:
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Amy
Fischbach, staff writer, CEE
News (Bill Gardner, editorial director, Craftrends,
mentor);
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Patti-Anne
Tom, managing editor of Waste
Age (mentor, Kimber Richards, managing editor for
ni.com;
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Sara
Mason, managing editor, Global
Cosmetic Industry (mentor: Kassandra Kania, managing
editor, Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News);
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Monica
Elliott, managing editor, IIE Solutions (mentor:
Caroline Fuller, managing editor, Engineered Systems);
- Ali
Cybulski, managing editor of Interior
Business (mentor: Frances Richards, freelance writer
and editor).
About the Young Leaders
Scholarship
ASBPE started
the annual Young Leaders Scholarship to help young editors who
are just starting their careers. It is open to all business editors,
including print and Web. Scholarships
pay the conference and hotel room costs for up to five worthy
applicants per year. (Transportation to and from the conference,
any non-conference meals, and other incurred costs are the responsibility
of the winners or their individual publishing companies.) Scholarship
recipients also receive a free one-year membership to ASBPE if
they are not already members.
The 2001 winners
were:
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Heather
Brown, Managing Editor, Modern Baking, Des Plaines,
Ill.
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Holly
E. Collins, Associate Editor, Circuits Assembly, Atlanta
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Kassandra
Kania, Managing Editor, Field Force Automation, Malibu,
Calif.
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Cathy
Murphy, Assistant Editor, Civil Engineering News, Alpharetta,
Ga.
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John R.
Wood, Managing Editor/Features, SAM Magazine, Santa
Barbara, Calif.
Qualifications
for the scholarship include the following:
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Applicant
must be 30 years of age or younger.
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Applicant
must be a business publication editor, and have been so for
a minimum of two years.
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Candidacy
must be sponsored by their publication's Chief Editor.
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Applicant
must plan to continue in the business press as a career.
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Applicant
may not be a past ASBPE Young Leaders Scholarship winner.
The application
deadline is generally in early Spring each year. A call for entries
is mailed out to ASBPE members and posted on this site. To get
more information about the scholarship please email info@asbpe.org
or call ASBPE National President Paul Heney at (216) 931-9478.
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