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Azbee Awards

Regional, National Azbee Winners Honored

Reports on noncombat Iraq casualties, border troubles, fitness club shooting, win recognition.

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A happy award winner in Kansas City

ASBPE recently named its top award winners at regional banquets nationwide. Winning work included investigative reports on unsafe electrical systems in Iraq and the August 2009 L.A. Fitness club shooting.

HSToday’s David Silverberg dedicated his magazine’s award, for a report on violence along the U.S.-Mexico border, "to all of the journalists who have lost their lives in Mexico.”

Read more about this award-winning work.

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ASBPE Names Magazine of the Year Winners

Computer titles earn top awards.

ASBPE Magazine of the Year: Computerworld ASBPE Magazine of the Year: SC Magazine

Computerworld and SC Magazine took top honors as the 2010 winners of ASBPE’s Magazine of the Year competition. Computerworld was the winner among magazines with revenue of $2 million or more; SC Magazine won in the less than $2 million division.

Read about Magazine of the Year winners, Honorable Mentions, and finalists.

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Azbee Awards

Tom Zind Wins 2010 Stephen Barr Award

Story on noncombat deaths, injuries in Iraq called “an outstanding piece of public service reporting.”

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Tom Zind accepts his Barr Award

Tom Zind’s report "A Killer in the Ranks" earned special honors in the Azbee Print Awards of Excellence. The piece explores how unsafe electrical systems caused noncombat military deaths, injuries, and property damage among American troops serving in Iraq. Judges particularly commended Zind for going beyond finger-pointing and emphasizing possible solutions to the problem.

Find out more and read Zind’s award-winning piece.

ASBPE News

Final Digital Skills, Strategy Research Released

Research covers 16 digital activities, 16 digital strategies, 12 leadership parameters.

The final, complete report of the ASBPE-Medill Survey on Digital Skills and Strategies is now available.

Preliminary results were released February 25; the final report contains 20 tables of data, more than 200 open-ended comments from respondents related to several survey questions, and a discussion of methodology.

Find out what’s in the full Digital Skills & Strategies report.

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Oct. 20, 2010
The Evolution of the Business Journalist

Learn how to keep pace with the increasing demands of today's B2B media business

Editors are increasingly being asked to think strategically, represent their publication in the market across various live and digital channels, and collaborate with their sales and marketing colleagues.

Join your fellow ASBPE member to hear about the essential skills every editor must master.

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Kiplinger Social Media Fellowship

Fifteen journalists will spend March 30–April 6, 2011, learning the latest digital reporting skills — free of charge. Participants will also get coaching afterward, and their editors will be able to attend a three-day condensed version of the program. Application deadline: Nov. 30, 2010.

Apply Now: Wharton Seminar for Business Journalists

The National Press Foundation is offering fellowships to two U.S.-based journalists to attend the Wharton Seminar for Business Journalists at the University of Pennsylvania, Oct. 10-13. The seminar features courses led by leading Wharton faculty.

Success: Social Media Networking

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Tonie Auer

Everyone keeps talking about social media and how we've all just got to be a part of it. Here’s the real story: They're right. For one of the first times in my life, listening to my peers paid off in all the right ways.

Time Management: “What to Leave In, What to Leave Out”

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emedia director Jim Sulecki

Online projects have added at least eight days of work per editorial staff member, according to research by Howard Rauch. If you feel like you’re perpetually struggling to get things done, it’s time to take a step back and reconsider your priorities. Here are nine suggestions on how to rearrange your time.

My Job Search: Considering Options, Keeping an Open Mind

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Anne Sedjo

Some difficult conclusions I've drawn from my personal job search: It's better out there for editors at the associate level. And it's better if you have substantial amounts of Web or digital experience.

Use Nine-Factor Scoring to Rate Performance of In-print News Sections

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Howard Rauch

Print news content today must be more analytical and get to the point quickly. This nine-item scoring system helps identify news coverage strengths and weaknesses.

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