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• Attend the first-ever virtual roundtable on B2B ethics Register now for the ASBPE’s June 12 virtual roundtable on B2B ethics. When: June 12, 2013Choose a session time: > 10-11 a.m. ET > 1-2 p.m. ET > 4-5 p.m. ETWhere: Your phone! Conference call number provided after you register Register now! Are your publication front covers immune from ad schemes? Are attempts to disguise digital ads as ...
• Join us for the ASBPE Chicago Chapter’s Spring Social! End your workday with a happy hour or two, courtesy of the ASBPE’s Chicago Chapter. Spend the evening enjoying riverfront scenery, adult beverages (one ticket per attendee, then cash bar) and heavy appetizers (complimentary), while meeting and mingling with old colleagues and new acquaintances. The event also will include raffle drawings for prizes. When: Thursday, May 23, ...
• ASBPE Kansas City Chapter State of B-to-B Industry Luncheon: “Editors” are out, content specialists and community managers are in If business press editors had to define their relationship with the current state of the profession on Facebook, it would definitely be “complicated.” This was the general consensus at the April 24 meeting that focused on state of the b-to-b industry. “The profession has undergone serious changes,” said Ron Wall, executive vice president for Advanstar Communications. ...
• Save the Date: July 22, 2013 Northeast Region Azbees Banquet The Boston/New England chapter will hold an awards banquet for winners of the Northeast region Azbee Awards at the Crown Plaza Hotel Newton-Boston. Our dinner speaker will be NECN business reporter and a former Boston Globe editor Peter Howe. Howe reports for NECN Business and other NECN news programs. He hosts NECN’s CEO Corner interview show, ...
• ASBPE Board meeting photos The ASBPE’s editorial board recently met in Boston to discuss new and exciting developments of the American Society of Business Publication Editors. View a few photos of the meeting on our Flickr account!
• Kansas City Chapter to Host State of the B2B Industry Luncheon on April 24 You won’t want to miss the State of the B-to-B Media Industry, featuring Ron Wall, executive vice president, Advanstar, and Keith Nunes, executive editor, Sosland Publishing. Register today to save! Discounted pricing is available through April 12.  You’ll learn about the latest trends in b-to-b and how they will impact your editorial and design teams. Join us ...
• Marguerite Casey Foundation announces 2013 Journalism Fellowship Program on Poverty Seattle, WA – Marguerite Casey Foundation is pleased to announce its 2013 Journalism Fellowship Program on Poverty. The program aims to increase the public’s and policymakers’ understanding of poverty through journalism. Application deadline May 24, 2013. Criteria and application to be found here: http://caseygrants.org/2013-journalism-fellowship-and-scholarship-award. For questions, please contact: Rich Boswell at rboswell@caseygrants.org.
• April 5: Meet the National Board in Boston Some great upcoming programs — including ASBPE regional and national awards — are just around the corner this summer, and the chapter is planning a half-day Boot Camp for the fall. On April 5, stop by Boston’s Barracuda Tavern for appetizers — compliments of ASBPE — and meet president Amy Fischbach and the rest of the ...
• Webcast: Financial Modeling Tools for B2B Journalists Register now for ASBPE’s March 28 webcast: Financial Modeling Tools for B2B Journalists Insights, best practices and benefits of financial modeling tools that can give you and your B2B publication a competitive edge Financial models, mathematical tools used to estimate the outcome of financial decisions before the committing of funds, are no longer the exclusive domain of ...
• Meeting Recap: ASBPE Interviewing Tips and Techniques Luncheon, presented by the Kansas City Chapter Acing the Interview: Making the Most of a One-Shot Opportunity  The fate of an interview depends on how well you connect with the source, said Tom Zind, long-time freelancer and b-to-b writer, at a March 6 meeting of the Kansas City Chapter that focused on interviewing tips and techniques.  Zind, winner of ABM’s Jesse H. Neal Award ...
• 2013 Young Leaders Scholarship application now available! You can now fill out the Young Leaders Scholarship application on our website. No PDF downloads needed: http://www.asbpe.org/young-leaders-scholarship-application ASBPE started the annual Young Leaders Scholarship in 2001 in order to help young editors who are just starting their careers. The scholarship allows younger editors who might otherwise be unable to attend the ASBPE National Conference or Boot ...
• Azbee Award certificate design competition Calling all designers! Want to win $100 bucks? Plus a membership in ASBPE with access to free webinars? Wait … there’s more! How about the chance to prove that you’re an award-winning designer? (That will look good on your résumé!) Interested? We want you to redesign the Azbee Award certificates. The certificates need to feature the new ...
• Date change: ASBPE’s KC Chapter to hold Interviewing Tips & Techniques lunch & learn on March 6 You won’t want to miss the Interviewing Tips & Techniques Lunch & Learn, presented by KC Chapter of the ASBPE, the professional association for full-time and freelance editors, writers and designers employed in the business, trade and specialty press. You’ll learn how to ace the interview from award-winning b-to-b journalist Tom Zind. Join us at noon ...
• The American Copy Editors Society presents the National Summit on Plagiarism and Fabrication – April 5, 2013, St. Louis Interested in learning more about the recent onslaught of plagiarism by professional journalists, and how it’s affecting the field? Below is a press release from the American Copy Editors Society describing their first ever Plagiarism and Fabrication Summit, to be held April 5, 2013 in St. Lous, MO. NATIONAL JOURNALISM ORGANIZATIONS UNITE FOR SUMMIT TO STOP ...
• ASBPE announces national, regional Azbee Award winners Congratulations to the 2012 Azbee Awards of Excellence winners! The judging is finally complete and winners for the 34th Annual ASBPE Azbee Awards of Excellence have been named. Among the winners in more than 60 categories include IEEE Spectrum and Music Inc., which took honors as the Magazines of the Year. To view the full list of ...
• Need an Azbee Award logo or want to order a plaque? If you’re an regional or national Azbee Awards of Excellence winner, you can order plaques for any award and download logos for use in your publication and website here. View the full list of 2012 winners. Order Plaques Azbee winners: Congratulations on winning one of the prestigious ASBPE Azbee Awards! As you know, this year we have switched to certificates ...
• Did you miss the live ethics Twitter Chat? Here, you can relive the ASBPE’s June 28 Ethics Twitter Chat and read all about the concerns the ASBPE’s ethics advisory board and participants discussed.
• ASBPE announces finalists for national, regional Azbee Awards Congrats to all the finalists in the 2012 Azbee Awards! ASBPE’s competition recognizes the hard work and commitment of business and professional magazine, newsletter, and Web editors and designers. These awards are prestigious acknowledgement that publications have met high standards of excellence and is at the top of the profession. The Society’s contest is extremely competitive and ...
• Explore key ethics issues during 6/28 Twitter Chat On Thursday, June 28th, ASBPE will host an ethics Twitter Chat about ethical concerns for B2B editors, freelancers, and art directors. You can join the conversation on June 28 from 11:30am to 1pm ET using the hashtag #asbpe on Twitter. Here is the Twitter Chat agenda: 11:30am-11:50am ET: Advertiser pressure for editorial support 11:50-12:05pm: Challenges to preserving online and ...
• SPJ to Recognize Outstanding Journalists ASBPE members are welcome to enter a competition for two fellowship opportunities sponsored by The Society of Professional Journalists. The Eugene C. Pulliam Fellowship for Editorial Writing awards $75,000 to an editorial writer to help broaden his or her journalistic horizons and knowledge of the world. The cash award can be used to cover the cost of study, ...
• ASBPE Hosts Digital Bootcamp in Chicago ASBPE Hosts Spring Bootcamp in Chicago The Chicago chapter of ASBPE recently hosted its first Digital Bootcamp at Columbia College in Chicago. Storified by ASBPE · Wed, May 16 2012 16:29:57 The event, entitled “The Rules of Engagement” covered topics such as digital ethics, digital issues and ...
• Follow ASBPE Chicago Bootcamp on Twitter Couldn’t make it to the ASBPE Chicago Bootcamp? You can follow the speakers and events on our Twitterstream below. Continue to follow us on Twitter at @asbpe. //
• ASBPE National Board Selects Winning Logo To reflect the shift to multi-platform publishing, ASBPE’s marketing committee recently sponsored a logo competition. Designer Bonnie James, who has been working in B2B publishing since 1988, submitted the winning entry and earned a free one-year membership to ASBPE. James began in the industry as an illustrator for Gorman Publishing and is now working as a ...
• ASBPE Members Qualify for Publishing Business Conference & Expo Discount ASBPE Members can save $100 off the Publishing Business Full Conference Pass and receive a new Kindle Fire. The Publishing Business Conference & Expo, March 19-21, 2012 at the New York Marriott Marquis, is the nation’s largest event for book and magazine publishing executives. The leading-edge program addresses pressing issues facing book and magazine publishing executives ...
• ASBPE To Present Webinar on Taking Your B2B Publication to the Next Level The Webinar, Taking Your B2B Publication to the Next Level, will be held on March 14, 2012 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. EST. Sign up for this timely March 14 webinar to learn about best practices from top editors of two B2B publications that won several prestigious Azbee awards in 2011 Packed with real-world examples, this webcast ...
• Calling All Designers and Art Directors ASBPE is redesigning its logo, and we’re looking to you for help. Send us your concept for a new logo for a chance to win a free one-year membership to the organization. An ideal new ASBPE logo would convey the shift to multi-platform publishing (i.e., print and digital) and take into consideration all of our members ...
• 2012 Young Leaders Scholarship Competition Now Open Those wishing to nominate a young leader may do so via this Google document link. To help young editors who are just starting their careers, ASBPE started the annual Young Leaders Scholarship in 2001. The scholarship allows younger editors who might otherwise be unable to attend the ASBPE National Conference or Boot Camps. It is open ...
• Meeting Recap: ASBPE State of B2B Industry Luncheon, presented by the Kansas City Chapter Kansas City Hosts State of B2B Industry Luncheon: Integration as a reality B2B editors must effectively use different media to reach their audience Integration of different media forms is a major driver of the current B2B industry, David Doherty, group sales and marketing director for Advanstar Veterinary, said at a Feb. 8 meeting of the Kansas City ...
• 2012 Azbee Award Entry Deadline Extended to February 3 Azbee Deadline has been extended to Midnight, Friday, February 3 ASBPE is extending the deadline for the Azbees award competition until midnight Friday, Feb. 3.  Don’t miss your opportunity to submit your entries into our premier B2B contest. Please note that there will be no more extensions beyond this date, so get your entries in today!  You ...
• ASBPE Relaunches Annual Magazine Critique Service ASBPE and Trade Association and Business Publications International (TABPI) have relaunched the popular annual Magazine Critique Service (MCS). The MCS is a program intended as a first step for B2B magazines interested in gauging their current performance. It allows editors to get feedback from some of the most respected editors working in B2B journalism today, ...
• ASBPE board approves revised bylaws Major changes include membership category for art directors, new committees. Oct. 13, 2011 — In an effort to improve ASBPE, its benefits, programs and educational and networking opportunities, the board of directors have worked for the last two years on restructuring the organization and revising the association’s bylaws to reflect this new, exciting direction. Immediate past president ...
• Michael Peltz, Institutional Investor magazine, wins 2011 Stephen Barr Award Winner Business journalist honored for “Inside the Machine,” a first-person story on events leading to financial crash. Aug. 12, 2011— Michael Peltz — now the editor of Institutional Investor magazine, overseeing all editorial operations, including its magazine and digital properties — from July 2009 to July 2011 was executive editor for II’s America’s Edition. Mike joined Institutional Investor ...
• ASBPE elects new executive board Members elect Amy Fischbach as president, Erin Erickson as vice president, and Tina Grady Barbaccia as treasurer. Aug. 15, 2011 — The American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) members have elected a new slate of officers for a two-year term. At the conclusion of the ASBPE national editorial conference in Chicago on Aug. 5, ASBPE ...

News Archives 2011

• ASBPE Reveals 2011 Azbee Awards The 2011 National Azbee Award winners were honored at a banquet at the Intercontinental Hotel Chicago Magnificent Mile on the evening of Aug. 4, during the ASBPE National Editorial Conference. Magazine of the Year, under $2M revenue: Stitches Magazine of the Year Honorable Mentions, under $2M: Emergency Management, Oregon Business MOY Winner, over $2M: The Scientist MOY Honorable Mentions, ...
• ASBPE to present 2011 ASBPE Journalism That Matters Award ASBPE to present 2011 ASBPE Journalism That Matters Award Business journalism society to present The Spine Journal with coveted award during Azbee Award banquet Aug. 4 in Chicago. Aug. 4, 2011 —The American Society Of Business Publication Editors will present The Spine Journal with the 2011 ASBPE Journalism That Matters Award during an award ceremony on the ...
• ASBPE names Magazine of the Year, Web Site of the Year and Azbee Award finalists ASBPE names Magazine of the Year, Web Site of the Year and Azbee Award finalists Winners to be announced Aug. 4 in Chicago. July 25, 2011 — ASBPE has named the top-performing magazines as the finalists for the 2011 Magazine of the Year Competition. For 2011, the society will present two Magazine of the Year Awards — one ...
• New Young Leaders get ASBPE scholarship to attend conference New Young Leaders get ASBPE scholarship to attend conference Seven editors selected to attend national conference, Azbee banquet. July 25, 2011 — ASBPE again is honoring excellence in B2B journalism with its Young Leader Scholarship program. A panel of judges selected five U.S. and two international winners to attend ASBPE’s National Edi- torial Conference Aug. 4–5 in ...
• National Editorial Conference: Merging print, digital National Editorial Conference: Merging print, digital More attendee interaction to enhance Chicago meeting Conference at a Glance Dates: Aug. 4–5, 2011 City: Chicago Theme: When Worlds Collide: Closing the print-digital divide Download the brochure (1.1MB PDF). Register now. Conference rates: If registered online or postmarked by July 15: Member — both days: $395 per person Nonmember — both days: $495 per person Member — one ...
• ASBPE National Conference features star speakers, interactive sessions ASBPE National Conference features star speakers, interactive sessions When Worlds Collide: Closing the print-digital divide Aug. 4-5 • Chicago Conference at a Glance Download the brochure (1.1MB PDF).Register now. Dates: Aug. 4–5 (opening reception Aug. 3) City: Chicago Theme: When Worlds Collide: Closing the print-digital divide Conference rates: If registered online or postmarked by July 15: Member — both days: $395 per person Nonmember — both days: $495 per ...
• ASBPE National Editorial Conference: Hotel, preliminary session info released ASBPE National Editorial Conference: Hotel, preliminary session info released Register Now! Conference rates: Member/2 Days: $395 per person Nonmember/2 Days: $495 per person Member/1 Day: $255 per day Nonmember/1 Day: $295 per day Register now. Intercontinental Chicago Magnificent Mile is official hotel for Aug. 4-5 event. The 2011 ASBPE National Editorial Conference aims at examining the relationship between the print and digital worlds. Whether your ...
• “The new church and state” is focus of upcoming Twitterfest “The new church and state” is focus of upcoming Twitterfest TABPI, ASBPE ethics committee to host Twitter conversation, March 14–15. The separation of editorial and sales used to be a simple thing to describe. But today, there is much more to that old equation. For starters, add marketing to the mix, and you have a triumvirate that’s ...
• Call for Nominees: 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award Call for Nominees: 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award Nominations must be received by April 1, 2011. Download the Lifetime Achievement Award nomination form (37K Word doc). Every other year, the American Society of Business Publication Editors recognizes a trade, association, or business publication editor whose commitment to editorial excellence has made them a leader in the industry. We are encouraging you to ...
• Call for Nominations: 2011 Journalism That Matters Award Call for Nominations: 2011 Journalism That Matters Award Application deadline is April 1, 2011. Download the Journalism That Matters Award application (37K Word doc). The ASBPE Journalism That Matters Award is a program to recognize a B2B, association, or trade publication journalist whose coverage of an issue in 2010 triggered a tangible change within government or industry. The genesis of ...
• Call for Nominees: 2011 ASBPE Young Leaders Scholarship Call for Nominees: 2011 ASBPE Young Leaders Scholarship Update: Application deadline is now April 1, 2011. Download the scholarship application (41K Word doc). The ASBPE Young Leaders Scholarship was created to foster interest in the American Society of Business Publication Editors by younger editors who are advancing in their editorial careers. The scholarship is sponsored annually by ASBPE, and allows ...
• Michael Peltz, Institutional Investor magazine, wins 2011 Stephen Barr Award Winner Michael Peltz, Institutional Investor magazine, wins 2011 Stephen Barr Award Winner Business journalist honored for “Inside the Machine,” a first-person story on events leading to financial crash. Michael Peltz won the Barr Award for outstanding feature writing. Aug. 12, 2011 — Michael Peltz — now the editor of Institutional Investor magazine, overseeing all editorial operations, including its magazine ...

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