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Annual Conference

National Editorial Conference

Kansas City
July 24–25

This year’s conference features separate days devoted to the Web and print.

Sessions include:

  • Editorial multitasking in the digital age
  • How to do a podcast
  • How to do video
  • The art of the interview
  • Rebuilding poorly written articles
  • The emerging international B2B press
  • Editorial leadership research results

Plus Magazine and Web Site of the Year case studies, roundtable discussions, and home page critiques.

Full roster of conference sessions.

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This issue includes:

  • Mediacasting for 2008
    Push your information beyond your Web site and make it usable and engaging

  • Lifetime Achievement Award winner Abe Peck
    Exclusive article written especially for the newsletter

  • President’s Letter: Learn digital skills with ASBPE

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Awards Program

ASBPE Honors Best B2B Publications of 2008

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The Scientist and Restaurants & Institutions were named 2008 Magazines of the Year.

Computerworld.com is top B2B Web site.

CIO, CSO, and CIO.com were recognized as the top publications since 2000 to mark the Azbee award’s 30th year. David Cullen of FleetOwner magazine received ASBPE’s Barr award for feature writing.

Get the details on all the winners.

Abe Peck Receives
Lifetime Achievement Award


Medill school
professor
Abe Peck

Eclectic professor, writer, B2B editorial consultant honored at national conference.

Veteran Northwestern University journalism professor worked for daily newspapers, alternative press, Rolling Stone — yet is also strong advocate for B2B media.

More about Abe Peck.

Western Region Azbee Winners Announced

See which magazines won.

The Western Region was the last to hold its Azbee awards banquet. Results for all four regions are now online. See:

 

Chapters

Kansas City

July 23
Western Region Awards of Excellence Banquet

Winners will be recognized at a banquet the day before the ASBPE National Conference begins.

We’ll enjoy a meal from one of Kansas City’s finest restaurants, see the winning entries, give out awards and hear the story behind one of the award-winning articles.

Western Region awards banquet details.

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