
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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- Survey on editorial ethics
- Report on ad-related editorial
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- Special report on electronic
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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:

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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The ASBPE members’ discussion
forum is a great resource, says Howard Rauch,
but he wonders why its not better used. He
has a few ideas for improving its usefulness.
Let us know what you think.
The
Value of Working as a High-Performance
Team
What struck Chicago chapter
officer Nikki Golden most about
the CIO/LinkedIn controversy, was that
most of the CIO editorial staff didn’t
know about the partnership with LinkedIn
until links appeared on CIO.com. Especially
in tight times like these, she argues, communication
and working as a cohesive team are crucial.
Consultant Howard Rauch
Reality
Check:
Finding/Keeping Star Editors
Adding
website tasks to existing job descriptions has stirred
turmoil at all editorial levels.To retain top talent, it
helps if management actively takes steps to enhance
editorial careers. Howard Rauch describes some positive
practices you can use.
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