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Permalink Reply by Martha Spizziri on June 18, 2008 at 3:19pm

Hi! I'm ASBPE's web editor, and I'm also VP of the Boston/New England chapter.

I started an ASBPE group on GoodReads so people can share book recommendations. Since one of the main purposes of ASBPE is for B2B editors to keep educating themselves and share information, I figured what better to do than recommend and review some of the books that have helped me keep up with technology, learn more about how to do good journalism (I wasn't a journalism major), and learn some basics of design?

Please join the group and recommend some of the work-related books you've found helpful. I'm especially interested in books that can help journalists understand business better and books on journalism in general -- interviewing techniques, doing good research, handling difficult sources.

(And, yes, I realize it's ironic to link to a social networking site from another networking site.)

Martha

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Permalink Reply by Judi on September 16, 2008 at 1:32pm

Martha - did you receive any responses to this? I'm looking for associations or magazines that editors, old and new, can use for professional development and/or for solving problems.

Thanks - Judi

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Permalink Reply by Martha Spizziri on October 9, 2008 at 3:49pm

Judi,

Sorry for the late response! I guess I didn't get (or overlooked) the email updating me that someone replied to my post.

Yes, I did get some responses. A few people joined the ASBPE GoodReads group. The main ASBPE web site is http://www.asbpe.org, and there's a blog at http://asbpenational.blogspot.com.

Where do you live, if you don't mind me asking? We have chapters in about a dozen cities -- some more active than others. You can see a list on the asbpe.org home page.

Martha

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Permalink Reply by Jordana Megonigal on August 17, 2008 at 1:56pm

I'm an editor of a new startup business pub out of Greenville, SC. Would love to know more about ASBPE and other orgs, or advice if anyone has any!

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Permalink Reply by Martha Spizziri on October 9, 2008 at 4:08pm

Jordana,

ASBPE is a group for editors, run by editors. We're pretty well known for our annual Azbee Awards of Excellence competition, which recognizes the best in editorial, design, and online work by b2b publications.

We also sponsor an annual ASBPE National Editorial Conference, held in a different city each year. It's one of the most affordable publishing conferences out there, and the only one I know of focused specifically on b2b editorial. We get a lot of positive feedback about it.


Chapters around the country hold educational seminars and workshops. There's no chapter near Greenville, but we also host webinars (for both members and nonmembers).

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Permalink Reply by Becky Hennessy on October 9, 2008 at 3:38pm

Hey, everyone. I'm Becky Hennessy, former newspaper reporter, PR agency writer and project manager, and editor for a national trade magazine. My last full-time employee job ended in mid-2005 when I left for awhile to tend to family needs. Since 1997, however, I've worked intermittently as a freelance writer and editor, which I enjoy on many fronts, though mostly for its variety and the obvious flexibility of working from a home office.

I first joined ASBPE as a trade editor in 2005 (and have since rejoined) and consistently enjoy visiting the site for it's focus on B2B education and networking, and I find the various blog discussions (for me, on the group's national and Chicago blogs) to be super insightful.

Hi, Martha: I enjoy following you on ASBPE! Books? Of course, no one needs to tell you that ASBPE's bookstore is marvelous. I'm busy reading about WordPress (yawn) right now, but plan soon to pick up Best Practices of the Business Press. Its essays are all contributed exclusively by ASBPE members or ASBPE national award winners.

Go to ASBPE for a chapter-by-chapter breakdown on topics such as business reporting, trade show coverage, special supplements and editorial ethics. This one, once added to my library, will be dog-eared and marked up in no time.

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Permalink Reply by Martha Spizziri on October 9, 2008 at 4:16pm

Becky,

Glad to hear you're getting so much out of ASBPE. And glad you're enjoying the Bookstore section of the web site. (For anyone interested in Best Practices of the Business Press, in ASBPE's latest book, Journalism That Matters: How Business-to-Business Editors Change the Industries They Cover, or in browsing books on topics like business, economics, finance, writing and editing and the Internet, you can visit our Bookstore here.)

Martha

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Permalink Reply by JT Long on October 27, 2008 at 6:08pm

Hello, I was secretary of the San Francisco chapter about 5 years ago and enjoyed my time at the meetings and the conferences. I am now Director of Content for a group of national finance magazines based on Seattle. Good to see the familiar faces at ASBPE.
JT

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Permalink Reply by Martha Spizziri on October 27, 2008 at 6:37pm

Hi, JT! I remember you. Are you still active in ASBPE -- going to the conference, entering contest, etc.?

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