Penton's ELECTRONIC DESIGN and BUSINESS FINANCE Magazines Are Finalists in Prestigious Jesse H. Neal Editorial Competition.Business Editors CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2003 Entries from Penton Media's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :PME PME Petites et Moyennes Entreprises PME Professional Military Education PME Pequenas e Médias Empresas (Portugal) PME Petite et Moyenne Entreprise PME Psychology of Mathematics Education PME Pi Mu Epsilon ) ELECTRONIC DESIGN and BUSINESS FINANCE magazines have been judged finalists in the highly-regarded Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Business journalism is the branch of journalism that tracks, records, analyses and interprets the economic changes that take place in a society. It could include anything from personal finance, to business at the local market to the malls, to performance of well-known and Awards competition sponsored by American Business Media American Business Media is an association of business information providers that was founded in 1906. Currently, the association has more than 300 member companies and delivers business intelligence to industry, Madison Avenue, Wall Street and the Beltway, representing almost 5,000 , the industry association for business-to-business information providers. ELECTRONIC DESIGN, published 26 times annually for 145,000 electronics engineers, is a finalist in the category for best single theme issues for magazines with more than $7 million in annual revenue. The entry was ELECTRONIC DESIGN's 50th anniversary issue, a keepsake issue published in October 2002 that chronicles the major events and captures the heart and soul of the electronics engineering industry over the past half century. "Our industry has experienced an incredible range of events and developments since ELECTRONIC DESIGN's inception in 1952," says Tom Morgan, publisher. "Our 50th anniversary issue capsuled the essence and excitement of the past 50 years in electronics engineering; it's a true treasure that has drawn tremendous response from a broad range of industry players, both readers and marketers. We're delighted the Neal judges have also recognized the richness of this special keepsake issue." BUSINESS FINANCE's finalist entry was its Economic and Business Focus column, written by Fay Hansen. It competed in the best regularly featured department or column category for magazines with between $3 million and $7 million in annual revenue. Topics the column covered in 2002 were global corporate governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. , explaining the requirements of meeting dozens of national, international and regional accounting codes; why companies are beginning to expense stock options; and a cost analysis of corporate crime. "Economic and Business Focus addresses a major economic or business event or trend with sufficient depth for readers to clearly see the impact it has on their company," says Laurie Brannen, editor in chief, BUSINESS FINANCE. "In 2002, with the economic slump and accounting scandals Accounting scandals, or corporate accounting scandals are political and business scandals which arise with the disclosure of misdeeds by trusted executives of large public corporations. , there was a mother lode Mother Lode, belt of gold-bearing quartz veins, central Calif., along the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The term is sometimes limited to a strip c.70 mi (110 km) long and from 1 to 6 1-2 mi (1.6–10.5 km) wide, running NW from Mariposa. of issues that our readers needed us to report on. The recognition of the Neal Awards judges is gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. and validates the important job we do for business executives in America." BUSINESS FINANCE helps its readers -- senior finance executives at mid-tier and large organizations -- achieve best practices and excel in all of their professional responsibilities. It is published monthly, with a circulation of 50,000. American Business Media's Jesse H. Neal competition recognizes editorial excellence in independent business publications. Judges for the 2003 competition -- a field of independent leading business journalists and renowned journalism educators -- designated 81 entries as finalists, out of the total 1,093 entries received. Winners of the award will be announced at a presentation on March 12 at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Penton Media (NYSE:PME, www.penton.com) is a diversified business-to-business media company that produces integrated media products, including market-focused magazines, trade shows and conferences, and electronic media, serving 12 industries. |
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