{"id":1947,"date":"2020-06-29T12:13:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T12:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asi2.wpenginepowered.com\/uncategorized\/asi-magazines-win-five-more-national-awards-for-excellence\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:04:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T18:04:58","slug":"asi-magazines-win-five-more-national-awards-for-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asi-magazines-win-five-more-national-awards-for-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"ASI Magazines Win Five More National Awards For Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Publications also score 13 regional awards in competitive B-to-B editorial contest<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>TREVOSE, PA \u2013 June 26, 2020 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The Advertising Specialty Institute<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0today announced that ASI magazines won five more national <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asbpe.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azbee Awards of Excellence<\/a> and 13 regional awards in one of the nation\u2019s largest and most competitive editorial contests.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Among the honors, Counselor<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> magazine was awarded a national Gold award for its annual Power 50 issue recognizing the major players in the promotional products industry. Counselor, which also won two bronze awards, is edited by C.J. Mittica <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CJ_ASIEditor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(@CJ_ASIEditor<\/a>)\u200f.<\/p>\n<p>The awards recognized ASI\u2019s editorial expertise across a variety of categories in both print and digital. Winning entries included the Counselor State of the Industry and special 65th anniversary issues and Advantages\u2019 monthly Sales Boost section and its annual State and Regional Sales Report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce again, this is a tremendous team accomplishment and I\u2019m thrilled that the ASI staffers devoted to delivering essential news, information and research to our industry were recognized and celebrated for their hard work and dedication to our members,\u201d said Michele Bell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASI_MBell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(@ASI_MBell<\/a>), who oversees ASI\u2019s editorial team.<\/p>\n<p>ASI magazines, along with Counselor PromoGram, also earned 13 regional awards, including three gold, for editorial, design and overall excellence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ASI\u2019s Azbee national award winners are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gold <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Group Profile, for the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/s7d4.scene7.com\/s7viewers\/html5\/eCatalogSearchViewer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Counselor 2019 Power 50 issue<\/strong><\/a>, awarded to Michele Bell; Joan Chaykin, managing editor; John Corrigan, senior writer; Karen O\u2019Malley, director of awards; and Christopher Ruvo, executive editor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Silver <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Design, Front Cover Photo Illustration, for the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/news\/web-exclusive\/april-2019\/promotional-products-state-and-regional-sales-report-2019\/\"><strong>Advantages State and Regional Sales Report<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong>awarded to Hillary Glen, art director.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bronze<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Print, Regular Department, for the Advantages Sales Boost series<\/strong>, awarded to Sara Lavenduski, senior editor, and Monica Guzman, senior designer. This monthly section provides sales advice and insights on market trends from promotional products distributors and outside experts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Data Journalism, for <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/news\/web-exclusive\/july-2019\/state-of-the-industry-2019\/\"><strong>Counselor 2019 State of the Industry issue<\/strong><\/a>, awarded to Counselor staff. The annual report is used as a business benchmark for industry members throughout the year and serves as a barometer of the promo market\u2019s health and an analysis of predictive trends.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Print, Single Topic Coverage by a Team, for <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/s7d4.scene7.com\/s7viewers\/html5\/eCatalogSearchViewer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Counselor\u2019s 65th Anniversary issue<\/strong><\/a>, awarded to Counselor staff. The special print and online commemorative issue included a detailed look at how the industry has changed over the years, \u201cPeople of the Decade\u201d feature, a Q&amp;A with ASI Chairman Norman Cohn, historic photos, fun facts and a forecast for the future of the market.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ASBPE represents more than 2,000 journalists for business-to-business publications. This year, more than 1,000 entries were received, and more than 75 editors and designers judged the 63 categories of entries. ASI publications competed alongside magazines like Architect and Computerworld.<\/p>\n<p>ASI publications deliver award-winning editorial content to suppliers, distributors, decorators and screen printers throughout the promotional products industry. In the past decade, ASI magazines have been honored with over 220 journalism awards and remain the only industry publications to ever win a national Jesse H. 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