{"id":2668,"date":"2023-05-23T09:51:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T13:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asi2.wpenginepowered.com\/uncategorized\/05-2023\/asi-media-wins-six-more-national-awards-for-editorial-excellence-2\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T16:47:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T20:47:27","slug":"asi-media-wins-six-more-national-awards-for-editorial-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asi-media-wins-six-more-national-awards-for-editorial-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"ASI Media Wins Six More National Awards For Editorial Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Outstanding research, reporting, analysis, design and solution-based journalism honored<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- Section --><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.asicentral.com\/MKTGemails\/MediaRelease\/556-15235\/assets\/img\/sq_photo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Advertising Specialty Institute<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> (ASI), the largest technology, marketing and information provider in the $25.8 billion promotional products industry, today announced its editorial team won six national <a href=\"https:\/\/asbpe.org\/news\/2023\/05\/11\/2023-national-azbee-winners\/\">Azbee Awards of Excellence<\/a> and seven regional awards in one of the nation\u2019s most competitive B2B contests.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) received more than 800 entries in 63 categories for its Azbee Awards. ASI competed against print and digital media like Bloomberg Industry Group, American Bar Association and WebMD.<\/p>\n<p>ASI Media won five Gold and two Silver awards in ASBPE\u2019s Mid-Atlantic Regional competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love that our most ambitious work was honored for excellence, crowning another amazing year of content produced by our dedicated editorial team,\u201d said Michele Bell, ASI vice president of editorial, education and special events. \u201cASI\u2019s decades-long commitment to informing the promo industry about critical issues has reached new heights and I couldn\u2019t be prouder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- #section end --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Section --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><em>\u201cASI\u2019s decades-long commitment to informing the promo industry about critical issues has reached new heights and I couldn\u2019t be prouder,\u201d said ASI\u2019s Michele Bell<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- #section end --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Section --><\/p>\n<p><strong>ASI Media\u2019s 2023 Azbee national award winners are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gold for the <\/strong><strong>Counselor State of the Industry<\/strong> issue in the Print category, awarded to ASI Media staff, including Nate Kucsma, senior executive director of research. The massive SOI package includes a series of articles and infographics based on hard data compiled by ASI to explain the year\u2019s most important trends, along with the annual Top 40 lists and Counselor Award winners, including Person of the Year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gold for <\/strong><strong>\u201c5 Ideas to Improve Promo\u201d<\/strong> in the Web Feature Series category, awarded to ASI Media staff, including Theresa Hegel, executive editor of digital content; Sara Lavenduski, executive editor of digital content; and Christopher Ruvo, digital news director. The week-long series tackled five industry-defining problems, thoroughly exploring each one with dogged reporting and insightful analysis, while highlighting steps readers could take to make serious progress on big ideas like eliminating plastic and fixing the industry\u2019s \u201cbrandfill\u201d image.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gold for the sustainability resource site <\/strong><strong>Promo for the Planet<\/strong> in the category of Web Microsite\/Special Section, awarded to Hegel, along with ASI Media staff. The site contains a wealth of articles detailing the latest news, biggest trends and best ideas to build a more sustainable industry, featuring helpful glossaries of terms and certifications and an industry advisory board that informs ASI\u2019s coverage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Silver for \u201c<\/strong><strong>Russia-Ukraine Conflict Is Personal for ASI Technology Colleagues<\/strong><strong>\u201d <\/strong>in the category of News Analysis, awarded to Dawn Shurmaitis, executive director of corporate communications. This powerful story paints a deeply personal portrait of the plight of ASI colleagues who live in or have family in Ukraine.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Silver for \u201c<\/strong><strong>Head-to-Toe Hues<\/strong><strong>\u201d<\/strong> in the categories of Online Feature Article Design and Best Use of Color, awarded to Hillary Glen, digital art director; Hegel; and Sean Bolton, photographer. The concept of color-saturated monochromatic outfits was a visual homerun in ASI\u2019s Fashion Shoot for its annual Apparel Issue, featuring stop-motion animations of each outfit.<\/li>\n<li>The awards recognized ASI\u2019s editorial expertise across a variety of categories in both print and digital, including ASICentral\u2019s Twitter account, which earned an honorable mention for <strong>Overall Excellence-Social Media Account of the Year, <\/strong>for Vincent Driscoll, ASI\u2019s digital content director and one of the biggest connectors in the promo industry, keeping everyone informed through his relevant content, personality and humor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In April, ASI Media was also honored with three national Jesse H. Neal Awards, considered the \u201cPulitzer Prize\u201d of B2B journalism. ASI magazines are the only promo industry publications to ever win a prestigious Neal award. ASI Media provides the most authoritative business and research content in the industry and has been honored with a total of 347 journalism awards. C.J. 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