{"id":2873,"date":"2015-04-21T12:29:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T16:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/?p=2873"},"modified":"2015-04-21T12:29:21","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T16:29:21","slug":"congrats-to-a-winning-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2015\/04\/21\/congrats-to-a-winning-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Congrats to a Winning Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

At a time of transition across the publishing spectrum, it\u2019s a vote of real confidence for ASI\u00ae<\/sup> magazines to win a record three Jesse H. Neal awards \u2013 the B-to-B equivalent of a Pulitzer Prize.<\/p>\n

At ASI, we\u2019re proud of consistently producing compelling, exclusive, original content. It\u2019s a commitment we made to our 250,000 print and online readers from the start. Happily, the Neal Award judges concur, honoring Stitches<\/em>\u00ae<\/sup> <\/em>magazine with two Neals and Wearables<\/em>\u00ae <\/sup>with one. In addition, Stitches<\/em>, Counselor<\/em>\u00ae <\/sup>and Advantages<\/em>\u00ae<\/sup> magazines were named finalists for seven more Neal awards in a stiff competition that attracts top publications like Architectural Record<\/em> and Advertising Age<\/em>.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Like most people, I love winning. It\u2019s great for our team\u2019s confidence and we always enjoy partying together at the ceremony.<\/p>\n

But what\u2019s especially gratifying is that the judges recognized ASI\u2019s commitment to a very broad skill set, honoring traditional long-form journalism as well as multi-platform packages with a strong social media component. These days, it\u2019s critical for magazines and websites to interact with their online audience \u2013 a skill that comes easily to our writers and editors (especially the ones with a quick wit!).<\/p>\n

Stitches <\/em>senior writer Theresa Hegel, an award-winning journalist from Emmaus, PA, won for overall reporting as well as for her cover story \u201cCan This Shop Be Saved?\u201d<\/a> Instead of giving readers a typical-but-sufficient story on yet another troubled business, Stitches<\/em> went way above and beyond and sent Joyce Jagger, aka The Embroidery Coach, to Wisconsin for two days to help an embroidery shop turn itself around. Learning how Jagger whipped this business into shape should appeal to any business looking to improve.<\/p>\n

C.J. Mittica, editor of Wearables<\/em> magazine, took home a plaque in the category of \u201cBest Subject-Related Package\u201d for his story, \u201cThe T-shirt That Thinks<\/a>,\u201d which zeroed in on an industry-specific subject that\u2019s breaking the apparel world wide open. As C.J. wrote: \u201cSmart wearables will radicalize the branding capabilities of apparel. They\u2019ll position information at our instant beckoning. They will literally tell us how we should live. With enough time, the tech will burrow so deeply inside the garments that the category of wearable technology won\u2019t exist anymore. There will only be clothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

In less than 10 years, ASI magazines have been honored with over 140 journalism awards and remain the only industry publications to ever win a Neal Award. Our grand total for Neals alone is now nine wins and 17 finalists.<\/p>\n

Under Editor-in-Chief Melinda Ligos and Publisher Rich Fairfield, our magazines have become the ones to beat \u2013 something the competitor in me enjoys to the hilt.<\/p>\n

In the pic above, from left: Advantages <\/em>Editor Kathy Huston, Melinda Ligos, C.J. Mittica, Theresa Hegel, Stitches <\/em>Editor Nicole Rollender, Counselor <\/em>Editor Andy Cohen and Rich Fairfield. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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