National honorees this year are CSP senior editor, content development coordinator Angel Abcede and former senior editor Joe Bush, who received the bronze award for Best News Analysis/Investigative Reporting ("The Big 4?", February 2008); and bronze for the entire CSP editorial staff and Keystroke Graphics [image-nocss] for Best Information Graphics (Category Management Handbook, April 2008), marking the sixth consecutive time this issue has been honored by ASBPE.
In addition to the national recognitions, senior editor, special projects coordinator Samantha Oller was also honored with bronze in the Midwest-South Region for Best Individual/Company Profile for her July 2008 Murphy Oil profile, "Murphy's Law."
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"This is another wonderful example of CSP at its best," said Paul Reuter, CEO and editorial director for CSP Information Group. "CSP's editorial team just keeps shining, and I'm pleased to see our editors get the recognition they deserve."
Mitch Morrison, group editor for CSP Information Group, added, "Winning three awards, including the Oscars of trade journalism for investigative reporting, is a huge honor and a terrific acknowledgement of serious journalism practiced at CSP. It remains our commitment to meet and exceed challenges set by our industry."
Since 2000, CSP's editors have been honored more than 30 times by various business press organizations.
CSP's editors were among several honorees at the 31st annual ASBPE National Awards for editorial excellence held July 16 in Washington, D.C. The regional winners were announced July 8 at the annual awards dinner in Chicago.
ASBPE's annual competition recognizes the work by business, trade, professional and association publication editors and editorial designers in several regions and nationwide. Founded in 1964, ASBPE is the professional association for full-time and freelance editors and writers employed in the business, trade and specialty press.
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