CLEVELAND, OH — June 7, 2005 — The editorial team of Expansion Management magazine continued its tradition of award winning excellence, receiving 1st place awards in five categories, including Best Trade Publication, at the Kansas City Press Club’s annual Heart of America journalism awards dinner held on June 4. In all, Expansion Management’s editors took home awards in eight categories.
“The first priority of any magazine is to provide its readers with a first class editorial product,” said Gorton Wood, publisher of Expansion Management . “Bill King and his editorial team do that month in and month out. I’m extremely proud of what our editorial team has accomplished. Having their work recognized by their fellow journalists is high praise, indeed.”
Expansion Management , a Penton Media publication, is a monthly business magazine mailed to 45,000 executives of companies actively looking for the best place to expand or relocate their facilities within the next one to three years. Its editorial focus is to help growing companies evaluate future locations.
Expansion Management received awards in the following categories:
BEST TRADE PUBLICATION — Gold Award (1st Place) to the EM Staff
BEST NEWSLETTER — Gold Award (1st Place) to the EM Staff for Inside E.D., a monthly newsletter published by the editors of Expansion Management for economic development professionals.
PUBLIC SERVICE — Gold Award (1st Place) to the EM Staff for its "2004 Military Communities of Excellence" special magazine, published in October 2004.
BUSINESS REPORTING — Gold Award (1st Place) to Managing Editor Ken Krizner for his article in the August 2004 issue entitled "Work Force Training: Providing a Competitive Advantage"
EDITORIAL — Gold Award (1st Place) to Chief Editor Bill King for his editorial in the December 2004 issue entitled "Should We Care That Johnny Can't Add?"
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING — Silver Award (2nd Place) to Bill King and Senior Research Editor Mike Keating for the 2004 Education Quotient TM study comparing 2,800 secondary school districts nationwide, published in December 2004.
FEATURE COLUMN — Bronze Award (3rd Place) to Bill King for his monthly Retrograde column
MAGAZINE STORY — Honorable Mention to Bill King for his April 2004 article entitled "Which Metros Have the Best Public Schools?"
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