Joe Anselmo

Editorial Director, Aviation Week Network

Washington, DC

Summary

Joe Anselmo has been Editorial Director of the Aviation Week Network and Editor-in-Chief of Aviation Week & Space Technology since 2013. Based in Washington, D.C., he directs a team of more than two dozen aerospace journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Under his leadership, Aviation Week has won numerous accolades for its in-depth reporting and deep dives into aerospace technology, including the 2017 Grand Neal award for “Top Brand/Overall Editorial Excellence,” business-to-business journalism’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. Writers from the Aviation Week Network also took home six honors at the 2018 Aerospace Media Awards in London.

In 2015, Anselmo and his team spearheaded a digital initiative that provides subscribers with fresh content every day via mobile phones, tablets, or desktop computers. To mark Aviation Week’s 100th anniversary in 2016, the publication’s entire archive – more than 440,000 pages of articles, images, covers and advertisements – was digitized into a searchable online archive. Aviation Week also has accelerated its push into digital media with regular podcasts, videos, data features, infographics and eBooks.

Anselmo has more than 25 years of experience as an editor and reporter with Aviation Week, Congressional Quarterly and the Washington Post Company. He has won three Aerospace Journalist of the Year awards. A graduate of Ohio University, he was elected three times to the National Press Club’s Board of Governors, including one term as board chairman.

 

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Joseph C. Anselmo
Aviation Week, continuing a decades-old tradition, will present its annual Laureate awards to individuals and teams in eight categories for their extraordinary achievements in operations and technological advancements. Winners will be announced at a black-tie ceremony on March 8 in Washington, D.C. Winners already have been selected for two additional honors: the Aviation Week Heroism Award and the Philip J. Klass Lifetime Achievement Award. Nominations were open to industry and government, but the finalists were selected by Aviation Week editors.

Joseph C. Anselmo (Washington)
Aviation Week, continuing a decades-old tradition, presents the nominees for Laureate awards for 2011. These individuals and teams have been nominated for their extraordinary achievements in operations and technological advancements. The nominees are grouped in eight categories listed on the following pages. Winners already have been selected for two additional honors: the Aviation Week Heroism Award and the Philip J. Klass Lifetime Achievement Award. Nominations were open to industry and government, but the finalists were selected by Aviation Week editors.

Joseph C. Anselmo (Washington )
As the New Year begins, I offer an apology of sorts to former President George W. Bush. During his tenure, Bush was criticized in this column for the “fiscal recklessness” of putting the Afghanistan and Iraq wars on a credit card. Considering that it took nearly nine years for the cumulative costs of those two conflicts to reach $1 trillion, it is breathtaking how quickly President Barack Obama and Republican leaders in Congress struck a “compromise” that will add another trillion dollars to the national debt. Tax cuts? Extend them for all and throw in some new ones.