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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Articles

Joseph C. Anselmo (Washington)
“The days of giving defense contractors a blank check are over.” That recent pronouncement from President Barack Obama and other signals that domestic issues—such as jobs, energy and transportation—are higher on his agenda is certainly worrying investors. Since the start of the year, General Dynamics Corp. shares have fallen 37%, Raytheon Co. 35%, Lockheed Martin Corp. 31% and Northrop Grumman Corp. 23%, outpacing a 20% decline in the S&P 500 index. The question is whether investors should look at those declines as buying opportunities—or keep running for cover.

Robert Wall (Munich), Joseph C. Anselmo (Washington)
Despite a massive downturn in the global air transport business, Airbus and Boeing believe they can survive the year without their order books being eviscerated. But in 2010, they may not be so lucky. What’s more, there are indications the market is deteriorating more quickly than thought only two months ago. In January, Airbus estimated it could secure 300-400 orders this year. That’s still the goal, but reaching it “is becoming more challenging,” says Louis Gallois, chief executive of EADS, Airbus’s parent.

Joseph C. Anselmo (Washington)
Demand for commercial aircraft is sagging, financing is hard to come by, the stock market is in turmoil, and ominous signals from the Obama administration are creating worries that U.S. defense spending could be targeted for cuts. But as aerospace and defense companies brace for leaner times, there’s a glimmer of hopeful news. The industry is much healthier than it was in 2001, when the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks triggered the last downturn in commercial aerospace.