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The annual 2011 BSME Awards took place at the London Hilton on Park Lane on Tuesday, 8th November. The Awards were presented by Lauren Laverne and BSME Chair, Lisa Smosarski, Editor of Stylist. Dionne Bromfield provided the evening's entertainment along with Absolute 80s DJ Sarah Champion who got everyone dancing at the after party.
2011 BSME AWARDS PHOTOS
Thank you to everyone that came to the annual BSME Awards on Tuesday at the London Hilton on Park Lane. Please click more for the link to purchase photos.
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2011 BSME AWARD WINNERS
Winners of the 2011 BSME Awards are:
EDITORS OF THE YEAR
Sport, Leisure & Health Magazines
Andy Dixon, Runner's World - Natmag-Rodale Ltd
Youth Magazines
Dickon Ross, Flipside - The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Entertainment & Celebrity Magazines
Ben Preston, Radio Times - BBC Magazines (now Immediate Media Company London Ltd)
Business & Professional Magazines (non-weekly)
Dickon Ross, E&T - The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Highly Commended: Matthew Gwyther, Management Today - Haymarket
Business & Professional Magazines (weekly)
Emma Penny, Farmers Guardian - UBM
Highly Commended: Fiona Godlee, British Medical Journal (BMJ) - BMJ Group
Special Interest & Hobbies Magazines
Martyn Hocking, Which? - Which? Ltd
Newspaper Magazines & Current Affairs Magazines
Jason Cowley, New Statesman - New Statesman Ltd
Highly Commended: Rachel Richardson, Fabulous - News International
Men's Magazines
Matthew Todd, Attitude - Vitality Publishing (now Attitude Media Ltd)
Women's Magazines (weekly or fortnightly)
Ali Hall, Look - IPC Media
Highly Commended: Chantelle Horton, more! - Bauer Media
Women's Magazines (monthly or less frequent)
Jules Barton-Breck, Essentials - IPC Media
Customer Magazines (consumer readership)
Donna Hardie, Completely London - August Media
Highly Commended: Mark Jones, Do Not Disturb - Cedar Communications
Customer Magazines (business readership)
Kenny MacIver, I - Redwood
Lifestyle Magazines
Tony Chambers, Wallpaper* - IPC Media
WEBSITE EDITOR OF THE YEAR - CONSUMER
Jon Bernstein, NewStatesman.com - New Statesman Ltd
WEBSITE EDITOR OF THE YEAR – BUSINESS
Anna Winston, bdonline - UBM Built Environment
LAUNCH OF THE YEAR
Jane Wright, Metropolitan - Ink
Highly Commended: Charlie Watson, Norwich Magazine - East Publishing Ltd
THE FIONA MACPHERSON NEW EDITOR OF THE YEAR
Rachel Richardson, Fabulous - News International
Highly Commended: Kate Stephens, Look.co.uk - IPC Media
ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – BUSINESS
Simon Esterson, Eye - Eye Magazine Ltd
ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – CONSUMER (WEEKLY OR FORTNIGHTLY)
Mark Hayman, Fabulous - News International
ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – CONSUMER (MONTHLY OR LESS FREQUENT)
Andrew Diprose, Wired - The Condé Nast Publications Ltd
INNOVATION/BRAND-BUILDING INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
Louise Court, Cosmopolitan - The National Magazine Company (now Hearst Magazines UK) for Cosmo on Campus, a free spin-off title distributed to a quarter of a million female university students
Highly Commended: Emma Penny, Farmers Guardian – UBM for Tractor Factor - farming's X-Factor - a campaign championing the talent and ability of younger readers
CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Jenni Middleton, Nursing Times – Emap for A Seat on the Board, a campaign for nurses to have a say on commissioning boards post-NHS reforms
Highly Commended: Beverley Cuddy, Dogs Today - Pet Subjects Ltd for Don't Cook Your Dog, a global campaign to educate dog owners not to leave dogs in hot cars
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR (NEW CATEGORY)
Caitlin Moran, The Times Magazine - News International
Highly Commended: Julie Fawcett for Inside Housing - Ocean Media Group
THE MARK BOXER AWARD
Gill Hudson. Editor-in-Chief, Reader’s Digest – Vivat Direct
2011 BSME EDITORS’ EDITOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
Mark Ellen, Editor, The Word – Development Hell Ltd
Andrew Roberts, Communications Director, Mercedes-Benz UK commented:
“In a world that thrives on the perpetual pulse of social media, it’s important to remember that the lifeblood of our industry remains in magazines. There’s something special about a beautifully-produced, sharply edited product, whether you buy it off the shelf or download it online. The BSME rightly celebrates the best of this vibrant medium, and we’re delighted to continue our support of the Awards.”
For further information and quotes please contact Layla Kaye on 020 8906 4664 or to access photos please go to the BSME website: www.bsme.com.
2011 BSME AWARDS FULL SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
The final shortlist was announced today for the British Society of Magazine Editors Awards. To see who has been shortlisted in the Innovation/Brand-Building Initiative and Campaign of the Year categories, please click more
To book your place/s at the Awards Dinner, please visit http://www.bsmeawards.com and click on "Dinner Booking Form"
INNOVATION/BRAND-BUILDING INITIATIVE
Gillian Carter, BBC Good Food, for Good Food Magazine on the iPad
Tony Chambers, Wallpaper*, for Reborn in India, an issue produced by the Wallpaper* editorial team from pop-up offices in India
Tony Chambers, Wallpaper* for Wallpaper* Composed, a new interior design service launched with two apartments at the landmark Neo Bankside development
Louise Court, Cosmopolitan for Cosmo on Campus, a spin-off title distributed for free to a quarter of a million female students in 70 universities across the UK
Chantelle Horton, more! for The Facebook Edited Issue, edited, for one week only, by 105,000 Facebook fans
Gill Hudson, Reader's Digest, for their 100-Word Story Competition encouraging existing readers and schools to write a story in exactly 100 words
Emma Penny, Farmers Guardian for Tractor Factor - farming's X-Factor - a campaign championing the talent and ability of younger readers and boosting farming's image by bringing it to the attention of more than eight million people
Damian Wild, Estates Gazette, for their daily digital editions from the world's biggest property show, Mipim in Cannes, featuring five digital editions and the first international live web seminar, beaming the show back to the UK.
CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Giles Barrie, Property Week, for Site Life, a campaign to fill empty sites across the UK with temporary uses, starting in Manchester and leading to the creation of four major schemes in London's East End
Beverley Cuddy, Dogs Today, for Don't Cook Your Dog, a global campaign supported by Tesco and every vet in Britain to educate dog owners not to leave dogs in hot cars
Sophie Hearsey, that's life!, for Bra Relief for Africa, a charity campaign encouraging women to donate their bras to women in remote African villages
Stuart Macdonald, Inside Housing, for What's the Benefit?, a campaign to prevent homelessness and protect its readers' businesses by pushing the Government to alter its proposed housing benefit reforms
Jenni Middleton, Nursing Times, for A Seat on the Board, a campaign for nurses to have a say on commissioning boards post-NHS reforms
Krissi Murison, NME, for NME's Search for Britain's Best Small Venue, to celebrate and increase awareness of the pivotal role played by small venues in nurturing homegrown musical talent
Emma Penny, Farmers Guardian, for Backing Britain's Professional Farmers, a multi-faceted campaign to persuade the Government to u-turn on plans to ban antimicrobial advertising to farmers
Matthew Todd, Attitude, for The Issues Issue: How to be Gay and happy, a call to arms for gay men to face the damage done by growing up in the closet
2011 BSME AWARDS SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
The shortlist was announced today for the 2011 British Society of Magazine Editors Awards. To see the full shortlist, please click "BSME AWARDS". To book a table at the Dinner, please visit www.bsmeawards.com
2011 EDITORS' EDITOR OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
The shortlist was announced today for the 2011 British Society of Magazine Editors' prestigious Editors' Editor of the Year Award. The shortlists for the other awards will be announced later this month and the winners will be revealed at the annual Awards Dinner at The London Hilton on Tuesday, 8 November 2011.
On the shortlist are:
Jules Barton-Breck, Editor, Essentials
Jason Cowley, Editor, New Statesman
Mark Ellen, Editor, The Word
Gill Hudson, Editor-in-Chief, Reader's Digest
"It is great to see such a strong and diverse list" commented BSME Chair Lisa Smosarski, Editor of Stylist Magazine.
EDITORS' EDITOR OF THE YEAR NOMINATIONS
The nominations for this year's Editors' Editor of the Year has been announed. The deadline for returning votes is Tuesday, 6th September. To view the list, please click more
Herewith this year's list of Editors' Editor nominations.
Jules Barton-Breck - Editor, Essentials
Tony Chambers - Editor-in-Chief, Wallpaper*
Louise Court - Editor, Cosmopolitan
Jason Cowley - Editor, New Statesman
Mark Ellen - Editor, The Word
Martyn Hocking - Editor, Which?
Gill Hudson - Editor-in-Chief - Reader's Digest
Krissi Murison - Editor, NME
Please click here to download a voting form. Please mark your choice (one only please) with a tick, and either fax, email or post back to Gill Branston & Associates by 5.00pm on Tuesday, 6th September. We regret that forms received after this time cannot be included. Please note that you cannot vote for yourself or your own publication/s.
A shortlist will then be drawn up and emailed to you with supporting information for final voting. Voting for this second round will be by single transferable vote.
CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR THE 2011 BSME AWARDS
The 2011 British Society of Magazine Editor Awards are here! www.bsmeawards.com
It’s that time again, time to enter the BSME Awards and book your table for the Dinner! To enter or book your places for the Dinner just visit www.bsmeawards.com. The deadline for entering is – Thursday, 28 July – so we’ll need you to complete the form and send in your supporting material before you head off on holiday! Whether you edit a Business, Consumer, Customer, Newspaper or Online Magazine, there are categories for you to enter.
It is free for BSME members to enter the Awards. There is a single entry fee for non-members of £150 inc VAT, regardless of how many categories are entered. This fee includes membership of the Society until 31 December 2011. Online payment is now accepted. There is no charge to make a nomination for the Editors’ Editor of the Year Award.
The BSME Awards are the only UK awards run by magazine editors for magazine editors. Please ensure that you and your magazine/magazine website are represented - and remember to cast your vote for the Editors’ Editor of the Year.
The winners will be announced and Awards presented at The London Hilton on Tuesday, 8 November. Do book your tickets early as we usually sell out - and remember, it is cheaper if you book and pay before Friday 14 October.
It would help enormously if you returned your entry form as soon as possible. Good luck to everyone who enters! If you have any queries please contact Gill Branston or Layla Kaye on 020 8906 4664.
DON'T FORGET TO RENEW YOUR BSME MEMBERSHIP
Just visit www.bsme.com/renewal to renew online now
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Please CLICK HERE to renew and either pay online or print off the form and send it with a cheque. And remember, Full Membership includes free entry for the BSME Awards - £145 inc VAT for non-members this year.
2010 BSME AWARD WINNERS
Sir Tom Jones performed five songs for War Child to two standing ovations. Stunt rider, Dougie Lampkin, holder of 12 world sport trail championship titles, wowed the crowed before the Awards were co-presented by Juliet Warkentin, Content Director of WGSN and 2010 BSME Chair together with comedian, Al Murray. To view the full list of BSME Award winners please click MORE
Winners of the 2010 BSME Awards are:
EDITORS OF THE YEAR
Sport, Leisure & Health
Alison Hamlett, Triathlete’s World – NatMag-Rodale
Youth Magazines
Annabel Brog, Sugar – Hachette Filipacchi (UK) Ltd
Entertainment & Celebrity Magazines
Mark Dinning, Empire – Bauer Media
Highly Commended: Ben Preston, Radio Times – BBC Magazines
Business & Professional Magazines (non-weekly)
Winner: Catherine Slessor, The Architectural Review - Emap
Business & Professional Magazines (weekly)
Winner: Jane King, Farmers Weekly – Reed Business Information
Special Interest & Hobbies Magazines
Winner: Deborah Joseph, Brides – The Condé Nast Publications
Highly Commended: David Rowan, Wired – The Condé Nast Publications
Newspaper Magazines & Current Affairs Magazines
Winner: Merope Mills, Guardian Weekend – Guardian Media Group
Highly Commended: Michele Lavery, The Telegraph – Telegraph Media Group
Men's Magazines
Winner: Morgan Rees, Men’s Health – NatMag-Rodale
Women's Magazines (weekly or fortnightly)
Winner: Jane Bruton, Grazia – Bauer Media
Women's Magazines (monthly or less frequent)
Winner: Lorraine Candy, Elle – Hachette Filipacchi (UK) Ltd
Customer Magazines (consumer readership)
Winner: Tom Stainer, BEER – Think Publishing
Highly Commended: Scott Manson - Ace Tennis – Seven Squared
Customer Magazines (business readership)
Winner: Kenny MacIver, I - Redwood
Lifestyle Magazines
Winner: Tim de Lisle, Intelligent Life – The Economist Group
CONSUMER MAGAZINE WEBSITE EDITOR OF THE YEAR
Winner: David Moynihan, NME.COM – IPC Media
BUSINESS MAGAZINE WEBSITE EDITOR OF THE YEAR
Winner: Lisa Glancy, cnplus.co.uk - Emap
LAUNCH OF THE YEAR
Winner: Lisa Smosarski, Stylist – ShortList Media
THE FIONA MACPHERSON NEW BUSINESS EDITOR OF THE YEAR
Winner: Peter Guest, This is Africa – The Financial Times
Highly Commended: Richard Hoey, Pulse – UBM Medica
THE FIONA MACPHERSON NEW CONSUMER EDITOR OF THE YEAR
Winner: Krissi Murison, NME – IPC Media
ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – BUSINESS
Winner: Finnie Finn, I - Redwood
ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – CONSUMER (WEEKLY OR FORTNIGHTLY)
Winner: Joe Frost, NME - IPC Media
Highly Commended: Mark Hayman, Fabulous – News International
ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – CONSUMER (MONTHLY OR LESS FREQUENT)
Winner: Marissa Bourke, Elle, Hachette Filipacchi (UK) Ltd
INNOVATION/BRAND-BUILDING INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
Winner: Tony Chambers, Wallpaper* for their Handmade issue – IPC Media
Highly Commended: Lisa Smosarski, Stylist for Stylist Network – ShortList Media
CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Winner: Stuart Macdonald, Inside Housing for their Safe As Houses campaign – Ocean Media Group
THE MARK BOXER AWARD
Mike Soutar – ShortList Media
2010 BSME EDITORS’ EDITOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
John Micklethwait, The Economist – The Economist Group
Andrew Roberts, Communications Director, Mercedes-Benz UK comments:
"Mercedes-Benz is delighted to be one of the sponsors of this year’s BSME Awards, which is one of industry’s most eagerly-awaited events. It brought together the cream of British editors and leading publishers from right across the magazine spectrum and celebrated the very best that British publishing has to offer. As one of the sponsors at this year’s gala event
we’re pleased to be so closely linked to those who make the magazine sector, printed and online, such a popular and vibrant part of our lifestyles.”
2010 BSME AWARDS SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE INNOVATION/BRAND-BUILDING & CAMPAIGN CATEGORIES
Please click on MORE to view the 2010 BSME Awards Shortlist for Innovation/Brand-Building and Campaign Categories
The editors shortlisted for the INNOVATION /BRAND-BUILDING INITIATIVE are:
Amanda Baillieu, Building Design, for The BD Archives, an anniversary book of 40 archive pictures of architecture's leading figures that BD has covered over the past four decades.
Tony Chambers, Wallpaper*, for Handmade, an initiative to commission and produce over 100 unique products. An agenda-setting exhibition at the Milan Furniture Fair and a groundbreaking issue printed on seven different paper stocks with 21,000 personalised, handmade covers printed and delivered to subscribers.
Clare Gogerty, Coast, for The Great Seaside Poster Revival. Seven artists were asked to rethink classic seaside posters and design new versions championing their favourite resorts. These original works of art were auctioned on eBay to raise funds for the Marine Conservation Society (raising £5,000).
Ali Hall, Look, for Look Fashion Show, the first ever magazine event to run at London Fashion Week, showcasing all the top high street brands on the catwalk. Watched by 500 Look readers, it encapsulated the new democratisation of fashion.
Trish Halpin, Marie Claire, for Inspire & Mentor. In association with the Princes Trust, the initiative has engaged some of the most powerful women in the UK to share the secrets of their success through features and workshops, as well as to directly mentor Marie Claire readers.
Richard Hoey, Pulse, for Pulse CPD, an initiative to convert clinical features into online educational modules.
Jeremy Langmead, Esquire, for The Singular Suit Project. Eighteen leading menswear designers were asked to collaborate with 18 renowned artists to create a bespoke suit that brought together the worlds of high style and cutting edge culture for a unique Esquire portfolio.
Lisa Smosarski, Stylist, for Stylist Network, an initiative to help women to further their careers both in their current roles, but also championing their entrepreneurial dreams. Through carefully crafted editorial and inspirational events, the Stylist Network uniquely taps into the ambitions of career women across the country.
The editors shortlisted for CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR are:
Giles Barrie, Property Week, for Site Life, a campaign designed to revive empty development sites and properties across the UK, naming and shaming empty sites, and showcasing the best 'meanwhile uses'.
Juliet Bernard, The Knitter, for The Knitter/Macmillan Comfort Blanket to raise awareness of and drive participation in The Macmillan World's Biggest Coffee Morning among the knitting community through digital channels.
Louise Court, Cosmopolitan, for Please Tell Someone, a campaign to encourage more woman to speak out about sexual assault
Julia Goodwin, House Beautiful, for Greener Streets, a powerful interactive campaign, involving readers, experts, celebrities, politicians and a commercial partner, which galvanised home lovers to improve where they lived and encouraged them to work together to create 'Greener Streets' throughout Britain.
Mandie Gower, Zest, for Zest Cycle Safe Campaign. Eighty-nine percent of cyclists killed in collision with HGVs in London last year were women, so Zest launched a campaign for free cycle safety lessons for women nationwide.
Stuart Macdonald, Inside Housing, for Safe As Houses, a campaign to improve regulations and procedures thereby making flats and tower blocks safer to live in.
Bronagh Miskelly, Community Care, for The Dementia Declaration, Community Care's campaign to raise dementia up the political agenda in the run-up to the general election which won unprecedented commitments from the two parties in Britain's coalition government to fund improved care.
FINAL ROUND OF VOTING FOR 2010 EDITORS' EDITOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
To see the full list of statements from the shortlisted Editors' Editor of the Year Awards nominees please click MORE
LORRAINE CANDY
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, ELLE
I’m very proud to have made this shortlist for the first time (please excuse my showing off with the following thoughts).
I think determination, lateral thinking and a refusal to accept no as an answer have helped me harness the creativity of the fashion world to put out a magazine unlike any other commercial monthly. The 2009-2010 highlights? Working with London Underground to create 25 posters by designers and commissioning Pete Doherty to illustrate our fashion well in an issue (October 2009) that won a coveted Yellow Pencil design award; putting Boris Johnson on a cover and taking him to the front row; sponsoring the ELLE Commission photography prize at the National Portrait Gallery; setting up the design Talent Launch Pad with the BFC; commissioning a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer; working with Sarah Brown to promote The White Ribbon Alliance; conducting a survey on happiness that made national news; and finally, presenting the ELLE Style Awards.
This is the year we embraced new media, commissioning fashion bloggers like Garance Doré and Tommy Ton to shoot for us (we were the first glossy to do this). I also introduced ELLE Opinion, tackling topics from feminism to abortion and politics, proving that ELLE is a fashion magazine with a voice. I oversaw five editorial supplements – these gave a significant boost in circulation, proving that what our readers want is, well, more ELLE – and edited two issues of ELLE Collections, our biannual catwalk bible, which I revamped after persuading the management team to invest in a more expensive product (not easy): I introduced new sections on matte paper and commissioned unique artwork.
The result is a 15% increase in subscriptions YOY (and 80% retention levels) and an improved share of luxury fashion advertising.
Editors are only as good as their team, and mine is the best, but I hope the brave choices I’ve made, such as consistently refusing copy and picture approval on covers (Lindsay Lohan’s agent still hasn’t forgiven me) and the ideas I’ve contributed have inspired the team to create a magazine of unparalleled editorial excellence.
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GILLIAN CARTER
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, GOOD FOOD MAGAZINE
This has been an outstanding year for Good Food. The magazine celebrated its 20th birthday and the reach of the brand (magazine, website, books and Good Food shows) is greater than ever. Subscriptions reached a record-high of over 165,000 (up 8% year on year) and Good Food won the PPA Consumer Media Brand of the Year.
My role is to direct the core editorial content, and to keep true to our brand DNA – recipes to cook at home. The new, exclusive recipes that my team create in the test kitchen for the magazine also populate the website, BBC cookbooks, our licensed editions, one-shot titles, i-Phone and i-Pad apps. It's crucial to get this content consistently right, and this year has been particularly challenging.
The recession hit, so I wanted more ‘moneywise’ recipes; healthy eating is high on the agenda, so I pushed the cookery team to consider this every month; ethical eating, sustainable food – we need to cover ‘issues’ through practical recipe content that appeals to a food-savvy readership of 1.2 million.
Good Food has been the market leader for 20 years, and readers look to us for expert advice as well as cooking inspiration. It’s a lot to live up to, and readers have high expectations of a BBC brand.
So I’m the one making sure that my food team don’t get too ‘cheffy’, when they could be succinct, and reminding them that not everyone has a Waitrose on the doorstep.
To be honest, getting anyone to spend £3.40 on a recipe magazine is a big ask, as millions of people now Google recipes for free instead. Which leads me to bbcgoodfood.com. Our profitable site attracts over 2 million unique users a month (up 70% year on year). What I love most, though, are users’ comments on our recipes. I use these as a daily reminder of what people most want from Good Food, and how we can continue to give this to them.
I’m thrilled to be nominated for this award, and would be delighted to accept it on behalf of my wonderful team and a great magazine.
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SUE JAMES
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, WOMAN&HOME
Working as an editor has never been a job for me. It’s a heartfelt passion – something I wanted to do from the moment I graduated from the London School of Fashion and went to work in magazines, and something I’ve absolutely loved since my first editorship on Prima more than 20 years ago.
In my role at woman&home I’m more passionate about what I do than I’ve ever been. I think that’s because our readership is one I so strongly believe deserve a great magazine to inspire them and reflect their lifestyles and interests. Hey, I’m one of them and I know that’s what I’m looking for!
When I first came to w&h, I felt that today’s modern 40+ women weren’t effectively recognised by the magazine market. These are women who no longer fit the old stereotypes and who can’t be pigeonholed. Today’s 40+ women are positive, forward-thinking, not afraid of breaking a few rules and living a different life to that of previous generations of women.
So creating a magazine for this audience has been – and continues to be – my goal. I want to offer them the best fashion and beauty advice, features that reflect and stimulate their interests, food they want to cook and eat, and the latest interiors trends chosen to inspire them.
Readers are always at the heart of the magazine, too, fronting feature, fashion and beauty pages. woman&home is a magazine about them and for them, and I’m passionate about improving what we do with every issue.
Of course, I can only execute my vision with a great team behind me and I firmly believe I have the best in the business. I’m privileged to direct them and work alongside them.
And the results indicate we’re doing something right: we’ve had consecutive ABC rises since I came to w&h and are now at our highest circulation in 14 years. Our ABC was 369,321 for the first half of 2010, a rise of 5.5% year on year, and subscribers are at an all-time high.
It doesn’t stop here. I’m passionate about the future, too.
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JOHN MICKLETHWAIT
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, THE ECONOMIST
I became editor of The Economist in 2006. My first priority was to strengthen our financial coverage, so we brought in talented journalists from the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. The world economy blew up a couple of years later. Our journalists have done a brilliant job of covering the crisis—not just in explaining clearly a story of massive complexity, but also in, for instance, predicting the bursting of the asset bubble and pointing out that Greece’s debts were far higher than anybody thought. Other stories I am particularly proud of are one entitled “Gendercide”, showing that 100m women are missing in the world because of infanticide and selective abortion; one criticising the Tories’ “broken Britain” campaign, and demonstrating that on most social indicators the country is getting better; and one showing that the value of sales of Damien Hirst’s paintings dropped by 93% in a year.
Most publications have cut back their investment in foreign coverage in recent years. Because The Economist is a global publication, and we live or die by the quality of our journalism, I have done the opposite. Under my editorship, we have opened several new bureaus.
Since I became editor, our worldwide circulation has risen from 1,138,000 to over 1,440,000. The web, which is killing other publications, has helped us: the more information there is out there, the more people want a trusted voice to tell them what matters.
Most of our growth so far under my editorship has come from outside Britain. Now we are targeting this country. Our new campaign is already working: in the first half of this year, our audited circulation was 4.2% up on the previous year, and it looks as though the rise is accelerating.
So we hope to keep changing and growing. But at its heart The Economist is the same as it ever was: a campaigning liberal newspaper, beholden to no party. We are lucky to have a good commercial model and to live in an ever more global world. In the end, however, it all comes down to good stories and ideas.
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MICHELLE PAMMENT
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, YOUR M&S MAGAZINE
My job – and I love it! – is to produce a bi-monthly glossy lifestyle magazine which reaches 1.9 million ABC1 women every issue¹. It has to be packed with inspirational content to catch and hold readers’ attention as it’s competing for their time and attention against all the other magazines that they love on the newsstand.
Customers regard M&S as a brand to trust; it’s known for quality, range, innovation and value. The brand has an approachable and responsive personality so my aim – working with my talented team - is always to create content that works hard to embody these values.
Our readers demand inspirational creative, so I commission world-famous photographers – such as Joseph Montezinos, Gustavo Papaleo and Troy Word – to create our fashion shoots. The likes of Philip Webb and Alastair Hendy shoot our sumptuous food pages.
At the same time Your M&S has to hit my client’s commercial objectives which means inspiring the reader to think and act. And they do. After reading, 60% of Your M&S readers were inspired to visit a store².
The M&S customer is always at the heart of our content. M&S’s customer base is diverse so the magazine’s readership reflects this (35% of readers are 35-54 and 45% are 55+¹) and a broad appeal is vital for reader relevancy, so I use a friendly, inclusive editorial style. And I know from research that readers want advice and solutions. They want to know what the trends are and how to wear them, which jeans are best for their age and shape, or how to cook delicious seasonal dishes or a budget dinner.
Seventy-five per cent of readers say that the magazine gives them ideas on how to look more stylish, 61% say it inspired them to revamp their wardrobe3. That’s a lot of women taking a lot of heart from the editorial in Your M&S. In my client’s words, ‘As a vital part of our marketing mix, Your M&S magazine needs to revolve and evolve around our customers' needs and our brand. Michelle's strong creative direction, team leadership and commercial awareness has meant that the magazine continues to hit the spot on all levels - customer perception, brand synergy, sales, retention - a direct result of the inspirational, solution-lead lifestyle content Michelle brings to our table.' Steve Sharp, Executive Marketing Director, M&S
¹NRS Jan-June 2010
²Nov/Dec 2009 online survey
3 Mar/Apr 2010 online survey
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MORGAN REES
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, MEN’S HEALTH
“Nobody told me you have to follow up a good idea by having another one.”
Father Dougal McGuire
It’s a footballing truism that a team is at its most vulnerable having just scored. Intoxicated by accomplishment, a mixture of complacency, hubris and inattentiveness can often see fortunes reversed as swiftly as they were won. Fortunately, I watch a lot of football. Having put Men’s Health ahead in 2009 by becoming the UK’s best-selling men’s magazine, throwing away a lead was never an option.
In the past year the magazine has gained a newfound currency within the media at large: Observer Woman profiled the team in an attempt to understand our 'secret'; The Times Magazine consciously pastiched an MH cover; even well-known competitors used the words “men’s health” on the cover. But rather than been distracted by accolades and back-handed compliments, our focus for 2010 has been about consolidating successes, persistently pressing the opposition and continuing to nail the lie that the only way for a magazine to go mass-market was to go down market.
In order to cement the number one position in the market, we’ve invested the capital of the magazine’s success into new platforms for the brand. And it came together beautifully. Two ABC periods saw us put more clear water between ourselves and the chasing pack, while our website underwent a successful redesign, increasing its reach to 897,000 unique users. Men’s Health also began to position itself effectively for the brave new world of the iPad by becoming Natmag’s top-seller on Zinio.
We’ve been tireless in our quest to find new outlets for the magazine. Men’s Health workout mixes have been a huge hit on iTunes with the world’s biggest DJs spinning tunes at scientifically measured bpms to help readers meet their fitness goals – the Erick Morillo mix got to no.3 in the download charts. For more old-fashioned motivation Men’s Health Survival of the Fittest adventure races have now been rolled out over three cities, with the dual purpose of brand-building, contributing massively to the bottom line.
But these additional platforms depend on the magazine maintaining its reputation for excellence and editorial innovation, and Men’s Health has continued to evolve and confound those who would pigeonhole it, attracting contributors like Will Self, Tim Harford and Jay McInerney.
Never complacent, always passionate about our brand and the constituency it serves, and increasingly enthusiastic about the future of publishing, our quiet, methodical approach is Men’s Health’s secret weapon in a fast-evolving marketplace, and a blueprint for managing a brand, not just a magazine.
2010 BSME SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
Please click on MORE to view the 2010 BSME Awards Shortlist. The shortlist for the final two categories - Innovation/Brand-Building and Campaign Awards - will be announced mid October. If you would like to book a table at the BSME Awards Dinner, please visit www.bsmeawards.com
EDITORS OF THE YEAR
Business & Professional Magazines (non-weekly)
William Cash - Spear's - Spear Publishing
Peter Guest - This is Africa - The Financial Times Ltd
Matthew Gwyther - Management Today - Haymarket
Ian Hall - Public Affairs News - Dods
Sian Harrington - HR Magazine - Haymarket
Hugh Pearman - RIBA Journal - Atom Publishing
Patrick Schmitt - The Drinks Business - The Drinks Business Ltd
Catherine Slessor - The Architectural Review - Emap
John L Walters - Eye - Eye Magazine Limited
Business & Professional Magazines (weekly)
Amanda Baillieu - BD (Building Design) - UBM Information Ltd
Giles Barrie - Property Week - UBM Built Environment
Tim Danaher - Retail Week - Emap Inform
Nick Edwards - Construction News - Emap
Richard Hoey – Pulse - UBM Medica
Jane King - Farmers Weekly - Reed Business Information
Adam Leyland - The Grocer - William Reed Business Media
Stuart Macdonald - Inside Housing - Ocean Media Group Ltd
Antony Oliver - New Civil Engineer - Emap Inform
Entertainment & Celebrity Magazines
Jonathan Bowman - TV&Satellite Week - IPC Media
Aubrey Day - Total Film - Future Publishing
Sam Delaney - Heat Magazine - Bauer Media
Mark Dinning – Empire - Bauer Media
Steven Murphy - Inside Soap - Hachette Filipacchi (UK) Ltd
Ben Preston - Radio Times - BBC Magazines
Colin Tough - What's on TV - IPC Media
Customer Magazines (business readership)
Peter Buhlmann – Elevate - Seven Squared
Tim Hulse - Business Life - Cedar Communications
Stuart Knott – Contact - Redwood
Kenny MacIver - I - Redwood
Sarah Notton - Accounting Technician - Think
Matt Potter - Business Sense - John Brown
Robert Sanders - Leadership Focus - Redactive Publishing Ltd
Danielle Welton – Exchange - John Brown
Customer Magazines (consumer readership)
Zac Assemakis - Land Rover Onelife - Redwood
Helen Bazuaye - IKEA Family Live - August Media
Bill Dunn - LIV - The Volvo Magazine - Redwood
Duncan Edwards - ASOS Magazine - ASOS.com
Mark Hooper - electric! - Redwood
Helena Lang - Sainsbury's Magazine - Seven Squared
Scott Manson - Ace Tennis - Seven Squared
Tom Stainer – BEER - Think
Lifestyle Magazines
Deborah Barker - Homes & Gardens - IPC Media
Gillian Carter - Good Food - BBC Worldwide
Tony Chambers - Wallpaper* - IPC Media
Tim de Lisle - Intelligent Life - The Economist Group
Peter Grunert - Lonely Planet Magazine - BBC Magazines
Christine Hayes - Olive - BBC Worldwide
Suzanne Imre – Livingetc - IPC Southbank
Sarah Miller – The Condé Nast Traveller - Condé Nast Publications Ltd
Susy Smith - Country Living - The National Magazine Company
Sport, Leisure & Health
Andy Dixon - Runner's World - NatMag-Rodale
Mary Frances - Weight Watchers - River Publishing
Mandie Gower – Zest - The National Magazine Company
Alison Hamlett - Triathlete's World - NatMag-Rodale
Ryan Herman - Sky Sports Magazine - BSKYB Publications
Adam Pasco - Gardeners' World Magazine - BBC Worldwide
Juliet Roberts - Gardens Illustrated - BBC Magazines Bristol
Men's Magazines
Dylan Jones – GQ - The Condé Nast Publications Ltd
Colin Kennedy – FHM - Bauer Consumer Media
Jeremy Langmead – Esquire - The National Magazine Company
Morgan Rees - Men's Health - NatMag-Rodale
Matthew Todd – Attitude - Vitality Publishing Ltd
Terri White – ShortList - ShortList Media
Newspaper & Current Affairs Magazines
Gillian de Bono - How to Spend It - Financial Times
James Collard - The Times Luxx - News International
Jason Cowley - New Statesman - Progressive Media
Michael Elliott – TIME - TIME Inc
Sally Eyden – Fabulous - News International
Louise France - The Times Magazine - News International
Michele Lavery - Telegraph Magazine - Telegraph Media Group
Merope Mills - Guardian Weekend - Guardian News & Media
Special Interest & Hobbies Magazines
Martyn Hocking - Which? - Which? Ltd
Deborah Joseph – Brides – The Condé Nast Publications Ltd
Sarah Kidner - Which? Computing - Which? Ltd
Miranda Levy - Mother & Baby - Bauer Media
David Musgrove - History Magazine - BBC Magazines
Jheni Osman – Focus - BBC Magazines Bristol
David Rowan – Wired – The Condé Nast Publications Ltd
Women's Magazines (monthly or less frequent)
Lorraine Candy - Elle - Hachette Filipacchi (UK) Ltd
Louise Court – Cosmopolitan - The National Magazine Company
Jo Elvin - Glamour – The Condé Nast Publications Ltd
Trish Halpin - Marie Claire - IPC Media
Eilidh Macaskill - InStyle - IPC Media
Lindsay Nicholson - Good Housekeeping - The National Magazine Company
Catherine Ostler – Tatler – The Condé Nast Publications Ltd
Lucy Yeomans - Harpers Bazaar - The National Magazine Company
Women's Magazines (weekly or fortnightly)
Jane Bruton – Grazia - Bauer Media
John Dale - Take a Break - H Bauer Publishing
Jane Ennis – Reveal - The National Magazine Company
Ali Hall - Look - IPC Media
Diana Kenwood - Woman's Weekly - IPC Media
Valery McConnell – Yours - Bauer Media
Youth Magazines
Annabel Brog – Sugar - Hachette Filipacchi (UK) Ltd
Steph Cooper - Cbeebies Art - BBC Magazines
Ian Foster - Match of the Day - BBC Magazines
Peter Hart - Top Of The Pops Magazine - BBC Worldwide
Sarah Kovandzich - e.kids/3,2,1... - John Brown
Sarah Kovandzich - Pocket Money - John Brown
Sam Robinson - Girl Talk - BBC Magazines
LAUNCH OF THE YEAR
Gillian de Bono - www.howtospendit.com - Financial Times
Donna Hardie - Completely London - August Media
Lauren Libbert - Smart Living (online version) - Redwood
Marie O'Riordan - John Lewis Edition - John Brown
Antonia Senior - Eureka - TNL
Lisa Smosarski - Stylist - ShortList Media
Andrea Turton - CBeebies Specials - BBC Worldwide
THE FIONA MACPHERSON NEW EDITOR OF THE YEAR – BUSINESS
Peter Guest - This is Africa - The Financial Times Ltd
Richard Hoey – Pulse - UBM Medica
Emma Maier - Local Government Chronicle - Emap
Steve Nowottny - PulseToday (website) - UBM Medica
Dennis O'Neill - Superyacht Business - IPC Media
Jim Tanfield - Recruitment Consultant - Front Page Publishing
THE FIONA MACPHERSON NEW EDITOR OF THE YEAR – CONSUMER
Angela Buttolph - www.graziadaily.co.uk - Bauer Media
Fergus Collins - Countryfile Magazine - BBC Magazines Bristol
Sally Eyden - Fabulous - News International
Louise France - The Times Magazine - News International
Roger Highfield - New Scientist - Reed Business Information
Krissi Murison – NME - IPC Media
Ben Preston - Radio Times / Radiotimes.com - BBC Magazines
Terri White – ShortList - ShortList Media
ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR - BUSINESS
Leo Cooper - This is Africa - The Financial Times Ltd
Gene Cornelius - HR - Haymarket
Simon Esterson - Eye - Eye Magazine Limited
Finnie Finn – I - Redwood
Tina Smith - Property Week Global - UBM Built Environment
ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – CONSUMER (WEEKLY OR FORTNIGHTLY)
Owen Connolly - Reveal - The National Magazine Company
Chris Deacon – ShortList - ShortList Media
Joe Frost – NME - IPC Media
Mark Hayman – Fabulous - News International
Chris Hitchcock - The Times Magazine - News International
Stuart Jones – Look - IPC Media
Shem Law - Radio Times - BBC Magazines
Maggie Murphy - Guardian Weekend - Guardian News & Media
Matt Phare – Stylist - ShortList Media
ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – CONSUMER (MONTHLY OR LESS FREQUENT)
Graham Black - Intelligent Life - The Economist Group
Marissa Bourke - Elle - Hachette Filipacchi (UK) Ltd
Dan Delaney - Land Rover Onelife - Redwood
Andrew Diprose - Wired – The Condé Nast Publications Ltd
Mark Massey - Which? Computing - Which? Ltd
David McKendrick – Esquire - The National Magazine Company
Meirion Pritchard - Wallpaper* - IPC Media
Paul Solomons - GQ – The Condé Nast Publications Ltd
Tom Usher - Harpers Bazaar - The National Magazine Company
WEBSITE EDITOR OF THE YEAR - BUSINESS
Lisa Glancy – cnplus - Emap
Tom Lloyd - Inside Housing - Ocean Media Group Ltd
Steve Nowottny – PulseToday - UBM Medica
Ian O'Neill - Property Week - UBM Built Environment
Rachel Purkett - HSJ.co.uk - Emap
Dominic Ponsford – www.pressgazette.co.uk - Progressive Media
Alex Smith - Building.co.uk - UBM Built Environment
WEBSITE EDITOR OF THE YEAR - CONSUMER
Jon Bernstein - newstatesman.com - Progressive Media
Ollie Brock - www.granta.com - Granta Publications
James Dyer - Empire Online - Bauer Media
Dolly Jones - Vogue.com UK - Condé Nast Digital
Andrea McGinniss - bbcgoodfood.com - BBC Worldwide
Nate Lanxon - wired.co.uk - Condé Nast Digital
Kay McMahon - Wallpaper.com - IPC Media
David Moynihan - NME.COM - IPC Media
EDITORS’ EDITOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
Lorraine Candy - Elle - Hachette Filipacchi (UK) Ltd
Gillian Carter - Good Food - BBC Worldwide
Sue James - woman&home - IPC Media
John Micklethwait - The Economist - The Economist Group
Michelle Pamment - M&S - Redwood
Morgan Rees - Men's Health - NatMag-Rodale
To book a table or places at the Awards Dinner, please visit http://www.bsmeawards.com/Dinner-Booking.php
THE 2010 BRITISH SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE EDITORS AWARDS ARE HERE!
CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR THE 2010 BSME AWARDS www.bsmeawards.com
It’s that time again - time to enter the BSME Awards and book your table for the Dinner. This year we are not producing a printed leaflet. Instead we have created an online leaflet, so to enter or book your places for the Dinner just visit www.bsmeawards.com. The deadline for entering is – Thursday, 29 July – so we’ll need you to complete the form and send in your supporting material before you head off on holiday! Whether you edit a Business, Consumer, Customer, Newspaper or Online Magazine, there are categories for you to enter.
This year we have a new category in the Editors of the Year Section: Sport, Leisure & Health, for titles focusing on sport, gardening, or health and wellbeing; and the hugely popular Art Director of the Year Award has now been split into three categories: Business, Consumer Weekly or Fortnightly, and Consumer Monthly or Less Frequent. Other changes are that Current Affairs magazines will join the Newspaper Category; the Special Interest category now includes Hobbies; and the Lifestyle category will now be for titles focusing on food, homes & interiors and travel.
It is free for BSME members to enter the Awards. There is a single entry fee for non-members of £145 inc VAT, regardless of how many categories are entered. This fee includes membership of the Society until 31 December 2010. Online payment is now accepted. There is no charge to make a nomination for the Editors’ Editor of the Year Award.
The BSME Awards are the only UK awards run by magazine editors for magazine editors. Please ensure that you and your magazine/magazine website are represented - and remember to cast your vote for the Editors’ Editor of the Year.
The winners will be announced and Awards presented at The London Hilton on Tuesday, 9 November. Do book your tickets early as we usually sell out - and remember, it is cheaper if you book and pay before Friday 15 October.
It would help enormously if you returned your entry form as soon as possible. Good luck to everyone who enters! If you have any queries please contact Gill Branston, the BSME Administrator, on 020 8906 4664.
THE BSME IS NOW ON TWITTER!
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Once you have set up your account just search for BSMEinfo through Google, click through to our Twitter page and click on the ‘Follow’ button to start following us. With this you can make sure you get all the up-to-date BSME information on both our Awards and events and relevant magazine industry news.
BSME COMMITTEE VACANCY
There is currently a vacancy on the BSME Committee so if you would like to meet at the WGSN offices in Chalk Farm at 8.45am once a month to add your thoughts and ideas and help implement them and run the BSME Awards, do contact juliet.warkentin@bsme.com and let her know a bit about yourself and what you feel you can add to the mix.
THE 2009 BSME AWARDS DINNER
The annual BSME Awards Dinner took place on Tuesday, 10th November at the London Hilton.
Photos can be purchased through the Simply Photography Website. 
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