Your Guide To Upcoming Special Issues & Features
ALBERTA LOGGING NEWS
Editorial: Manufactured Forest Products. The first issue for the new year will cover world markets for forest products. New plants to be used and issues revolving around location or relocation of a facility are also of interest.
Deadline: Oct. 4
Background: This publication is designed for items of concern to the foresting and planting/harvesting industry and is distributed quarterly to around 3,000 subscribers.
Contact: Publisher/Editor Donald Sylvester requested that you only send faxed news to 403/ 309-5587. News should be more than just a sales pitch for new products. Donald Sylvester, Publisher/Editor, Alberta Logging News, 7453 Gaetz Avenue, Suite 200, Red Deer, Alberta T4P1M5, Canada. Phone: 403/346-3044; Fax: 403/309-5587; email: [email protected].
BALTIMORE MAGAZINE
Editorial: Top Singles. A list of the most eligible single people in the Baltimore area. Profiles of local singles should be submitted for consideration.
Deadline: Oct. 1
Background: This monthly magazine is distributed to 65,000 subscribers from the middle- to upper-income brackets located in the Baltimore metropolitan area.
Contact: Ken Inglehart, managing editor, is the initial contact for this article and will distribute to the correct contact (so he wants to preview all the singles first was our first thought). As managing editor, Inglehart will be assigning the story so he should be your first contact at Baltimore Magazine. When possible, you should review the magazine before pitching any story ideas. This way you won't waste either of your time in pitching an inappropriate idea. Prime interests are in medical news relating to the elderly and new Baltimore attractions that would appeal to the upscale readership. Faxed news is the only preferred way to contact Ken with your news item. Ken Inglehart, Managing Editor, Baltimore Magazine, 1000 Lancaster Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. Phone: 410/752-7375; Fax: 410/625-0280. www.baltimoremag.com.
CONSUMERS DIGEST MAGAZINE
Editorial: Where to put your money in 2000. Basic information on how, where and what to buy, plus extensive recommendations in several fund categories based on performance rankings and investment trends. Any news items relating to this subject like performance and fund profiles are of interest.
Deadline: Oct. 4. There is a standard three- to four-month lead time needed for all news.
Background: Consumers Digest is distributed to over 1,289,000 readers monthly. The editors are committed to helping consumers spend wisely and maximize their value by providing practical advice, comprehensive product evaluations, and specific recommendations.
Contact: Financial Editor John Wasik is not interested in any pre-written stories. Feel free to follow up, but don't hound. Wasik likes to receive information on new products and ideas that are not the standard retail items. Wasik askes that you please mail all news items, email is second preference and phone last. He does not want any faxed news, so don't use it even though it's listed unless you are specially asked to fax something. John Wasik, Financial Editor, Consumers Digest Magazine, 80001 North Lincoln Avenue, 6th Floor, Skokie, IL 60077. Phone: 847/763-9200; Fax: 847/763-0200; email: jwasik@consumersdigest. com. www.consumersdigest.com.
CREATIVE CLASSROOM
Editorial: Teachers Using Technology is the theme for this upcoming article. The goal is to demonstrate how computers and other technology equipment are be used to teach kids in levels K-8. Any new techniques or products that fit this theme are welcome.
Deadline: All news is due by Oct. 15
Background: This monthly magazine with a circulation of 170,000 is designed for teachers level K-6. Information on new activity concepts and reproducible materials for class use by curriculum are provided each month. The magazine also looks at new technology and educational software that can be used for elementary students. Any products, technology tools, books or literature able to be used for teaching and discipline are appropriate news items for Creative Classroom.
Contact: Managing Editor Meg Bozzone asks that you please don't call. If you have a product, send the product, not just the press release. All news submissions should be mailed, emailed or faxed. Meg Bozzone, Managing Editor, Creative Classroom, 149 5th Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10010. Phone: 212/353-3639; Fax: 212/ 353-8030; email: [email protected]. www.creativeclassroom.com.
EDN
Editorial: Best Tech Toys of 1999. They are expanding their regular tech toys feature to highlight the best gizmos of 1999. If you have any cool gizmos that were released in 1999, contact EDN with your product information and or sample to review.
Deadline: Nov. 3
Background: Almost 170,000 readers mostly comprised of electronic design engineers. The largest group of readers, almost 25% come from Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), followed closely by readers from industry controls, test and medical equipment manufacturers (20%) and the communications industry (19%).
Contact: Joan Lynch, managing editor, asks that you contact her with news via email or letter, please don't call or fax news. Lynch is interested in any products that are innovative and of use to the magazine readers. When you are sending information, you must include detailed information not just marketing information. Joan Lynch, Managing Editor, EDN, 175 Washington St., Newton, MA 02458. Phone: 617/558-4215; Fax: 617/ 558-4470; email: [email protected]. www.ednmag.com.
FINANCIAL PLANNING
Editorial: Top Planners' Marketing Strategies. This story will focus on what the leaders in the financial planning profession have done to grow their client base and businesses. Successful case studies and growth figures should be submitted.
Deadline: Oct. 11
Background:100,000 monthly readers.
Contact: Melissa Phipps, associate editor, financial planning, is techno-savvy and only wants news via email with her second choice being fax. Please don't call or write. Melissa said her pet peeves include people that call and don't listen to her responses and just keep on talking (pitching). Be prepared to quickly explain why their readers would be interested in your news. Any stories on trends in the financial services industry, including significant mergers, new products, software, marketing techniques and client strategies are of interest. Melissa Phipps, Associate Editor, Financial Planning, Securities Data Publishing, 410 West 57th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10019. Phone: 212/765-5311; Fax: 212/765-8199; email: [email protected].
MEDICAL DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
Editorial: Surface Treatments, Machining Motors and Motion Controls. This is really just a feature on the latest innovations, medical products and technologies relating to these subjects. Any products or techniques that are of interest to medical device manufacturers are of interest.
Deadline: Oct. 4
Background: 35,000 readers, mostly medical device manufacturers, interested in being updated on the latest trends in the industry.
Contact: Managing Editor Sean Fenske is very easy to contact, he did not list any preferences on contact methods except "Any." No special pet peeves to share, seems like a pretty easy-going editor! Any news on medical technology, new products and market trends should be directed to: Sean Fenske, Managing Editor, Medical Design Technology, POB 650, Morris Plains, NJ 07950. Phone: 973/ 292-5100, ext. 271; email: [email protected]. www.mdtmag.com.
PC COMPUTING
Editorial: The Insider's Guide to Internet Shopping. This will be an in-depth article covering hard-to-find deals, great bargains and lots of secret tips on how to use the Internet to find and make good buys. Share your special sites and tricks.
Deadline: Oct. 3
Background: Over 1 million readers from small and medium-sized businesses and technology influentials. Readers are Web savvy and want to know how to use the Web to improve their bottom line.
Contact: Senior Editor Leslie Ayers asks that you read a copy and understand the focus of the magazine before sending news or pitching an idea. Likes to hear news related to tech trends, case studies of successful new technology uses and hear about any new Web-based product or services. Email is the only way to contact Ayers. Leslie Ayers, Senior Editor, PC Computing, Ziff-Davis Publishing, 50 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Phone: 415/547-8000; Fax: 415/547-8029; email: [email protected]. www.zd.com.
PLUG IN DATAMATION
Editorial: Supply Chains on the Web. Companies are moving their products through Web sites. This article will take a look at this movement from traditional catalog sales to new Web-based store fronts. Any successful case studies, products that help or tips in preparing for the new store fronts on the Web are encouraged.
Deadline: All news items are due by Oct. 6 for the November issue.
Background: This is a Web-only monthly publication. Visit the Web site at www.datamation.com for more insight into this publication. Visitors can subscribe to an email version or browse this publication and the archives from the Web site.
Contact: Please don't fax or send letters. Debbie Etsten, assistant editor, shared that they are not interested in product information or news but are interested in speaking with people that use the technology products. Stories about new technology in use and enterprise computing trends are their main focus. Debbie Etsten, Assistant Editor, was our contact in discussing this story. We also found that Beth Stackpole is listed as a contributing writer for this article on the Web site and can be reach at [email protected]. To reach Debbie, who is the staff writer managing this article, she prefers email: [email protected] and phone calls as a second alternative. Phone: 617/303-7918. In case you do have a need for these items: Plug In Datamation, 250 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210 and Fax: 617/345-5486.
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