TUSCALOOSA, ALA. (Feb. 5, 2008) –Editors from Commercial Carrier Journal, Overdrive and Truckers News magazines will head to New York City March 14th to attend the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria. The awards are sponsored by American Business Media.
Each year, the Neal awards draw more than 1,000 entries from business-to-business publications covering all industries. Less than three percent become finalists. No other trucking magazine publisher has as many trucking-related finalists this year as Randall-Reilly Publishing Co. Randall-Reilly editors will be honored in the following categories:
- Best staff-written editorial – Avery Vise, CCJ editorial director, for his monthly column. Vise is a two-time Neal award winner, for the series “Cost of Risk,” covering the trucking insurance crisis, and for his columns. In total, CCJ editors have won 12 Neal awards.
- Best staff-written editorial – Linda Longton, Overdrive editor and Randall-Reilly VP of editorial for her monthly column, Viewpoint. Longton, along with other Overdrive editors, is a five-time Neal finalist.
- Best subject-related series of articles – Randy Grider, Truckers News editor, Carolyn Magner, Truckers News contributing editor, Todd Dills, Truckers News senior editor and Kristen Walters, Truckers News managing editor, for “Fit for the Road,” a series spotlighting five overweight truckers and their efforts to lose weight, get fit and improve their health. Truckers News editors won a Neal award in 2005 for their feature on anti-idling regulations.
“Our editors adhere to the highest-possible editorial standards,” says Mike Reilly, Randall-Reilly president and CEO. “It’s gratifying to see them honored in the publishing community for the journalistic excellence our readers and advertisers have come to expect from our products.”
About Randall-Reilly Publishing
Founded in 1934, Randall-Reilly Publishing ( www.rrpub.com) is the premier U.S. media and information company focused on the trucking, construction and industrial markets. The company’s trucking division serves the fleet, owner-operator, recruitment, truck stop, pre-owned truck and trailer, dealer and heavy-duty aftermarket segments. Randall-Reilly’s construction division covers the highway and heavy construction, landscaping and used equipment markets. The company also publishes a magazine focused on the woodworking industry.
Randall-Reilly’s Equipment Data Associates business is an industry-leading collector and aggregator of equipment purchase and financing data, which it offers to its customers in industrial equipment end markets for sales lead generation and market intelligence.
Randall-Reilly has offices in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Atlanta, Chicago, Charlotte, N. C., and New Berlin, Wis.
