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Landscape Management nabs 11 Azbee Awards from ASBPE

LM-team-ASBPE-awardsCLEVELAND, Ohio — August 18, 2015 —North Coast Media is pleased to announce Landscape Management (LM) received national and regional recognition from the American Society of Business Press Editors (ASBPE), a professional association for full-time and freelance editors, writers, art directors and designers, for its excellence in digital, editorial and design content. LM earned seven regional and four national Azbee Awards at the 2015 Heartland Region Azbee Awards banquet in Cleveland on August 13.

LM’s sister publications were also recognized by ASBPE, with Golfdom winning two regional awards and Pest Management Professional (PMP) earning two national and five regional awards. LM’s 11 awards included:

asbpe-azbee-gold-award-nationalNational Azbee Awards

  • Editorial, Special Section, Gold Medalist, “Business Planner 2015,” Marisa Palmieri, Sarah Pfledderer, Tracie Martinez
  • Online, Social Media Presence, Silver Medalist, “Landscape Management social strategy,” (Facebook, Twitter) Marisa Palmieri, Sarah Pfledderer, Allison Barwacz
  • Editorial, Special Supplement, Bronze Medalist, “LM150,” Marisa Palmieri, Sarah Pfledderer, Tracie Martinez
  • Editorial, Visual Storytelling, Bronze Medialist, “Profit Centers flowcharts,” Marisa Palmieri, Sarah Pfledderer, Tracie Martinez

Heartland Region Azbee Awards

  • Editorial, Regular Department, Gold Medalist, “Backstory” (October, November, December 2014), Marisa Palmieri, Sarah Pfledderer, Tracie Martinez
  • Editorial, Special Section, Gold Medalist, “Business Planner 2015,” Marisa asbpe-regional-award-winnerPalmieri, Sarah Pfledderer, Tracie Martinez
  • Editorial, Special Supplement, Gold Medalist, “LM150,” Marisa Palmieri, Sarah Pfledderer, Tracie Martinez
  • Editorial, Visual Storytelling, Gold Medalist, “Profit Centers flowcharts,” Marisa Palmieri, Sarah Pfledderer, Tracie Martinez
  • Online, Social Media Presence, Silver Medalist, “Landscape Management social strategy,” (Facebook, Twitter) Marisa Palmieri, Sarah Pfledderer, Tracie Martinez
  • Editorial, How-To Article, Silver Medalist, “Step by Step: Identify Emerald Ash Borer Damage” (December 2014), Marisa Palmieri, Sarah Pfledderer, Tracie Martinez
  • Design, Magazine Redesign, Bronze Medalist, “Landscape Management redesign,” Landscape Management staff

“I’m pleased to see the investments we’ve made in the Landscape Management brand, including a complete design and rebranding in 2014, have paid off,” said Bill Roddy, publisher of LM. “We’re excited about the awards and we look forward to another year of producing outstanding content that will help our readers and advertisers grow their businesses.”

Landscape Management earns 15 awards from Turf & Ornamental Communicators Association

CLEVELAND, Ohio — May 12, 2015 — North Coast Media is pleased to announce Landscape Management (LM) continues to be recognized for its outstanding editorial excellence and design by the Turf & Ornamental Communicators Association (TOCA) earning 14 honors and one Gardner Award at TOCA’s annual awards ceremony held in Milwaukee on May 7. These results continue LM‘s eight-year run of winning more awards than its competing publications and more awards than any industry publication in the 26-year history of TOCA.

LM‘s sister publication Golfdom reaped a total of 16 awards: 15 TOCA awards and one Gardner Award. North Coast Media once again led all publishing companies that competed for TOCA awards in the golf and landscape markets with 31 awards.

LM‘s 15 honors included:

Gardner (Best of Show)

  • Design, Two-plus page design, editorial – printed magazines, “Big Picture November 2014,” Tracie Martinez

First Place

  • Single page design, editorial – printed magazines, “Backstory November 2014,” Tracie Martinez
  • Design, Two-plus page design, editorial – printed magazines, “Big Picture November 2014,” Tracie Martinez
  • Design, Overall magazine design – printed magazines, “Landscape Management: December 2014,” Tracie Martinez
  • Design, Overall company web design – electronic publishing, “LandscapeManagement.net,” Jesse Malcmacher, Bethany Chambers, Pete Seltzer
  • Design, Overall media kit design, “Landscape Management 2015 Media Planner,” Bill Roddy, Michelle Mitchell, Bobbi Ware
  • Special Projects, Best single issue, “Landscape Management: December 2014,” Marisa Palmieri, Sarah Pfledderer, Tracie Martinez
  • Special Projects, Writing for special projects, “LM150,” Marisa Palmieri, Sarah Pfledderer
  • New Media, Podcasts, “Landscape Live!”, Jody Shilan
  • New Media, Websites, “LandscapeManagement.net,” Marisa Palmieri, Sarah Pfledderer, Allison Barwacz, Bethany Chambers, Jesse Malcmacher
  • New Media, Innovative use of social media, “Landscape Management social media strategy,” Marisa Palmieri, Sarah Pfledderer, Allison Barwacz
  • Writing, General feature article – commercial publications, “Same tree, different branches,” Marisa Palmieri

Merit

  • Photography, Video, Multimedia, Best single photo – Use of stock art, “LM October 2014 Cover Photo,” Tracie Martinez
  • Design, Cover page design – printed magazines, “LM October 2014 Cover,” Tracie Martinez
  • Special Projects, Writing for special projects, “LM Industry Pulse,” Marisa Palmieri

“This recognition validates the hard work of our editorial and digital teams,” said Kevin Stoltman, president and CEO of North Coast Media. “They are committed to providing readers the content they need on all media platforms they’re using. We put a strong emphasis on our digital offerings last year and it was very rewarding to see our website, blog, podcast and social media initiatives being honored as among the best.”


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