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Friday Favorites: Pest Management Professional

Best of 2015, as picked by the editors

The issue: Pest Management Professional, August 2015

Selected by: Editor Heather Gooch

When I was asked to choose my favorite PMP cover story from 2015, my initial thought was, “How can I choose? I love them all!”

I’m still quite proud of all the work we’ve done throughout the year, but I do have a favorite: the August issue.

“The Buzz on Pollinator Policy” takes an in-depth look at how the Screen Shot 2015-12-17 at 2.44.23 PM White House Pollinator Plan, issued May 19, directly affects the professional pest management industry. We interviewed associations, consultants, business owners and technical directors, and we did a timeline of the history of bee colony disorders. For example, did you know that the phenomenon now known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) was first documented in 1869? It’s not as new of a problem as one might think.

Our coverage was a team effort, from Senior Editor Will Nepper and Editorial Director Marty Whitford to now-Managing Editor Diane Sofranec and myself. We uncovered so much information, in fact, that the topic spawned a follow-up story in our October issue, where we rounded up reaction and insights from six major manufacturers affected by the policy.

In 2016, our first priority will continue to be to our readers — as it has been since our founding as Exterminators Log in 1933. We will continue to break down the issues that affect the industry, and help put them into context.

PMP Hall of Famer featured in The New Yorker

‘Ratology’ may not be the field of study for everybody, but it’s one that Robert “Bobby” Corrigan, Ph.D., a 2008 Pest Management Professional Hall of Fame inductee, has dedicated his career to—and now he’s got a feature in a major magazine to prove it.

The New Yorker featured Corrigan in its Department of Experts column in the Nov. 23, 2015, issue and specifically mentioned the Pest Management Professional (PMP) Hall of Fame, which was founded in 1997 to honor industry trailblazers. The New Yorker, a national weekly magazine published by Condé Nast, has 4.7 million subscribers.

Corrigan, who has his doctorate in rodentology from Purdue University, was featured on the cover of PMP magazine in August 2010. He is well known in the pest management field as an educator and expert on vertebrate pests. His work has taken him across the globe, as he told The New Yorker reporter Doreen St. Félix.

“I was in Galway recently,” he said. “It’s Europe, so those sewers are ancient. Perfect for rats. And then Philadelphia called. They wanted to make sure there weren’t any friends running around during the Pope’s visit.”

St. Félix described Corrigan as the “Rat Czar” and detailed how the scholarly looking man with the rimless glasses sells out his classes months in advance.

“After lunch, Corrigan gave a PowerPoint presentation in a dim room on the second floor of the D.O.H. His lecture style is part professor, part Terminator.”

The profile of Corrigan focused on his three-day course in rat management at the Department of Health in New York City. In addition to this course, Corrigan recently spoke at the 79th Annual Purdue Pest Management Conference covered in PMP magazine.

Read the original article: ‘Ratology’ from The New Yorker, Nov. 23, 2015

Pest Management Professional adds Ryan Gerard as account manager

CLEVELAND, Ohio — October 14, 2015 — North Coast Media is pleased to announce the hiring of Ryan Gerard as an account manager for Pest Management Professional magazine.

“We’re all very excited to have Ryan aboard our PMP team,” said PMP‘s Senior Account Manager, Mike Joyce.

PMP publisher and Editorial Director Marty Whitford agreed. “Ryan is a great fit for our team,” he said. “We think his background in public relations is going to be a huge plus going forward.”

Gerard, a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations and Communication. He can be contacted at rgerard@northcoastmedia.net.

PMP, a North Coast Media brand, has been the industry’s leading editorial authority since 1933.

Pest Management Professional promotes two editors, hires digital content producer

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Oct. 13, 2015 — North Coast Media is pleased to announce two promotions and a new addition to the staff of Pest Management Professional (PMP).

Diane Sofranec has been named managing editor of PMP. She succeeds Heather Gooch, who has been promoted to editor of the magazine.

“Heather joined the magazine shortly after college in 1995 as an assistant editor, and stayed with us as managing editor until 2005,” recalls Marty Whitford, PMP’s publisher and editorial director. “She left to spend more time with her husband and two daughters, but still did a lot of behind-the-scenes editing and other freelance work for us. When she returned to the managing editor spot last January, we were thrilled to have Heather back on board full time. We look forward to her continued leadership in her new role as editor.”

Gooch, a Kent State University graduate, has won numerous awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) and The Press Club of Cleveland. She can be contacted at 330-321-9754, or hgooch@northcoastmedia.net.

“Diane has been a wonderful addition to our staff as digital editor, and she really was the ideal choice to slip into Heather’s managing editor role,” Whitford says of Sofranec. “She, Heather, Will [Nepper] and I agree that this is a four-star, ‘A-Team’ lineup in that there are more than 100 years of combined editorial experience in our team. It’s one of the most talented groups I’ve ever worked with.”

Sofranec, a graduate of Youngstown State University, has more than 20 years of experience in the B2B publishing industry. She joined North Coast Media in 2013 as a digital content producer, and during her time with the company, has had a hand in Landscape Management, Golfdom, LP Gas, Pit & Quarry, Portable Plants and Equipment, and PMP. Sofranec’s previous position in the digital media department has been filled by new hire Kelly Limpert. Sofranec can be contacted at 216-706-3793, or dsofranec@northcoastmedia.net.

Limpert joined North Coast Media’s digital team this summer. Limpert, a graduate of Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, will be creating digital content for PMP. She can be reached at 216-363-7933, or klimpert@northcoastmedia.net.

PMP, a North Coast Media brand, has been the editorial authority for the pest management industry since 1933.

PestWorld 2015

PestWorld 2015 will take place Oct. 20-23, 2015 at Nashville, Tennessee’s Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center. Join more than three thousand other pest management professionals to network, discover new trends in the pest management business and earn recertification credits in special educational sessions. Stop by booths 331, 333, and 335 to meet the entire Pest Management Professional staff—publisher Marty Whitford, editor Heather Gooch, managing editor Diane Sofranec, senior editor Will Nepper, senior account manager Mike Joyce and digital media content producer Kelly Limpert. North Coast Media CEO Kevin Stoltman, vice president of sales Pat Roberts, and events manager Ryan Bockmuller are also attending.

Pest Management Professional wins seven Azbee Awards from ASBPE

CLEVELAND, Ohio — August 18, 2015 — North Coast Media is pleased to announce Pest Management Professional (PMP) nabbed a total of seven national and regional awards from the American Society of Business Press Editors (ASBPE), a professional association for full-time and freelance editors, writers, art directors and designers. PMP received the awards at the 2015 Heartland Region Azbee Awards banquet in Cleveland on August 13.

PMP won the awards alongside sister publications Landscape Management (LM), which won four national and seven regional awards, and Golfdom, which won two regional awards.

PMP’s list of awards included:

National Azbee Awards

Design, Front Cover – Illustration, Gold Medalist, February 2014 Cover, Marty Whitford, Will Nepper, Tracie Martinez
Editorial, Original Research, Bronze Medalist, “State of the Industry Report” (November 2014), Marty Whitford, Will Nepper

Heartland Regional Azbee Awards

Editorial, Technical Article, Gold Medalist, May 2014 Cover Story Package, Marty Whitford, Will Nepper, Tracie Martinez
Design, Front Cover – Illustration, Gold Medalist, February 2014 Cover, Marty Whitford, Will Nepper, Tracie Martinez
Editorial, Special Supplement, Silver Medalist, “State of the Industry Report” (November 2014), Marty Whitford, Will Nepper, Tracie Martinez
Editorial, Original Research, Silver Medalist, “State of the Industry Report” (November 2014), Marty Whitford, Will Nepper
Design, Front Cover – Illustration, Silver Medalist, September 2014 Issue Cover, Marty Whitford, Will Nepper, Tracie Martinez

“We thank our talented team of staffers and contributors, and our loyal family of readers and marketing partners, for our success,” said Marty Whitford, publisher for PMP. “We truly are coengineers of PMP‘s standard-setting integrated media solutions.”