the road ahead
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Data and The Future of Journalism
Excerpts from an article written by Paul Bradshaw
for The International Press Institute's “Brave News
Worlds.”
“Over the last year an increasing number of news
organizations have started to wake from their
story-centric production lines and see the value of
data.
“When I talk about data I mean information that can
be processed by computers. This is a crucial
distinction: it is one thing for a journalist to
look at a balance sheet on paper; it is quite
another to be able to dig through those figures on a
spreadsheet, or write a programming script to
analyze the data, and match it to other sources of
information... Adding computer processing power to
our journalistic arsenal allows us to do more,
faster, more accurately and with others.
“Journalists should be familiar with the open data
movement and the
linked data movement. The open data movement
campaigns for important information, the linked data
movement campaigns for data to be made available in
such a way that it can be linked to other sets of
data.
“Data journalism takes in a huge range of
disciplines, from Computer Assisted Reporting (CAR)
and programming, to visualization and statistics. If
you are a journalist with strength in one of those
areas, you are currently exceptional. This cannot
last for long: the industry will have to skill up,
or it will have nothing left to sell.
“And then there is the commercial opportunity.
Publishing is for most publishers, after all, not
about selling content but about selling advertising.
And here also data has taken on increasing
importance. The mass market was a hack. As the
saying goes: “Half the money I spend on advertising
is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.”
“But Google, Facebook and others have used the
measurability of the web to reduce the margin of
error, and publishers will have to follow suit. It
makes sense to put data at the centre of that –
while you allow users to drill into the data you
have gathered around automotive safety, the offering
to advertisers is likely to say “We can display
different adverts based on what information the user
is interested in”, or “We can point the user to
their local dealership based on their location”.
“I have a hope that this will lead to a more
collaborative form of journalism. The biggest
resource a publisher has is its audience. Until now
publishers have simply packaged up that resource for
advertisers. But now that the audience is able to
access the same information and tools as
journalists, to interact with publishers and with
each other, they are valuable in different ways.”
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autowriters spotlight |
Craig Hover has spent his lifetime in-and-around the
auto industry. He is the senior editor of the 99-year-old Automobile Red Book,
and currently writes articles for Chevy Enthusiast Magazine and the Examiner.
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Craig Hover |
I really enjoy getting the Autowriters.com newsletter each month in my e-mail,
and I was pleasantly surprised when Glenn asked me to be the "Featured Autowriter" for October. I have a great deal of respect for most of the folks
that are profiled on here, and I'm proud to be considered for this honor.
I guess the thing that put me on the radar was that I won an award for "Best
Single Blog Written for the Internet" last year in the automotive writing
contest at www.internetcarandtruckoftheyear.com. The award was for a story that
I posted on Examiner.com about getting a flat tire. It was one of my first
articles over there, and written in a style that is completely against
Examiner's guidelines. But I had fun writing it, and most stories seem to be
better when you do them to have fun rather than follow guidelines anyway. You
can still see it here:
http://www.examiner.com/automotive-in-kansas-city/the-big-flat-my-apologies-to-raymond-chandler?render=print.
For me, writing about cars actually fostered an automotive career, but not
strictly as an automotive writer. I started in the early 1990s when I was
writing race car profiles for the weekly programs at a couple of Kansas
City-area NASCAR short tracks. Eventually, that led to the marketing director
job at those tracks, and later, the general manager position at I-70 Speedway.
We held an annual NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, as well as ASA,
USAC,
and NASCAR Weekly Racing Series events. That job offered solid experience in
writing race recaps, driver profiles, and marketing materials and press
releases.
I also was able to knock out a Master's Degree in Integrated Marketing
Communications from the University of Kansas during that time, and took on a
side job as the editor of the motorsports section of Kansas City Sports and
Fitness magazine. After a successful run at I-70, the track was eventually sold,
and I drifted away from motorsports a bit.
Seven years ago I became the editor of Penton Media's Automobile Red Book. Next
year the Red Book will celebrate its 100th anniversary, which is to say that it
is the oldest vehicle valuation guide in the country. It is used by many state
and local governments, major insurance companies, appraisers, and auto dealers.
I'm responsible for basically every editorial aspect of the book, which requires
lots of research on vehicle specifications and pricing. Some of that is fairly
detail-oriented and mundane, but it allows me to go on ride and drives and
product previews. We also attend major auto shows and related automotive
gatherings around the country to help us better understand the products that we
are researching.
I felt like those experiences were teaching us more than just pricing details
about new cars, so I added a new addition to the Red Book called "On the Cover."
Now, every edition of the Red Book has pictures of six new vehicles printed on
the cover, and I write short reviews or summaries of those vehicles which appear
in the back. The reviews also appear on the Price Digests website.
Putting those reviews together reminded me how much I enjoyed writing about
cars, so I opened up a Kansas City Automotive page on Examiner.com. Examiner
gets quite a bit of flak because of the inexperienced writers that they seem to
be willing to hire, and their lackluster payment. Certainly, I wish they paid
more, but it isn't my real job, so I don't depend on it to feed my family. And
honestly, I don't even read very many other pages on there to make a
determination on how other people are doing. It has just worked out as an
interesting experiment to me. I try and write the best car-related stories I
can, and hope that people will enjoy them and want to come back. I think it's
working, because out of some 450 local writers, my automotive column has been
number one in Kansas City every single week for nearly two years now. And to get
back to my racing roots, I also recently picked up the Kansas City Motorsports
page on Examiner.
The Examiner led to a few other opportunities. I was able to write a couple of
feature articles for Amos Publishing's Chevy Enthusiast Magazine. And it also
inspired me to stretch my Internet writing efforts and create my own blog.
Today, my Internet efforts are focused on my new Hover Motor Company blog. It
was named after the used car lots my granddad had from the 1930s through the
1970s, and contains car show recaps, automotive history articles, and even some
personal stories. Right now, it only pulls in about 1,000 page views a day, but
it steadily increases each week, and I am receiving a great deal of positive
feedback. The biggest challenge there isn't with coming up with quality content,
so much as promoting the site and manipulating through the rigmarole that makes
it rank well in a Google search.
I am always open to writing for new publications or trying new things when it
comes to my automotive exploits. I really do it because I have a lifelong love
of cars, and I genuinely enjoy writing about them. And I am especially honored
when I win an award like the
www.internetcarandtruckoftheyear.com recognition,
or I am featured on a great web destination like Autowriters.com.
Examples of my Internet material can be found at the following locations:
I sincerely thank Autowriters.com for the opportunity to be featured here. I
realize that compared to most of the pros here, my story is about as exciting as
watching paint dry. But it's a big deal to me, and my mom will be proud.
Comments: Autowriters Spotlight:
Craig Hover
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Riverside (Calif.) International Automotive Museum is holding a reception and
book signing October 16 for Lenny T. Miller author of “Racing While Black.” . .
.To raise funds, the ladies of the U. K.’s Doghouse Club (Women’s Motor Racing
Associates Club) are producing a 2011 Calendar that features not themselves in
provocative poses but race car drivers including Sir Stirling Moss and Michael
Schumacher among others – in racing but not racy settings.
The $10,000,000
Progressive Automotive X Prize was divided among three teams that produced test
vehicles able to get more than 100 miles per gallon of gasoline. Edison2 of
Lynchburg, Va. Won $5,000,000 for its “mainstream” entry that achieved 102.5
miles per gallon running on E85 ethanol. The remaining $5,000,000 was shared
equally between Li-ion Motors Corp. of Mooresville, N.C. and X-Tracer from
Winterthur, Switzerland. They both built futuristic electric vehicles, with the
Swiss car achieving the equivalent of 205 mpg. . . . Members of the U.K.-based
Motorsports Industry Association, which bills itself as, “the world's leading
trade association for motorsport's performance engineering, services and tuning
industry” will spend five days in early December touring NASCAR facilities and
landmarks in Daytona, including the newly re-paved track.
For the fifth
time Honda has won the Union of Concerned Scientists Award for fielding the U.S.
motor vehicle fleet with the lowest levels of smog-forming and greenhouse gas
emissions. . . .While the Internet provides the numbers that make it both easy
and affordable for car makers to dilute the value of auto writers by taking
promotions and contests directly to consumers, Mitsubishi is the first in the
U.S. to make it possible to actually drive a new car from your computer.
According to Marketing Daily, the company is letting people around the country
"drive" a real Outlander Sport on a closed course by controlling it remotely
with their computers. People can sign up to do the drive starting on Oct. 15
at www.OutlanderSport.com, where they will get a code that can be used to queue for
the live test drive on opening day, Nov. 1.
The program runs to Nov. 10.
The awards season has begun: voting is now
open for The Internet Car and Truck of The Year and entries are being accepted
for the Internet Automotive Journalist Competition. Complete rules and entry
forms are available for both at
www.internetcarandtruckoftheyear.com.
. . .The 15th
Annual Urban Wheels Awards January 9th will promote "green" to people of color
with a Green Car Show and Technology Exhibit in conjunction with its
star-studded celebration of emerging diversity in the auto industry . . . Car
Art is offering a selection of 40 Jaguar artworks in celebration of the 75th
anniversary of the Jaguar name.
Jack Baruth in his recent derisive The Truth About Cars
descriptions of automotive journalism and its practitioners prompted a
thoughtful response from Toronto Star Wheels editor Mark Richardson. It can be
read at:
http://thestar.blogs.com/wheels_world/2010/10/wheels-journalistic-ethics.html . . .
The Peking to Paris Rally is still in progress and scheduled to end opposite the
Ritz Hotel on Saturday, Oct.16 at 1:00 pm. Leading in the Pioneer Category (cars
through 1926,) is a Vauxhall 30-98 driven by Hugh and Nellie Bishop.
Steven and
Jane Hyde, driving a 1938 Chevy Fangio Coupe competing in the Vintageants Class
(cars through 1940) are the overall leaders and a 64 Holden driven by 74-yer-old
Gerry Crown, leads the Classic
Category.
Comments:
Passing Scene: October 2010
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road signs |
The October 6 Media Digest reported a survey conducted by Carleton University
that revealed, “a website has as little as 50 milliseconds – or just 1/20 of
a second- to make a good first impression.” And, compounding that snap reaction,
“once a visitor forms an impression on a subconscious level, he or she will
selectively search for information confirming that impression.” We like to be right and if that first reaction is negative, we will “tend to
overlook positives for further negatives, regardless of quality of the product a
business might be selling. “ The moral of the survey, Media Digest writes, “Best
hire a good designer.”
Ypulse president, Dan Coates, billed by Media Post
as “a leading authority on tween, teen, college and young adult insights, writes
on the, “Social Network Disconnect” in that publication, “Gen Y is the first
generation in human history to, as children, be more technologically advanced
than their parents. Their use of technology is pervasive and sophisticated. You
can pretty much count on the totality of Gen Y to be online and connected.
Research conducted by the Insights division of Ypulse in September 2010 shows
94% of Gen Y to be on Facebook, spending 11.4 hours a week within its pearly
blue gates. This connectivity is nearly ubiquitous, with more than three
quarters (78%) of high school and college students connecting to their preferred
social network via their mobile phone. Mobile devices and the Facebook platform
are the glue that keeps this generation connected. (Gen Y: those born between
1982 and 2004). Generation Y is accustomed to multi-tasking, processing
information five times faster than do their parents but as Kate Yarrow points out
in her book, Generation BuY, having grown up with technology, they learned they
can get what they want when they want it. Therefore they are impatient but, because they
have grown up with a surfeit of information instantly available, they are also
in search of reliable, trustworthy guidance.
Mike Doherty,
president of Cole Weber United agency, wrote for Marketing Post: “To
successfully engage this group, you can't advertise to them; you have to invite
them to participate in something bigger than advertising. Marketers need to give
young people ready access to the content they create and enable them to
participate with it, create their own and share it. They need to inspire and
engage youth and then reward them for participating.
Comments:
Road Signs: October 2010
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the
tom tom |
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Keith Griffin's reviews of new cars and
articles about the automotive industry have appeared in
national publications like AutoExec magazine and leading
regional publications like The Boston Globe and The Improper
Bostonian. His automotive writing regularly appears in
Hartford Magazine, AutoExec Magazine, Stonebridge Press
Newspapers and Life Newspapers among others. He is also a
regular guest on local radio stations to explain automotive
issues and has done research for a major new car website.
Keith belongs to both the International and New England
Motor Press Associations and is founder of the Internet Car
& Truck of the Year awards.
Automotive Bloggers Need To Come Together To Move Forward
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Keith Griffin |
Since creating the Internet Car and Truck of the Year awards in early 2009 I
have more closely followed the automotive blogging community. In those 18 months
I have come to the following conclusions: there’s a lot of talent out there,
mystery revolves around what makes one blogger more important than another, and
bloggers need to come together as a group to professionalize what we do. Talent
One part of the Internet Car and Truck of the Year awards is the Internet
Automotive Writing Competition. Open to anybody who writes about automobiles on
the Internet, last year’s inaugural contest attracted scores of entries,
including some from manufacturer reps who maintain a company blog.
I took an important message away from judging the entries (along with others)
and my increased interest in automotive bloggers. Not all writers are
twenty-something gearheads with no formal education clacking away one finger at
a time in their mothers’ basements. There are talented bloggers on the web with
engaging, intelligent writing styles. Names that come to mind include Alex Nunez
from Autoblog, Jason Fogelson from About.com, Lyndon Conrad Bell of
Sports Car
Monitor (who won for a piece written at Examiner.com of all places – the
horrors!), Jil McIntosh from Canada, and most things written by Jonny Lieberman,
even if he has defected back to the Dark Ages of print.
Actually, bringing up Lieberman reminds me of something else. Good Internet
writers can work on both sides of the fence but print scribes struggle when
trying to handle the intricacies of search engine optimization, good linking,
and other things. Print journalists will sputter in their coffee but there is a
science to Internet automotive writing.
Rating the Bloggers
Unfortunately there is no exact science when it comes to rating the automotive
blogs, which can end up with one blog getting more prestige based solely on who
writes it vs. other blogs attracting tens of thousands of page views a week.
There’s also a disturbing trend towards denying the tools of the trade to
automotive bloggers in favor of "mommy bloggers" with the belief the latter is the
only place a woman will turn to for car-shopping advice. (It’s the age-old
problem of lifestyle vs. trade but in a digital world.) Does nobody else think
it’s insulting to women to think them incapable of researching a new car
purchase thoroughly by seeking out experts in the field? I wouldn’t buy a car
because some guy at www.AllAboutGuys.com
told me to nor would I expect women to base
a purchase on advice from www.MommyKnowsBest.com. (Neither site offers car advice by
the way.)
Both bloggers and manufacturers need to remember that 91% of all automotive
purchases begin on the Internet. We’re the information portal for people
actually buying cars and not just ogling the pretty pictures. We’re the
influencers when it comes to signing on the dotted line.
I’m also aware that word-of-mouth is a valuable marketing tool but when all is
said and done, people still come to the Internet to research their new car
purchase.
Self Promotion
Bloggers as a class need to do a better job of promoting their readership. Some print journos
(which is my background) like to say, for example, they have “100,000 readers.”
But they don’t – their publications have 100,000 readers. Who knows, in the case
of newspapers, how many people are even reading their columns and not “Dilbert”?
On the web, with simple software, you know how many readers you have. It’s a
defined measurable quantity. An Internet blogger with 100,000 page views a month
has trouble getting review cars, yet a writer for a crappy little daily with
9000 total circulation gets invited on press trips. There needs to be a better
system.
That’s one reason the Internet Car of the Year is in the early planning stages
of creating an Internet automotive writers group. One thing the Internet does
surprisingly well is dilute the influence of its many little fiefdoms. If they
could come together, they would be the ruling class instead of being the serfs.
Such a group is going to be necessary because one thing the blogging world needs
to do is finally vet itself. A credentialing process, of sorts, needs to be
created to bring us as a group out of the basement and into a professional
environment. Admittedly, we have to differentiate those of us committed to the
craft and those hoping to scam a free Mustang for the weekend.
Just like the members of the MPG, IMPA, NEMPA and MAWA can work together while
still being competitors, so, too, must the automotive blogging community. While
we will still need to be part and parcel of those groups (if for nothing else
than track days), we need to come together to promote ourselves going forward.
Automotive bloggers are at a point in their existence where they need to set
definable standards for what they do and demonstrate once and for all they
belong at the table.
Comments:
The Tom-Tom: Keith Griffin
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new
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Forbes’ new plan to mix editorial and paid blogs further dims the line
between editorial and advertising but if it catches on, it could mean
opportunity for out-of-work journalists. As reported in Advertising Age
by Michael Learmonth, "this isn't the 'sponsored post' of yore; rather,
it is giving advocacy groups or corporations such as Ford or Pfizer the
same voice and same distribution tools as Forbes staffers, not to
mention the Forbes brand.” Learmonth goes on to quote Forbes' Lewis Dvorkin, "There's fewer ways to get your message out,
because there are fewer reporters, and that's a fact.” Instead of the
publishers hiring more writers, corporations and advocacy groups would
employ professionals
to provide a flow of contextual content not only to Forbes’ web site but
the magazine and “everywhere Forbes content is published. This is where publishing is headed.”
Not necessarily direct
opportunity for writers but possibly indicative of a trend, Bloomberg
Markets Magazine is relaunching in November with a redesign and more
editorial space. . . . If the following quote
from the U.K.’s Media
Digest is correct, there certainly must be a new road ahead for The New
York Times: “Speaking at the Wan-Ifra International Newsroom Summit,
Arthur Sulzberger Jr. admitted ‘we will stop printing the New York Times
sometime in the future’." The Digest added: “The NYT is fighting to stay
relevant to a new generation of readers by adding social networking
features, supplemented with plans to introduce a paywall to the website
early next year.”
Worse news comes from a NY Times article by David
Carr about the new approach at The Chicago Tribune, now in the midst of
bankruptcy. He quotes a Tribune announcement:
“The TV revolution is upon us — and the new Tribune Company is leading
the resistance.” And judging from the job posting
for “anti-establishment producer/editors,” the company has some very
strong ideas about who those revolutionaries should be: “Don’t sell us
on your solid newsroom experience. We don’t care. Or your exclusive,
breaking news coverage. We’ll pass.”
Comments:
New Roads: October 2010
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pit notes |
With a focus on bloggers in the Tom-Tom and The Autowriters Spotlight
we add some helpful comments on the art by Jay Rosen, journalism
professor at New York University and Press Think blogger where they were
posted:
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Jay rosen |
“Dave Winer, one of the founders of blogging, says a blog is not defined
by the software or features in the format (like comments) but by a
person talking: 'one voice, unedited, not determined by group-think.'
Blogging, he says, is 'writing without a safety net' and taking personal
responsibility for the words.”
Rosen continues, "If 'ethics' are the codification in rules of the practices that lead to
trust on the platform where the users actually are—which is how I think
of them—then journalists have their ethics and bloggers have theirs:
- Good bloggers observe the ethic of the link.
- They correct themselves early, easily and often.
- They don’t claim neutrality but they do practice transparency.
- They aren’t remote, they habitually converse.
- They give you their site, but also other sites as a proper frame of
reference. (As with the blogroll.)
- When they grab on to something they don’t let go; they “track” it.
In all these ways, good bloggers build up trust with a base of users
online. And over time, the practices that lead to trust on the platform
where the users actually are… these become their ethic, their rules.”
Comments:
Pit Note: October 2010
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lane changes |
Hachette Filipacchi Media US has changed its name to HFMUS and adopting
a forward-slanting logo to associate its name with speed and
innovation. "It's more symbolic than anything else," Alain Lemarchand,
president/CEO of Hachette, told MediaWeek.com "It's a reflection of the
new spirit, or new culture, the evolution we want to be part of, the
speed required to achieve these innovations."
Steve Parker has a new
email address, new telephone numbers and a new hat added to the many he wears for
different auto media platforms. They are, respectively:
steveparkermotoring@roadrunner.com, 310-867-9901 or 323-845-0255 and
Auto Consultancy, the latter most recently for Peugeot . . ..
Joe Pappalardo has been promoted to senior editor at Popular Mechanics:
jpappalardo@hearstcom . . .
Wooden Horse News reports that former
Speedway Illustrated
editor Karl Fredrickson formed a company to
purchase the rights to the magazine that was shut down recently by
Anthem Media. The new company, Traction Media, will resume
publishing and will honor all active subscriptions to the magazine.
Founder Dick Berggren and most of the editorial team is returning.
The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) chairman David Cole is turning
that title over to Jay Baron but will remain active with the
program. . .
. AutoSavant publisher and editor Brendan Moore’s new email is:
bmoore@autosavant.com
. . . Michael Alan Ross is now emailed at:
marossfineart@gmail.com . . .
Greg Basich’s new outlet at Bobit is Mobile Electronics Magazine. His
email remains the same: greg.basich@bobit.com but his telephone
number is now:
310-533-2572 . . . Special
sections editor at The Victorville Valley Press (CA), Micki Brown’s new
email address is: micki_brown@vvdailypress.com . . .
Neal White’s new
email address at the Waxahachie (TX) Daily Light is
neal.white@wninenews.com.
The two persons responsible for the weekly car reviews and other
auto news at The New Orleans Times Picayune are: James Gaffney and
Vivian Hernandez at: jgaffney@timespicayune.com and
vhernandez@timespicayune.com, respectively. . . .
Dawg House Radio
Productions host Ken Kaplan’s email is “net” not “com”:
mgmtt@devildawg.net
. . . Steve Kelly, editor of Frontline News You Can Use (American Honda)
has a new email address: skelly78929@yahoo.com . . .
Tim Higgins email
address at Bloomberg in Southfield, Mich. is:
thiggins21@bloomberg.net .
. . Ed Kim has succeeded James Hossack, retired, as Director of Industry
Analysis for Auto Pacific, Inc.:
ed.kim@autopacific.com
Jeff Glucker is now an associate editor for Autoblog but remains a non-contributing co-owner of
Hooniverse.com. a
web site created for automotive enthusiasts, hence his email:
jeff@hooniverse.com
. . . Peter Meier is now group technical director for Advanstar’s
automotive group which includes 2 Wheel Tuner, Aftermarket Business and
American Big Twin Dealer. . . . MAMA member Cliff Leppke has a new
address at WITI-TV6 in Milwaukee:
Cliff.leppke@fox6now.com . . .
Simon Sproule returns to Nissan
as global marketing communications chief, including PR. He is based in
Tokyo.
Sharon Silke Carty has trekked across town from USA Today’s
Detroit bureau
to do her auto writing for the AP office there. . . .Jenny White has a
new email address at The Rocky Mount Telegram:
jwhite@rmtelegram.com . .
. Nick Yost covers the auto industry for Examiner.com. His new email
address is nickyost9@gmail.com.
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October 2010 |
12 |
NEMPA, Dinner, Boston Globe, Boston, Toyota |
12 |
MPG, Luncheon, Proud Bird, Los Angeles, Mercedes |
12-14 |
CAR's Second Annual "Plug-In" Electric Vehicle
Conference, Detroit Marriott, Detroit |
14 |
APA, Luncheon, Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit, Toyota |
16 |
WAJ, Dinner, Basque Cultural Center, Porsche |
17 |
WAPA, Breakfast & Rall, Leesburg |
20 |
WAPA, Luncheon, National Press Club, D.C., Toyota |
21 |
APA, Luncheon, MGM Grand Casino, Detroit, NADA |
21 |
IMPA, Luncheon, New York City, Chevy Volt |
21-24 |
TAWA's Truck Rodeo, San Antonio |
26 |
APA Luncheon, Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit, Consumer Reports |
28 |
SAMA Luncheon, TBD Miami, South FL Auto Dealers Assoc. |
28 |
GAAMA, Luncheon, TBD, Atlanta, Chrysler |
November 2010 |
1 |
APA, Luncheon, Detroit Athletic Club, Nissan |
2-5 |
SEMA Show, Las Vegas, NV |
10 |
1st Annual Seattle Auto Show Press Day |
11 |
Petersen Museum, Los Angeles, NHRA Exhibit Opens |
16 |
IMPA, Luncheon, New York |
17 |
MPG, L.A. Auto Show Keynote Breakfast |
17-18 |
Media Days, L.A. Auto Show |
18 |
IMPA, Luncheon, New York City |
18 |
SAMA, Luncheon, TBD, Miami, GM |
20 |
National Automotive History Collection, Authors Book Fair,
Detroit |
December 2010 |
4 |
2nd Petersen Museum Garage Sale & Swap Meet, Los Angeles |
7 |
MPG, Dean Batchelor Award Dinner, Petersen Museum, Los
Angeles, CA |
9 |
National Automotive History Collection, Vehicle of The
Future Award,
Detroit |
16 |
APA, Luncheon, Detroit Athletic Club, North American Car
& Truck of the Year |
16 |
IMPA, Luncheon, New York |
January 2011 |
10 |
15th Annual Urban Wheels Awards, Motor City Casino Hotel,
Detroit |
10 |
APA, Welcome Reception, North American Int'l Auto Show,
Detroit |
10-11 |
Press Preview, NAIAS, Detroit |
12-14 |
Automotive News World Congress, Detroit |
26-29 |
Qatar Motor Show, Doha Exhibition Center, Qatar |
February 2011 |
9-10 |
Chicago Auto Show Media Preview, Chicago |
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motoring press organizations |
The 15 regional automotive press associations provide
information and background not easily found elsewhere. If they are too distant for you to attend their meetings,
belonging usually gives you access to transcripts or reports of
these events and other benefits.
APA |
Automotive Press Association, Detroit -
Joann Muller, President,
jmuller@forbes.com
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IMPA |
International Motor Press
Association, NYC, Fred Chieco, President -
info@impa.org,
www.impa.org
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GAAMA
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Greater Atlanta Automotive Media Association
www.gaama.org
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MAMA |
Midwest Automotive Media
Association, Chicago -
www.mamaonline.org
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MPG
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Motor Press Guild, Los Angeles -
www.motorpressguild.org
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NEMPA |
New England Motor
Press Association, Boston -
www.nempa.org
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NWAPA |
Northwest
Automotive Press Association, Portland, OR, Jeff Zurschmeide,
President j.zursch@verizon.net,
www.nwapa.org
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PAPA |
Phoenix Automotive Press
Association, Phoenix, Cathy Droz, President-
drozadgal@aol.com
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RMAP |
Rocky Mountain Automotive Press, Denver -
www.rmapmedia.com
info@rmapmedia.com
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SAMA |
Southern Automotive Media
Association, Miami FL, Paul Borden, President,
pborden41@yahoo.com
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SEAMO |
Southeast
Automotive Media Organization, Charlotte, NC
www.southeastautomedia.org
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TAWA
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Texas Auto Writers Association
www.TexasAutoWriters.org, Mike Herzing,
mikeh@automotivereporter.com
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TWNA |
Truck Writers
of North America, www.twna.org Tom Kelley, Executive Director,
tom.kelley@deadlinefactory.com
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WAJ |
Western Automotive Journalists,
San Francisco - www.waj.org, Ron Harrison
rharr70210@aol.com
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WAPA |
Washington
Automotive Press Association, D.C., Rick Trawick, President www.washautopress.org
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Corrections Hi Glenn, thank you for all the RTM coverage in your
current issue of autowriters.com. As always, it's full of useful and interesting
info. I look forward to it each month. One minor correction for your
department of corrections‚ is that our new east coast address is 3228
Patriot Way, not 3229 patriot way. Thanks. I love your newsletter.
Courtney Caldwell, Editor-in-Chief
Earth, Wind & PowerMedia® &Road & Travel Magazine
Eds,
He’s definitely a sterling gentleman, but he spells his name
Stirling.
I like your newsletter.
-mike taylor
(former auto editor, san Francisco chronicle).
Stirling Moss, not Sterling, although some of his work has been.
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