HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW HONORED AS FINALIST IN NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS
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April 2006 |
BOSTON - Harvard Business Review (HBR) has been named a finalist in the category of General Excellence for the National Magazine Awards, the magazine industry’s highest journalistic honor.
The monthly magazine, published by Harvard Business School Publishing, is nominated for general excellence in publications with a circulation of 100,000 to 250,000. This category recognizes “overall excellence” and “honors the effectiveness with which writing, reporting, editing, and design all come together to command readers’ attention and fulfill the magazine’s unique editorial mission.”
“We are honored to be nominated for this prestigious award,” said HBR editor Thomas A. Stewart. “True to our connection with Harvard Business School and to our mission—improving the practice of management—we aim every month to give our readers smart and authoritative ideas that will help them solve their toughest business problems. This recognition by our peers reflects the extraordinary talent and skill of every member of the team that produces this magazine.”
Other magazines cited in the category (General Excellence, Circulation of 100,000 to 250,000) include Foreign Policy and Harper’s Magazine.
Established in 1966 and sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors in association with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, the National Magazine Awards is the preeminent program in the magazine industry for honoring editorial excellence.
The award ceremony will take place on May 9, at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Frederick P. Rose Hall, in New York, where the winners in each of 22 categories, including reviews and criticism, public interest, reporting, single-topic issue, and photography and design, as well as general excellence, will be named. Winners will receive the “Ellie,” named after the Alexander Calder sculpture “Elephant.”
About Harvard Business Review
Based in Boston, Massachusetts, Harvard Business Review is published by Harvard Business School Publishing, a wholly owned, not-for-profit subsidiary of Harvard University. The magazine has a global circulation of 240,000 and is available in 11 translated editions. Website:www.hbr.org
About Harvard Business School
Founded in 1908 as part of Harvard University, Harvard Business School (www.hbs.edu), is located on a 40-acre campus in Boston. Its faculty of more than 200 offers full-time programs leading to the MBA and doctoral degrees, as well as more than 40 Executive Education programs. For almost a century, HBS faculty have drawn on their research, their experience in working with organizations worldwide, and their passion for teaching to educate leaders who have shaped the practice of business around the globe.