South African editor wins TABPI Young Leaders Scholarship

CLEVELAND - Winners have been selected for the 2008 Trade, Association, Business Publications International (TABPI) Young Leaders Scholarship and a South African is among them - Kate Rau from Push Media in Rivonia, Sandton.

18 Apr 2008

The 2008 TABPI YLS awards were granted to the following editors:

Kate Rau, editor for Push Media's South Africa - Quarterly Trade and Investment Journal for Trade Partners and Investors, based in Rivonia, South Africa. Additionally, she serves as content manager and blog master for the company's website for http://www.onlinehealth.co.za.

Andy Hoskins, deputy editor for UK bmi Publications' The Business Travel Magazine, a publication that was voted best in its field in December 2007 at the annual Business Travel Journalism Awards.

A previous South African winner was Natalia Thomson of Now Media, who is also currently the joint co-ordinator of TABPI South Africa Editors' Chapter.

The scholarship allows younger editors - who might otherwise be unable - to attend an educational b2b editorial event. This year's scholarship is to attend the ASBPE Editorial Conference, scheduled for July 24 - 25, 2008 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. The conference contains an evening networking event on July 23, followed by two full days of intensive editorial sessions on topics that will include: useful seminars, panel discussions, and workshops targeted at editors of business, trade, and association print and Web publications. It is a chance to network with fellow business editors in an interactive setting designed for editors, with top-notch, cutting-edge speakers.

This year's YLS program is sponsored by TABPI and the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE), with generous support from TABPI Platinum Sponsor FosteReprints.

For more information on the scholarship, please visit, http://www.tabpi.org. For details on the ASBPE Editorial Conference, visit, http://www.asbpe.org/conf/conf.htm.