Joe Anselmo

Editorial Director, Aviation Week Network

Washington, DC

Summary

Joe Anselmo has been Editorial Director of the Aviation Week Network and Editor-in-Chief of Aviation Week & Space Technology since 2013. Based in Washington, D.C., he directs a team of more than two dozen aerospace journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Under his leadership, Aviation Week has won numerous accolades for its in-depth reporting and deep dives into aerospace technology, including the 2017 Grand Neal award for “Top Brand/Overall Editorial Excellence,” business-to-business journalism’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. Writers from the Aviation Week Network also took home six honors at the 2018 Aerospace Media Awards in London.

In 2015, Anselmo and his team spearheaded a digital initiative that provides subscribers with fresh content every day via mobile phones, tablets, or desktop computers. To mark Aviation Week’s 100th anniversary in 2016, the publication’s entire archive – more than 440,000 pages of articles, images, covers and advertisements – was digitized into a searchable online archive. Aviation Week also has accelerated its push into digital media with regular podcasts, videos, data features, infographics and eBooks.

Anselmo has more than 25 years of experience as an editor and reporter with Aviation Week, Congressional Quarterly and the Washington Post Company. He has won three Aerospace Journalist of the Year awards. A graduate of Ohio University, he was elected three times to the National Press Club’s Board of Governors, including one term as board chairman.

 

Articles

Joseph C. Anselmo (Washington), James Ott (Cincinnati)
If all goes according to plan, Northwest Airlines executives will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on May 31 to mark the airline's exit from bankruptcy reorganization and the debut of its new stock under the ticker symbol "NWA." They're sure to receive a warmer reception on Wall Street than they're getting from employees.

Joseph C. Anselmo
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Rockwell Collins plans to announce by the end of the year whether it will enter the commercial side of the aircraft simulation and training market, a move that would enable the avionics powerhouse to capitalize on booming demand for new commercial aircraft.

Joseph C. Anselmo (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
Operating margins at Rockwell Collins Inc. have risen steadily over the last five years from less than 15% to a pace of nearly 21%. Clay Jones, the company's folksy but driven CEO, doesn't hesitate when asked if those impressive figures can be pushed even higher. "Absolutely," he says, adding the caveat that he won't shortchange research-and-development spending or acquisition opportunities to maintain the streak.