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.

 

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Articles

Joseph C. Anselmo (Farnborough)
The regional aircraft industry will deliver more than 9,100 jets and 1,900 turboprops over the next two decades, generating $370 billion in revenues, according to a new Bombardier forecast. But there's a caveat: The Canadian aircraft builder's estimate assumes long-term oil prices of $50-60 a barrel.

Joseph C. Anselmo (Washington)
After General Dynamics Corp. paid nearly $5 billion to acquire business jet builder Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. in 1999, Raytheon Co. began quietly exploring whether it could find a buyer willing to pay a similar premium for its general aviation business. It couldn't.

Joseph C. Anselmo (Farnborough)
Embraer's business jet backlog has risen fivefold in the past year and now stands at $1.25 billion, a major leap forward in the regional jet builder's push to become a major player in the corporate aircraft market. The Brazilian company also announced it has won a total of 235 orders for its Phenom 100 very-light jet (VLJ) and Phenom 300 light jet, which were launched in May 2005. Chairman/CEO Mauricio Botelho declined to break out orders between the two aircraft but said they came from more than 20 customers.