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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By Joe Anselmo
Aiming to capitalize on rising demand for advanced jet engine metals, Ladish Co. plans to increase its capacity to forge super-alloy materials by 50%. The company will add a third isothermal forging press at its plant in Cudahy, Wis. Isothermal forging, a process pioneered by Ladish in the early 1970s, is required to forge super-alloy materials that can withstand high temperatures. Aircraft engine makers are using more advanced metals to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions.

Joseph C. Anselmo (Washington)
It has won rave reviews from passengers for its leather seats, seat-back satellite TVs and friendly crewmembers. But low-cost carrier (LCC) JetBlue Airways has the dubious distinction of being one of the most negatively viewed airline stocks on Wall Street. Following a flat performance in 2005, shares in the New York-based airline have tumbled nearly 22% on the Nasdaq exchange since the start of the year.

Joseph C. Anselmo (Singapore)
Gulfstream Aerospace netted 12 orders for new business jets in China and other Asia-Pacific nations last year, accounting for nearly 10% of its total sales of 124 aircraft. "We've spent a decade cultivating business alliances in Asia," said President Bryan Moss. "It is obviously starting to pay dividends."