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
The space telecommunications industry has reeled this year from the bankruptcies of high-profile satellite telephone ventures, but surging demand for high-speed Internet connections and other ``broadband'' communications services is emerging as a potential panacea that could drive a recovery.

JOSEPH C. ANSELMO
Seeking a commanding lead in the race to build ever more powerful telecommunications spacecraft, Hughes Space and Communications Co. officials have unveiled plans for a satellite that would offer unprecedented power, transponder capacity and solar cell efficiency. The ``702-plus'' geosynchronous platform, based on Hughes' new HS 702 bus, would provide 25 kw. of power at end of life and solar cells with 35% efficiency, enabling it to carry more than 100 transponders.

JOSEPH C. ANSELMO
After years of preparation and the bankruptcy of two competitors, the Loral-backed Globalstar venture officially inaugurated its commercial satellite telephone service here, with Chairman Bernard L. Schwartz confidently forecasting 3 million subscribers within three years.