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
A mobile satellite venture that lost much of its financing due to the Asian economic crisis received a big boost last week when Lockheed Martin, which is building its spacecraft and ground facilities, agreed to take a 30% stake in the project. Lockheed Martin's investment, worth roughly $150 million, provides enough cash for Asia Cellular Satellite (ACeS) to launch its first A2100-model geosynchronous satellite in June, commence service in the Asia-Pacific region in the fall, and begin work on a second satellite.

Joseph C. Anselmo
Motorola is putting the finishing touches on a new design for the Teledesic satellite venture and could complete negotiations within weeks on a multibillion-dollar contract to build the massive constellation. ``We've now got a design that meets their requirements,'' Bary R. Bertiger, vice president and general manager of Motorola's Satellite Communications Group, said. ``It's all coming together.''

Joseph C. Anselmo
An underground pipe carrying compressed air ruptured last month inside a sprawling factory where the space shuttle's external tanks are manufactured, covering hardware in sand and dust and interrupting production. Lockheed Martin had mobilized hundreds of workers to clean up the mess in the 43-acre assembly building at its Michoud facility in New Orleans. The cleanup was expected to continue through last week's holiday shutdown.