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
NASA managers are drawing up plans that could greatly downsize the agency's headquarters and shift many responsibilities to its 10 field centers scattered across the U.S. The changes, ordered by Administrator Daniel Goldin, would place the bulk of responsibility for running NASA programs in the hands of center directors. The primary function of the downscaled Washington headquarters would be to set programs and policies, formulate budgets and perform liaison activities with the White House and Congress.

JOSEPH C. ANSELMO
A preliminary plan drawn up by NASA and the Russian Space Agency envisions using the space shuttle to deliver Russian hardware to the international space station and resupply the orbiting Mir station. A ``protocol'' drafted in Houston last week by NASA and RSA managers seeks to ensure on-time delivery of key Russian components to the international station while accommodating Moscow's demand to utilize Mir beyond its originally scheduled shutdown in November, 1997.

JOSEPH C. ANSELMO
AT&T and MCI's rivalry spilled over into the direct broadcast satellite (DBS) business last week as each shelled out hundreds of millions of dollars for a slice of the rapidly growing market. AT&T began the week by agreeing to pay $137.5 million for a 2.5% stake in Hughes' DirecTV service. Announcement of the deal, which included options allowing AT&T to increase its equity share in DirecTV to 30%, sent Hughes Electronics stock up 10%, its biggest single-day gain ever.