2009 Scholarship winners are both Aussies CLEVELAND — Two Melbourne-area editors are the first-ever Australian winners of the TABPI Young Leaders Scholarship. The YLS, created to increase interest in the b2b publishing world with younger editors who are advancing in their editorial careers is in its fourth year. The scholarship is sponsored by TABPI and the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). The scholarship allows younger editors — who might otherwise be unable — to attend an educational b2b editorial event. The 2009 scholarships are to attend the ASBPE Editorial Conference, scheduled for July 15-17, 2009 in Washington, D.C., USA.  The conference contains an evening networking event on July 15, followed by two full days of intensive editorial sessions on topics that will include: • Useful seminars, panel discussions, and workshops targeted at editors of business, trade, and association print and Web publications • A chance to network with fellow business editors in an interactive setting designed for editors • Top-notch, cutting-edge speakers The 2009 TABPI YLS awards were granted to the following editors: Peter Davies is editor of Architectural Product News and acting editor of Houses for Melbourne-based magazine publisher Architecture Media. Peter has a passion for design publishing and judicious punctuation. Following experience in educational book publishing, Peter joined Architecture Media. He has qualifications in journalism, arts management, and publishing and editing, and is currently completing studies in communications law. Matty Soccio is deputy editor of Marketing magazine, but also contributes and help to edit www.marketingmag.com.au, with blog postings, news updates and the e-newsletter. After gaining an honors degree in English literature at Latrobe University in Melbourne, Australia, Matty began work as a sub-editor and staff journalist for a number of Australian recreational vehicle and travel magazine titles. He then received a certificate in Editing and Sub-editing at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and continued to freelance for a variety of local and national publications. Matty writes a regular column in Desktop magazine, and features for Welcome to and CRYSTAL magazines. He's active on Facebook and Twitter, and also maintains a sports writing and journalism blog: Take the Ride, Bubba. These scholarships are open to all business editors, including print and Web, who work outside of the United States (for editors in the U.S., ASBPE sponsors a similar scholarship, please see www.asbpe.org for details). Scholarships pay the conference and hotel room costs for up to two worthy applicants per year, along with up to $500 towards airfare costs. Transportation to and from the conference, any non-conference meals, and other incurred costs are the responsibility of the winners or their individual publishing companies. The scholarship is not transferable to other persons or events. Applicants must meet the following qualifications: • Are 30 years of age or younger on or about July 15, 2009. • Are currently a business publication editor, and have been so for a minimum of two years. • Candidacy is sponsored by their publication’s Chief Editor. • Plan to continue in the business press as a career. • Are not a past YLS winner.   Past Young Leaders Scholarship winners The 2008 TABPI YLS awards were granted to the following editors: Andy Hoskins is deputy editor for bmi Publications' The Business Travel Magazine, a publication that was voted best in its field in December 2007 at the annual Business Travel Journalism Awards. He has been with bmi since 2004. Hoskins received an Upper Second Class Bachelor of Arts Degree in Geography from the University of Southampton in Hampshire. In his spare time, Andy is a keen sportsman and traveller. He plays regularly for a local football (soccer) team, enjoys cycling and plans to run his first marathon in Edinburgh, Scotland, in May 2008. Kate Rau is editor for SALESGURU magazine, South Africa's only publication focused purely on the subject of selling. Kate is tasked with growing the quality of the magazine, as well as increasing national exposure of the brand. She is assisting in the website revamping process, as well. She formerly worked for Push Media and Media 3S / Shorten Publications. She has a BA in Journalism, specialising in French, English and Audio Visual communication from Rand Academic University (Now University of Johannesburg). Her interests include gardening, yoga, reading, and walking her boxer. Rau and Hoskins, shown with TABPI President Paul J. Heney (center), attended the ASBPE Editorial Conference on July 23-25, 2008 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.   The 2007 TABPI YLS awards were granted to the following editors: Vanessa Chris is an associate editor/journalist for Canadian Mortgage Professional magazine, Canada's leading independent publication for mortgage brokers. After graduating from the University of Western Ontario with her MA in Journalism in 2003, Vanessa started her journalism career as a columnist for Canada's leading newspaper, the Toronto Star, before finding her way into the manufacturing side of b2b publishing. She loves the turn her career has taken and looks forward to exploring all facets b2b journalism has to offer. Vincent ter Beek is editor for Pig Progress, an international trade journal (and website) on pig production worldwide. The magazine is a Reed Business publication, produced in Doetinchem, the Netherlands. Vincent joined Reed Business in 2005; prior to that he worked as a journalist at a local daily, De Twentsche Courant Tubantia, for two years and also spent one year as a History teacher at a college. Vincent graduated from Groningen University, the Netherlands, and has an MA in History and Journalism. He also studied for several months in the cities of Brighton and Harlow in the UK. Chris and ter Beek attended the ASBPE Editorial Conference on August 2-3, 2007 in New York, New York, USA. The 2006 TABPI YLS awards were granted to the following editors: Anthony Fletcher is the editor of FoodNavigator.com, named news website of the year in the UK's food journalism awards 2005. Foodnavigator.com is the world's most-read news service among food formulators and ingredients buyers, with an audited readership of more than 85,000. He has lived and worked in the UK, France and Japan. Natalia Thomson works at Africa's largest travel trade publisher, Now Media, as the managing editor of an inbound travel and tourism trade publication, Southern African Tourism Update. She is also heavily involved in online media initiatives for this sector and passionate about promoting the region as a tourist destination. Natalia has lived and worked in Portugal, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom and is currently completing a MSC in publishing studies through the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, United Kingdom. Fletcher and Thomson, shown with TABPI President Paul J. Heney (center), attended the ASBPE Editorial Conference on July 19-21, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.