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Nominations open for dental editor awards
Milwaukee—The ADA Council on Communications and American Association of Dental Editors are seeking nominations for two dental editor awards for presentation at the AADE annual conference Oct. 7-8 in Orlando.
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Editors to hold discussion on publishing, news production The ADA Publishing Division will hold a special panel discussion for dental editors and all interested members Oct. 8 in Orlando during the American Association of Dental Editors annual conference which is held in conjunction with the ADA annual session. Topics include the Business of Publishing, moderated by Laura Kosden, managing vice president and publisher, Publishing Division, ADA; and Getting Out the News, moderated by Jim Berry, associate publisher, Publishing Division, ADA. For more information about programs at ADA annual session, visit ADA.org. |
The Dental Editor Service Award recognizes the continuous service of tripartite editors marking their 10-, 15-, 20-, 25-year anniversaries or more in 2010.
For the Distinguished Dental Editor Award, all tripartite dental editors, including those from American Student Dental Association publications are eligible, and retired editors of no more than one year may also be nominated.
Nominators are asked to provide a statement of approximately 250 words describing the nominee's qualifications and to include examples of the editor's work. Publication content (including quality of writing, timeliness and interest of articles, editorials and commentaries), design, format and other features will be considered, as will specific instances of editor leadership as it reflects on a publication, the dental society, the dental profession and organized dentistry.
For the Dental Editor Service Award, the nominee's name, date of appointment or hire, dental society and title of the publication must be provided in a letter on society letterhead stationery signed by the society's president and/or executive director to attest to the validity of the required information. Editors may self-nominate; all nominators must provide name, mailing address and telephone number, and the name and address of the nominee.
Any tripartite leader, member, executive director, editorial staff member or fellow is welcome to make a nomination for either award. All entries must be received at the American Association of Dental Editors, 750 North Lincoln Memorial Drive, Suite 422, Milwaukee, Wis., 53202 by June 11.
Details about what materials are required for submission are available from the the AADE by phone at 1-414-272-2759 or online at www.dentaleditors.org.
