Industry Pulse In Depth: Security Sales & Integration Wins Award for Editorial Excellence

May 31, 2005 SSI Staff

LOS ANGELES — Magazine publishers have honored a story in Security Sales & Integration magazine as the best interview or profile published in a trade magazine in 2004.

SSI won the Best Interview or Profile/Trade award at the Western Publishing Association’s (WPA) Maggie Awards on April 22 for Editor-in-Chief Scott Goldfine’s October 2004 interview with former New York City fire battalion Chief Richard Picciotto.

“Earning the respect of our readers and helping our advertisers is the ultimate satisfaction, but being recognized for editorial excellence is nearly as gratifying,” says Goldfine. “Winning a Maggie Award is just about the highest honor a publication can attain; I am humbled by it as I am humbled by being able to tell the story of a true American hero, former FDNY Chief Richard Picciotto.”

Much of the SSI staff was on hand during the 54th Annual Maggie Awards banquet and awards presentation at the Los Angeles Airport Radisson Hotel. More than 2,000 entries were received for the awards, which honor the best publications in the Midwest and Western U.S.

Goldfine and SSI were named a finalist twice in the category. Goldfine’s September 2004 interview with ADT President Mike Snyder was also a finalist in the Best Interview or Profile/Trade category.

In addition, for the second-straight year, Security Sales & Integration was named a finalist for Best Non-Paid Publication/Trade (under 50,000 circulation). It was the third consecutive year that SSI was named as a finalist for the Maggie Awards and the first time the magazine has won a Maggie in its 26-year history.

“This was the third consecutive year we were a finalist, which is quite an accomplishment in and of itself, but there is nothing like winning!” says SSI Publisher Michael Zawinski. “This recognition from the publishing community signifies the hard work and dedication to excellence Security Sales & Integration strives for in everything we do.

“It’s an honor to be among the best the publishing world has to offer, considering the sheer number of trade magazines out there. When you consider that we were chosen from more than 2,000 entries, we must be doing something right! We intend to continue doing all we can to benefit our devoted readers and advertisers.”

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