IWorkforce-I Magazine Publishing Awards

Workforce is the leading information source chosen by the new breed of HR decision makers actively making their businesses better.

The editorial mission is to provide this new breed of HR decision makers with ideas, information and solutions that have a real impact on the organization.

These awards recognize the Workforce commitment to high standards of journalistic writing and reporting.

In addition, the public service awards demonstrate that publishing a magazine is not just a business – it’s a mission. The opportunity to make a difference to the HR community is the driving factor for the entire Workforce magazine staff.

Exceptional Merit. “Gangs: How They’re Working Your Turf Undetected,” Community Action Network Media Awards: 1996.

Exceptional Merit. “Employing Society’s Outcasts,” Community Action Network Media Awards: 1996.

Exceptional Merit. “Save Jobs: Strategies to Stop the Layoffs,” Community Action Network Media Awards: 1996.

Best Public Service Series or Article. “10 Ways HR Can Help Rebuild America,” Western Publications Association, Maggie Award: 1994

Best Public Service Series or Article. “Personnel Journal Clearinghouse on AIDS in the Workplace Issues,” Western Publications Association Maggie Award: 1988

Public Service Award. “Personnel Journal Clearinghouse on AIDS in the Workplace Issues,” Public Relations Society of America, Los Angeles Chapter: 1988

Best Public Service Series or Article. “AIDS: The Workplace Issues,” Western Publications Association Maggie Award: 1987

First Place, Best News Article: “Don’t Make Texaco’s $175 Million Mistake,” American Society of Business Press Editors: 1998.

First Place, Regular Department. “Legal Insight,” American Society of Business Press Editors: 1998.

Best Regular Department. “Legal Insight,” Western Publications Association Maggie Award: 1998

First Place, Case History: “Continental Airlines: A Flight Plan for Success,” American Society of Business Press Editors: 1998.

Second Place, Feature Series. “Baby Boomers Are Redefining Retirement,” American Society of Business Press Editors: 1998.

Third Place, Feature Article: “Genetic Testing,” American Society of Business Press Editors: 1998.

McAllister Editorial Fellowship presented to Allan Halcrow, publisher and editor-in-chief: 1997.

First Place, Best Issue, June 1996. Jesse H. Neal Editorial Achievement Award: 1997.

Best Article/Trade: “Privacy: Entitlement or Illusion?” Western Publications Association Maggie Award: 1997.

Second Place, Feature Series. “Save Jobs: Strategies to Stop the Layoffs,” American Society of Business Press Editors’ Regional Award: 1997.

First Place. “To The Readers: Domestic Violence is an HR Issue,” editorial by Allan Halcrow. American Society of Business Press Editors’ National Award: 1996.

Honorable Mention Best Feature. “Talking Frankly About Domestic Violence,” American Society of Business Press Editors’ National Award: 1996.

Second Place Single News Item. “Affirmative Action: What You Need to Know.” American Society of Business Press Editors’ National Award: 1996.

Editorial Achievement. American Society of Business Editors, Jesse H. Neal Award for the article “Warning: Your Best Ideas May Work Against You”: 1996

Media Award, Community Action Network. Three awards for the articles “Intel Educates a School District About Business,” “The Fire This Time,” and “Disadvantaged Teens Work Towards a Better Future”: 1995

Best Series of Articles/Trade. “10 Ways HR Can Help Rebuild America,” Western Publications Association Maggie Award: 1994

First Place, Feature Article. “How HR Drives TQM,” American Society of Business Press Editors: 1994

Third Place, Case History. “Training Prepares Workers for Drug Testing,” American Society of Business Press Editors: 1994

Best Business and Finance Magazine. Western Publications Association Maggie Award: 1992, 1993, 1994

Best News Story/Trade. Western Publications Association Maggie Award: 1993 Certificate of Merit, Analysis, New York Business Press Editors: 1993

Second Place, Magazine. “Tracing Workplace Problems to Hidden Disorders,” National Mental Health Association: 1993

First Place, Case History. Ben & Jerry’s, American Society of Business Press Editors, Chicago Chapter: 1993

Best Regularly Featured Department, Section or Column/Trade. Western Publications Association Maggie Award: 1990, 1993

Best Overall Magazine/Trade. Western Publications Association Maggie Award: 1987, 1989, 1992

Editorial Excellence, Regular Column or Department, First Place. American Society of Business Press Editors, National Awards: 1990

Editorial Excellence, First Place. American Society of Business Press Editors, Chicago Chapter: 1989, 1992

Editorial Excellence, Nontechnical Feature Second Place. American Society of Business Press Editors, Chicago Chapter: 1989

Best Managerial and Professional Magazine. Western Publications Association Maggie Award: 1986, 1987, 1989

Best Series of Articles/Trade. “65th Anniversary Issue,” Western Publications Association Maggie Award: 1988. The article in that series, “Should Business Alone Pay for Social Progress?” written by Editor Allen Halcrow was reprinted in The Best of Business magazine.

Best How-to Article/Trade. “Hiring the Handicapped,” Western Publications Association Maggie Award: 1988

Best Series of Articles/Trade. “AIDS: The Workplace Issues,” Western Publications Association Maggie Award: 1987

Editorial Excellence, Technical Feature Article, Second Place. “Employees Under the Influence – Outside the Law?” American Society of Business Press Editors, National Awards: 1987

Best Legal Reporting. “The Supreme Court’s New Era – What’s Ahead for Labor Law?” Orange County (CA) Press Club Award: 1987

Editorial Excellence, Honorable Mention. “Recruitment Ads at Work” American Society of Business Press Editors, Chicago Chapter: 1986

Best Feature Article/Trade. “The Successful and Supportive Subordinate,” Western Publications Association Maggie Award: 1985