Baseline was a 2005 finalist for a National Magazine Award (The Ellies). The awards, considered to be the most prestigious in the magazine industry, honor magazines that consistently demonstrate superior performance in carrying out stated editorial objectives, innovative editorial techniques, noteworthy journalistic enterprise and imagination and vigor in layout and design. Baseline was nominated for a General Excellence Award for magazines with a Circulation of 100,000 to 250,000.

The Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards have been called “the Pulitzer Prize of the business press.” Established in 1955, the Neal Awards recognize and reward editorial excellence in business-to-business publications. Baseline magazine has won six awards in five years:

2006 Best Department: Hands On
2005 GRAND NEAL AWARD WINNER
2005 Best Single Article: March 2004 cover story, “We Did Nothing Wrong”
2005 Best Department: “Community”
2006 Finalist – Best Issue of a Magazine, April 2005 and August 2005 issues
2005 Finalist – Best Staff-Written Editorials or Opinion Columns: “Starting Point”


American Society of Business Publication Editors
2006 National: Best Feature Article (gold)
2006 National: Best Individual or Company Profile (gold)
2006 National: Best Columnist (gold)
2006 National: Best Original Research (silver)
2006 National: Best Cover Graphic (silver)
2006 National: Best Editor’s Letter (silver)
2006 National: Best Supplement (bronze)
2006 Regional: Best Individual or Company Profile (gold)
2006 Regional: Best Columnist (gold)
2006 Regional: Best Supplement (silver)
2005 National: Best Editorial (gold)
2005 National: Case History (silver)
2005 National: Best News Section (silver)
2005 National: Case History (bronze)
2005 Regional: Best Column (silver)

Note: ASBPE’s Awards of Excellence recognize print editorial and graphics as well as publication-associated web sites. The Awards of Excellence program is one of the most competitive there is for business publications.

Media Power 50 in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and now in 2006!
Baseline named Media Power 50 by BtoB magazine editors after industry poll. Media strategists love the brand’s focus and cite Baseline as a “model” for other publications. Baseline has been named a Media Power 50 EVERY year since its inception!