ITN Named a Finalist in the 66th Annual Jesse H. Neal Awards

Recognized as the “Pulitzer Prize of the business press,” the Jesse H. Neal Award finalists are selected for exhibiting journalistic enterprise, service to the industry and editorial craftsmanship

February 19, 2020 — Connectiv, a division of The Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA), has announced the finalists for the 66th Annual Jesse H. Neal Awards, which include two Wainscot Media brands—Imaging Technology News and Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology. In January, Park Ridge, N.J.-based publisher Wainscot Media acquired ITN and its sister publication DAIC from Scranton Gillette Communications.

The Jesse H. Neal Awards are the most prestigious editorial honors in the field of specialized journalism. Named after Jesse H. Neal, the first managing director of Connectiv, the Neal Awards were established in 1955 to recognize and reward editorial excellence in business media. Award-winning content reports on major industry issues of the time. Neal winners have exposed corruption and conflicts of interest and brought attention to major new trends, brilliant leadership, innovative tactics, and key developments in global businesses.

Recognized as the “Pulitzer Prize of the business press,” the Jesse H. Neal Award finalists are selected for exhibiting journalistic enterprise, service to the industry and editorial craftsmanship.

The entries selected as finalists include:

Category: Best Technical Content
Publication: Imaging Technology News (ITN)
Entry Title: Advancements in Breast Imaging, which includes: Save the Biopsy Suite, Tomosynthesis Year in Review, Breast Tomosynthesis Systems Comparison Chart and Importance of Visual Checks Before Mammograms.

Category: Best Industry Coverage
Publication: Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)
Entry Title: DAIC Takes a Deep Dive in the Cardiac Market, which includes: Recent Advances in Interventional Guidewire Technology, Guidewires Comparison Chart, New Directions and Trends in Coronary Metallic Stents and Coronary Stents Comparison Chart.

Classification: Brand revenue of less than $3,000,000
Category: Best Range Of Work By A Single Author, which includes the following articles by Dave Fornell: 6 Key Health Information Technology Trends at HIMSS 2019, Image Gallery From the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography 2019 Meeting, How the Agatston Calcium Score Was Created and its Impact on Heart Attack Prevention and VIDEO: Editor's Choice of the Most Innovative New Imaging Technologies at RSNA 2018.
Publication: Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)

ITN has been honored with this prestigious award several times in the past:

2019: WINNER Best Technical Content "The Debate Over Gadolinium MRI Contrast Toxicity"

2018: FINALIST Best Range of Work By a Single Author The range of work featured articles on trends in radiology technology, blogs, social media posts, and editorial videos filmed by ITN Editor Dave Fornell

2017: FINALIST Best Commentary/Blog Greg Freiherr, “How Radiology Can Put the Patient First”

2016: FINALIST Best Commentary/Blog Greg Freiherr, “Deals Proliferate in the Dangerous World of CT”

2013: FINALIST Best Single Issue of a Tabloid/Newspaper April 2012 issue

The winners will be announced by Connectiv at an awards luncheon held on March 27 in New York City. For more information: www.siia.net/neals

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