Lee Ann Tegtmeier of AVIATION WEEK Receives Aerospace Journalist of the Year Award at the Paris Air Show
PARIS, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lee Ann Tegtmeier, recently named editor-in-chief of AVIATION WEEK's Overhaul & Maintenance (O&M), was honored this week at the 2009 Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards (AJOYA) Dinner & Presentation Ceremony, held at Le Meridien Etoile in Paris. The prizes are known as the world's most important awards for aviation writers and broadcasters.
Lee Ann Tegtmeier received the award for Best Propulsion Submission for O&M cover article "Cost vs. Performance"(Dec. 2008). As editor-in-chief of O&M, she has covered aviation maintenance for many years and has been an aviation journalist since 1991. In 2002, Lee Ann also won the Royal Aeronautical Society's AJOYA award in the maintenance category, and she has been a finalist in other years. She successfully launched the MRO blog on AviationWeek.com in 2006, and serves on AVIATION WEEK's MRO Conference editorial boards, which plan and produce events in the U.S., Europe, Asia and the Middle East that attract more than 10,000 attendees each year.
"Lee Ann Tegtmeier's contributions to our maintenance, repair and overhaul coverage consistently exhibit exceptional journalism and professionalism," said Anthony Velocci, Jr., editorial director of AVIATION WEEK. "On behalf of AVIATION WEEK, I congratulate her on this well-deserved recognition of her fine reporting and dedication."
For more information and to view Lee Ann Tegtmeier's articles, visit http://aviationweek.com. Coverage of the Paris Air Show is available at http://aviationweek.com/paris. Paris attendees can visit AVIATION WEEK in Hall 3-Booth A15 or the Show News Office in Chalet D227.
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