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GSN's Editorial Guidelines for 2012
How to contribute editorially to Government Security News
As illustrated in our 2012 Editorial Calendar, Government Security News covers all aspects of security for government customers. We circulate a printed monthly newsmagazine to 43,000 subscribers, including government officials, industry executives, systems integrators, consultants and academics.
In addition, we publish a daily electronic e-newsletter, GSN's Daily Homeland Security Insider, which reaches more than 50,000 subscribers. And we continuously update our Web site at http://www.gsnmagazine.com
We are always interested in thought-provoking contributions to our monthly print edition, our daily e-newsletter and our Website from well-informed writers in government, industry, academia and the non-profit arena.
Here are our general guidelines for such contributions:
( 1 ) For our print edition, submissions should run between 800 and 1,000 words, not longer. For our daily e-newsletter and Website, they should run between 400 and 600 words, not longer.
( 2 ) They should be written in clean, crisp language, free of jargon, acronyms and industry buzz words that many of our readers may not understand.
( 3 ) The article should express definite and original opinions, which are well-reasoned and logically presented. It should not regurgitate well-known clichés.
( 4 ) The author should not engage in self-promotion of any kind.
( 5 ) We are most interested in new trends, intriguing ideas, controversial recommendations and upcoming security-related challenges that the author can identify, explain and comment upon.
( 6 ) The editors of Government Security News reserve the right to determine whether a submission is published or not, to edit all submissions for style and clarity, and to determine whether to publish selected material in our print edition, in our e-newsletter, on our Website, or any combination thereof. We do not include copyright or trademark symbols, even if they appear in the author's text.
( 7 ) Each guest column will be accompanied by a color photograph of the head-and-shoulders of the author. Authors should e-mail a clear and sharp digital image in .jpg or .gif format (ideally 300 dots per inch), along with their editorial contribution.
( 8 ) We also run a 10-word credit that includes author’s name, title, organization and current email address. Please include your draft credit along with your text.
( 9 ) To discuss reprints of any article published by GSN, please contact Wright Media at www.wrightmedia.com or telephone 281-419-5725. Qualified professionals directly involved in the homeland security field can subscribe to our monthly print edition and our daily e-newsletter, all free of charge, by completing the forms available on the Home Page of our Website at www.gsnmagazine.com.
( 10 ) We strive to produce insightful, stimulating, well-written print and digital publications. Unfortunately, we cannot offer any cash compensation for your submissions, but we truly appreciate your interest in our publications.
( 11 ) Typically, our deadline for the monthly print edition is 45 days before the first day on the month of publication (e.g., May 15th for our July issue.) We have no pre-determined deadlines for our e-newsletter submissions unless we establish a specific deadline in our correspondence with you. Generally speaking, the sooner you contribute a fascinating article, the sooner we can publish it!
For our e-newsletter, GSN's Daily Homeland Security Insider
We welcome bylined articles of approximately 400-600 words.
All text and photo submissions for the e-newsletter should be e-mailed to:
Jacob Goodwin
Editor-in-Chief
For our monthly print newsmagazine, Government Security News
We will particularly welcome bylined articles of approximately 800 - 1,000 words related to the following topics, or Case Studies related to the following areas, as listed in the editorial calendar in our 2012 Media Kit:
2012
January 2012 issue
CBRNE / Detection
Airport / Aviation Security
February 2012 issue:
Access Control
Border Security
GSN Guide to Military, Law Enforcement and Public Safety Communications
March 2012 issue:
Perimeter Protection
Maritime / Port Security
GSN Guide to IT Security
April 2012 issue:
Communications
Critical Infrastructure Protection
Advertorial: Military Profiles
May 2012 issue:
IT Security
State / Local Law Enforcement
GSN Guide to Homeland Security Education / Training
June 2012 issue:
Video Surveillance
Military / Force Protection
Advertorial: Case Studies
July 2012 issue:
CBRNE / Detection
Border Security
GSN Guide to Perimeter Protection
August 2012 issue:
Access Control
Maritime / Port Security
Advertorial: Public Security Profiles
September 2012 issue:
Perimeter Protection
Critical Infrastructure Protection
GSN Guide to Video Surveillance
October 2012 issue:
Communications
State / Local Law Enforcement
Advertorial: "How-To" Profiles
November 2012 issue:
IT Security
Airport / Aviation Security
GSN Guide to Disaster Response
December 2012 issue:
Video Surveillance
Border Security
GSN's 2013 Source Guide
If you have comments or questions related to the monthly PRINT edition of Government Security News, or the editorial topics listed above, kindly direct them to:
Jacob Goodwin
Editor-in-Chief
jgoodwin@gsnmagazine.com
(212) 344-0759, ext. 2003
If you have any news, press releases, invitations or events specifically related to the Washington, DC area, kindly direct them to our Washington Correspondent:
Mark Rockwell
Washington Correspondent
(571) 214-8717
Thank you for your interest in our publications!
