For Immediate Release:

Randall trucking magazines honored
in annual Jesse H. Neal Awards

Tuscaloosa, Ala. (March 15, 2001) – Two Randall Publishing Co. trucking magazines, Overdrive and Trucking Co., were honored as finalists for Jesse H. Neal Awards, the most prestigious awards in trade journalism. The ceremony was held yesterday in New York at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

Overdrive’s group of stories from the January 2000 issue, “Beyond 2000,” and Trucking Co.’s “Consequences of the Hours Rewrite,” a series on the proposed hours-of-service revision, were recognized as finalists in the Best Subject-Related Series of Articles division. Only 6 percent of contest entries are named finalists.

“These honors confirm that our trucking publications continue to lead the industry by providing readers the in-depth, accurate information they need to run their businesses better,” says Linda Longton, Randall’s vice president of editorial.

In addition to this year’s Neal Award nominations, Overdrive won seven American Society of Business Publication Editors awards last year and received Folio: magazine’s Editorial Excellence Award.

“We are extremely privileged the American Business Media recognized Trucking Co.’s editorial merit after only two years in the market,” says Avery Vise, editor of Trucking Co. and author of its nominated piece.

The Jesse Neal Awards, created by ABM in 1955, recognizes and rewards editorial excellence in independent business publications. Randall’s Trucking Media Group, a complete media outlet dedicated to providing pertinent information to the trucking industry, publishes Overdrive and Trucking Co.

About Randall-Reilly Publishing
Founded in 1934, Randall-Reilly Publishing is the premier business-to-business media company focused on the trucking and construction industries. Its properties include Equipment World, Overdrive, Truckers News, CCJ and Modern Woodworking magazines..

Randall-Reilly also owns and operates several online media entities, including www.eTrucker.com, www.equipmentworld.com and www.modernwoodworking.com. Also under the Randall-Reilly corporate umbrella are the Great American Trucking Show, radio programs, a billboard company, a company-sponsored publication division serving Fortune 500 companies, and a UCC-filing database and research group.

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