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\nOXFORD, Miss. – Samir Husni, chair and Hederman Lecturer of <\/p>\n \nHusni and four other industry leaders received the special \nJim Clark, FMA president, said the board wanted to honor \n“We thought about some people in Florida, naturally, but \nHusni, who was keynote speaker for the conference, said he \n“I’ve been a speaker at FMA for years and to be honored \nHusni is “the country’s leading magazine expert” according \nHe is author of the annual Samir Husni’s Guide to New \nSince its inception in 1954, FMA has become the nation’s \nFMA established its Hall of Fame to recognize career-long \nOther inaugural FMA Hall of Fame inductees were Stephen \nFor more information on Samir Husni, visit
\njournalism at the University of Mississippi, has been
\ninducted into the Florida Magazine Association’s inaugural
\nHall of Fame.
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\nhonor Aug. 24 at Disney’s Grand Floridian Hotel during the
\nFMA Annual Publishing Conference and Exposition. More than
\n200 people attended the ceremony.
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\nthose who have made significant and lasting contributions
\nto Florida publishing.
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\nthen someone mentioned Samir. We discussed how he had
\nalways been willing to appear at our convention as a
\nspeaker and how much advice he had given to young
\npublishers in the organization who were just starting out.
\nMore importantly, he also largely created the idea of
\nmagazine education in American higher education,” said
\nClark, group publishing director for Morris Communications,
\npublisher of Orlando magazine.
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\nwas “truly surprised” by the award.
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\nwith its Hall of Fame award is surprising. This has been an
\nespecially humbling experience,” said Husni, who is known
\ninternationally as “Mr. Magazine.”
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\nto Forbes ASAP magazine, “the nation’s leading authority on
\nnew magazines” according to min:media industry newsletter,
\n“a world-renowned expert on print journalism” according to
\n“CBS News Sunday Morning” and “the planet’s leading expert
\non new magazines” according to The Chicago Tribune.
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\nMagazines, now in its 22nd year; Launch Your Own Magazine:
\nA Guide for Succeeding in Today’s Marketplace, published by
\nHamblett House, Inc.; and Selling Content: The Step-by-Step
\nArt of Packaging Your Own Magazine, published by Kendall
\nHunt.
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\nlargest state magazine association, composed of more than
\n200 publishing professionals, all based in the Sunshine
\nState.
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\nachievement and excellence within the publishing industry.
\nBesides being at the pinnacle of his or her career, the
\nrecipients also must have a record of giving back to the
\nmagazine industry as a whole, through either industry
\nassociations or other voluntary forms of service. FMA
\nexecutive board members select the recipients.
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\nStrang, founder of Strang Communications; Joanne Hodges,
\nvice president of Education Material for the Institute of
\nInternal Auditors; Linda Marks, owner and publisher of
\nSpecial Publications; and Terry Snow, CEO of Bonnier
\nCorporation\/World Publications.
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