About Us
| American Printer's mission is to be the most reliable and authoritative source of information on integrating tomorrow’s technology with today’s management challenges. Its editorial provides pertinent coverage of product introductions and industry trends, and real-life strategies for boosting productivity and profitability. Every issue features industry news, new products and informative articles on management, prepress, press and postpress issues. In addition to Katherine O’Brien’s editorial, its expert columnists include Dick Gorelick, Dick Vinocur and Steve Johnson. |
Katherine O'Brien is the editor of American Printer. She has been writing and editing for almost 20 years. Prior to joining the magazine in 1997, she was the managing editor of Surface Mount Technology and Advance Packaging, trade magazines serving the electronic manufacturing industry. She also worked in the corporate communications department of Aon Consulting; a Chicago-based human resources and employee benefit consulting firm.
She has written a wide variety of prepress, press and postpress and management articles for the magazine. She is the winner of a 2000 Midwest Region award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) in the Signed Editorial category. Katherine is the 2006 recipient of the Tom McMillan Editorial Excellence Award.
Katherine is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she majored in English.
She can be reached at (312) 840-8401 or
kobrien@americanprinter.com.
Denise Kapel is American Printer's managing editor. She has worked as a writer and editor for more than 15 years. Before joining AP, Denise was the editor of Instant & Small Commercial Printer and the senior editor of High Volume Printing and In-Plant Printer magazines. Her previous editorial work served primarily OEMs, covering instrumentation and control, electrical systems, fluid handling and facilities management.
Born and raised in the print industry, Denise worked in her father's small offset shop from her youth. She is a graduate of Illinois State University, where she majored in English and worked as a teaching assistant and writing tutor. She received a 1998 Reed Elsevier Editorial Excellence award for an electronics industry feature.
She can be reached at (312) 840-8480 or dkapel@americanprinter.com.
Senior Art Director Michael P. Koch, a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, is also the senior art director for American Printer's sister publication PFFC (Paper, Film & Foil Converter) and former art director of Penton's Concrete Products. In addition, Michael has received substantial recognition for his graphic design and layout talents, including an American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) Award in 2003 for his design of PFFC's 75th Anniversary Timeline article (which appeared in September 2002); an APEX award for Publication Excellence; and an Ozzie Honorable Mention for Best Cover Design.
He can be reached at (312) 840-8465 or
michael.koch@penton.com
