IMPA has announced that its Ken W. Purdy Award for excellence in automotive journalism is being expanded to three categories — writing, photography and video/audio — with a deadline for entries of March 15, 2024 covering works produced for the 2022 and 2023 calendar years. Judges will announce a date for accepting entries later this …
Veteran auto writer Jim Donnelly has been named this year’s winner of the International Motor Press Association’s (IMPA) Ken W. Purdy Award for Excellence in Automotive Journalism for “Preston’s Prodigy,” his engaging, in-depth story on Tucker #1044 in the first issue of Crankshaft magazine. The award was announced May 16 at the organization’s annual “Spring …
Links to the video and audio recordings of the May 5, 2021 Cadillac Zoom presentation to IMPA are below. Featured were Rory Harvey, Vice President, Global Cadillac, and Jamie Brewer, Chief Engineer, Cadillac LYRIQ, who provided an overview the brand as well as a look at its move into electrification and its first electric vehicle, …
Leo Levine died Saturday, April 3rd, at the age of 90 following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Best known for his 20 years running the U.S. Mercedes-Benz PR department in the 60s, 70s and 80s, he was a newspaperman at heart, having been a reporter in Europe for Stars & Stripes as well as …
Below are links to the video and audio recordings of the February 9th IMPA Zoom meeting on the new 2021 Kia Sorento. The meeting featured Mark Savino, product strategy manager, and James Bell, director, corporate communications, who both presented a detailed overview on the new SUV as well as answered questions about it and the …
The 2021 IMPA officers and Board of Directors, as determined by a vote of the membership, is: OFFICERS: President – Slaton White, Slaton.white51@gmail.com First VP – Evelyn Kanter, evelyn@evelynkanter.com Second VP – Bill Howard*, bill@billhoward.com Secretary – Robert Calem*, rcalem@verizon.net Treasurer – Mike Geylin, mgeylin@kgpr.com President Emeritus – Fred Chieco, fred.chieco@abc.com BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Robert …
Below are links to the video and audio recordings of the January 27th presentations on electric vehicles from three different corporate perspectives. Discussing their organization’s EV situation were Tom Namovich, GMC HUMMER EV Product Marketing Manager; Jeff Holland, Director of Public Relations for Karma, and James Barclay, Director of the Jaguar Formula E Team. Here …
Here is the video link to the December 15, 2020 Pirelli presentation via Zoom to IMPA. Primary presenters were Maureen Kline, Vice President of Public Affairs & Sustainability for North America, and Ian Coke, Chief Technology Officer. Video: https://tinyurl.com/ybbd3vxj Audio: https://tinyurl.com/yal8rt3m
IMPA will begin virtual meetings September 22nd in lieu of the traditional in-person events held in New York City. As has become the norm throughout the country, the organization’s normal activities have been affected by the Coronavirus. In addition to the curtailment of gatherings in New York, IMPA’s Board of Directors canceled the 2020 Spring …