EDITORIAL OPPORTUNITIES
FEATURE ARTICLES
Staff-written features: In-depth technical articles, written by EDN's
engineer-editors and experienced technical journalists, listed on the
editorial calendar, cover critical technologies and design trends, with a
focus on providing valuable ideas and tips engineers can use to perfect their
designs. EDN's editors augment their no-nonsense, hype-free insights with
expert voices from the engineering community. Informative schematics, tables,
comparison charts, and photos round out the package.
To contribute, please contact the authors listed on the
editorial calendar. We publish the calendar with general topics at the
beginning of the year. As the editors narrow down on specific article concepts,
we immediately posts the details, complete with author contact
information.
Contributed features: EDN
is always looking for "how-to" technical articles on specific topics from
experts in the industry. Contributed articles appear in print whenever possible, and we
publish many more online.
For everything you need to know about contributing a technical article,
please see Writing technical
feature articles.
DESIGN IDEAS
In Design Ideas,
EDN's most popular section, engineers share their own innovations and
problem-solving circuit designs. EDN pays $150 for published entries.
For details on submitting a Design Idea, read about
Contributing Design Ideas.
NEWS
EDN publishes a constant stream of both business and technology news. All
news appears online first, and then may be selected to appear in the print
edition's "Pulse" section.
To make your news heard,
meet our editors and learn about their news/technology beats, then
approach them with appropriate announcements and news possibilities.
NEW PRODUCTS
EDN publishes a constant stream of brief product announcements
covering ICs, microprocessors, embedded systems, EDA tools, test-and-measurement
products, computers and peripherals, components, power sources, and more.
Online, these writeups appear in the
EDN Product fEEd. Meanwhile, each print issue, contains a subset of these
products, as well as Showcase sections that highlight a particular type of
product (see the editorial
calendar for details). If you're targeting one of the print sections, we
suggest a leadtime of eight weeks.
To contribute, meet our editors
and learn about their technology beats, then approach them with appropriate
announcements and news possibilities.
VOICES
EDN highlights and interviews an engineer or
executive who has made significant technical contributions. Guided by an
editor's questions, each interview subject discloses anecdotes and
insights and describes his or her unique accomplishments. Voices appears
online and in alternating print issues.
We
welcome suggestions about interesting interview subjects. Contact:
edn.editor@reedbusiness.com
TALES FROM THE CUBE
In Tales From The Cube, engineers
describe their most trying design challenges and how they overcame them. A
one-page narrative, Tales recounts problems EDN readers solved despite
incredible difficulty. The section appears online and on the back page of every
print issue.
EDN
welcomes tales of woe and triumph. Contact:
edn.editor@reedbusiness.com
PRYING EYES
In Prying Eyes,
we peer inside an end-user consumer gadget, a reference design, or any
other interesting electronics-enabled thing we can get a good look at.
Unlike your average bill-of-materials teardown, Prying Eyes aims to
illuminate the tough design decisions the engineers responsible for the
design had to make. In addition, it reveals the key enabling
technologies that are driving high-volume products in the consumer,
communications, and computer markets. Prying Eyes appears online and in
alternating print issues.
EDN
welcomes suggestions about products that are worth deconstructing. Contact:
edn.editor@reedbusiness.com
COLUMNISTS
In addition to columns by its own editors, EDN also features the
following
regular columns from highly respected engineering authorities. The columns
run on a rotating basis.
GUEST OPINIONS
We accept standalone columns from industry experts, for publication online
and (rarely) in print. If you have an idea for a column, please contact edn.editor@reedbusiness.com
DIRECTORIES
Our comprehensive
Microprocessor Directory and
Digital Signal Processing Directory appear in print once per year,
but their true home is online, where they serve as ever-present, go-to
resources for engineers seeking the best approach for their current or
next design project.
Contact: Robert Cravotta.
Technical Editor
VIDEO
EDN Tech
Clips features several video channels that welcome contributions. From
full-fledged Video Design Ideas to simple whiteboard-talk tutorials, we're always looking for non-marketing
clips that provide useful information to engineers.
If you'd like to work with us to create an exclusive video clip on a
relevant topic, please contact
edn.editor@reedbusiness.com, EDN.com
editor-in-chief.
If you have ready-made, non-exclusive clips
that you would like to
distribute on EDN.com, you may use our
video-upload
mechanism.
BLOG
If your company/client has an engineer or executive
who has vast knowledge, strong opinions, time, and a willingness to
commit to serving the industry rather than just his or her own company,
EDN will consider giving that person a blog on EDN.com. The potential
blogger has to be willing to post at least three to five short items a
week that would be interesting to the EDN.com audience. The posts cannot
in any way be advertisements for the person's company. For an idea what
we're talking about, see "Leibson's
Law." Although the author, Steve Leibson, works for Tensilica, he
turns out a stream of thought-provoking posts that provide valuable
information on a wide array of engineering-related topics.
If you think you have someone who has what it takes, contact
edn.editor@reedbusiness.com.
POST YOUR OWN PRESS RELEASES, EVENTS, AND REFERENCE
DESIGNS
Use EDN.com's self-service pages to publicize your
press releases; upcoming trade show, conference, or seminar; and new
reference designs. Fill out a simple form to submit your information.
Your post will be vetted by an editor, then, assuming it is appropriate,
added the site. We then sprinkle links to your event, press release, or
reference design throughout the site.
Note: Posting your press releases does not necessarily
mean our editors will see them. Please see "To whom should I send my
press releases" in the Frequently Asked Questions list above.
INNOVATION AWARDS
EDN's annual Innovation Awards honor
outstanding engineers and product innovations.
Details: www.edn.com/innovation
HOT 100 PRODUCTS
Every December, our editors look back on products
they’ve covered over the previous year, both in the print pages of
EDN and on this Web site to select the
EDN Hot 100. Though 100 products will receive our
kudos, this special feature is not a new editorial opportunity;
there is no nomination process. If one of our editors reported on your
product over the past 12 months, and if he or she thought your product
was one of the best and brightest of the year, it has a good chance of
making the cut. If not, keep innovating, and there’s always next year!
Contact: Follow the guidance under "News and New Products"
(above)
RESEARCH UPDATES
Research in university and corporate labs sets the
pace for future developments and true innovation. Research Updates,
appearing online and in alternating print issues, assesses recent
developments that affect, impress, or simply inspire designers.
We welcome suggestions about significant lab developments.
Contact:
edn.editor@reedbusiness.com
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