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@ubm.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@ubm.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@ubm.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.
- Signal
Integrity, by Howard Johnson, PhD
- Baker's
Best, by Bonnie Baker
- Inside Nanotechnology, by
Pallab Chatterjee
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@ubm.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: edn.editor@ubm.com
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@ubm.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@ubm.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@ubm.com
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FAQ
To whom should I send press releases?
Please get acquainted with our editors and spend some time learning about their areas
of
coverage, then send your release to the appropriate editor.
Getting your release into the hands of the correct editor covers
all the
bases: It ensures that your information will be considered for
the
EDN Product Feed,
longer-form coverage in our News, Business, and Design Centers,
and the
print edition of EDN.
We know you'd like a shortcut, but there's no easy way to do
this;
to get results, you need to familiarize yourself with what our
editors
write about. Understand their needs first, and you're that much
closer
to getting coverage. Anyway, that's why they pay you the big
bucks,
right?
Finally, you can use our
Press
Release submission form to post your release on EDN.com's
press releases
section
(subject to vetting). This does not necessarily ensure that our
editors
will see your release, but it doesn't hurt.
Should I send my release to all of the editors?
Not advisable. Our editors cover beats, so in all likelihood
only
one would even consider your release. Plus, we get grumpy when
we
discover that more than one of us has been spending time on the
same
thing. You wouldn't like us when we're grumpy.
Did you receive my release? Will you use it? When will it
run? Can I
get a copy of the magazine when it runs?
We probably received it, but it is difficult to track the
many we
receive; we don't log them all in as they arrive. We may use it;
it
depends on many factors. Generally, we are unable to say when it
will
run. We are unable to send you a copy of any coverage, but all
of our
content is available free on this Web site, and there's always
our
reprints service.
Will you sign a nondisclosure agreement?
Our legal department prohibits us from signing such agreements,
but we
can and do honor embargoes. In fact, the earlier in advance that
you can
get information to us, the better. Note: A couple of hours does
not
count as "early." If you think you've got killer information
that deserves
to lead the news section in the print edition, we'll need it
several
weeks in advance. Even for online coverage, we like advance
information
and the ability to give it the time it deserves before
publication.
We'd like to meet with the editor in chief, executive editor,
and
three technical editors. Can we get a group of your editors
together to meet
with us?
Generally, it's unnecessary to meet with more than one
editor or
staff member.
I have a question that's not answered here.
Did you read this entire page? If so and you still don't have an
answer,
please feel free to contact us.
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