WAG again judged best magazine in New York State

For the second consecutive year, WAG magazine, a luxury lifestyle publication of Westfair Communications Inc., the parent company of the Westchester County and Fairfield County Business Journals, has been judged Best Magazine by the New York Press Association.

The award was presented at a ceremony this month at the NYPA Spring Convention and Trade Show in Saratoga Springs. The contest included 2,836 entries submitted by 177 newspapers throughout the state competing in 64 categories. Entries were judged by members of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association.

“To be recognized for the second year in a row by our peers and judges nationwide as the ”˜Best Magazine in New York State”™ validates our concept and team effort,” said Dee DelBello, publisher and creative director of WAG magazine and Westfair Communications. “Each month we enjoy the challenges and creativity needed to produce a provocative and unique publication, and we thank the judges for their approval.”

WAG Editor-in-Chief Georgette Gouveia added:  “This award is the very emblem of teamwork. It”™s the result of creativity and hard work on the part of our writers, led by senior editor Bob Rozycki and senior writer Mary Shustack; our production staff, led by associate creative director Dan Viteri; and our sales staff, led by associate publisher Anne Jordan-Duffy. But most of all, WAG would not be WAG without the vision and leadership of Dee DelBello, who had the genius to make this local fixture a thematic publication when she bought the monthly in November of 2010. She”™s the engine that keeps us humming.”

Dating back four decades, WAG was relaunched by Westfair in February 2011. The print magazine, which also appears online in an expanded form at wagmag.com, regularly covers topics that include the arts, fashion, dining, travel and health and wellness.