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James Informational Media, Inc. started in 1999,
Publishers of trade magazines
Better
Roads Magazine and
Aggregates Manager. Managing partners include Mike Porcaro, Jim Morrissey, Jim Moriarty and Kirk Landers.
 Mike
Porcaro - A co-founder of
James Informational Media Inc., Mike has worked in business-to-business
publishing for more than 20 years serving as Vice President and Publisher of
Construction Equipment, Construction Products and Building Design
& Construction, as Group Publisher of The Aberdeen Group magazines, now
Hanley-Wood, (Concrete Construction, The Concrete Producer,
Masonry Construction, and VP Publishing for Newport Communications (Heavy
Duty Trucking, RoadStar).
Prior to a career in
publishing, Mike was Worldwide
Advertising Manager for the Construction Equipment Group of
International Harvester.
Mike
serves on the Board of Directors of the Association of Equipment
Manufacturers (AEM), the American Road & Transportation Builders Association
(ARTBA) and The Road Information Program (TRIP). He is former Chairman of
PICA (Publications in Construction Association, a bureau of AEM), and a
member of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) Conexpo-CON/AGG
2005 Promotion Committee and Associate Members Council.
Mike holds a degree in journalism with a concentration in advertising
from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, and a Master of Science in
Marketing Communications from Roosevelt University.
 Jim Morrissey
has extensive publishing experience, including 10 years with Standard Rate and Data
Service (SRDS), as Midwest Advertising Director.
A
co-founder of James Informational Media Inc., Jim began his career
in publishing with the Reuben H. Donnelly Corporation, and most
recently served as Publisher of GAS Utility
Manager magazine.
Jim has a
degree in Communications from Ohio University in Athens, OH.
 Kirk Landers
Kirk joined JIMI in 2001 as principal
and Editorial Director after a 15-year stint as editor-in-chief of Construction Equipment magazine.
Within a
few months, Landers engineered a redesign of Better Roads, a
75-year old magazine serving governmental, contractor and consulting
engineering highway professionals. Kirk reshaped the magazine by increasing
emphasis on road construction and repair technology and expanding coverage
of equipment and materials used in road management and construction.
During
his tenure at Construction Equipment, the magazine pioneered many
industry firsts, including performance tests of heavy equipment, an
illustrated guide to maintenance, an annual awards program for new products,
and a census study of equipment and work in North America. Since 1988, the
magazine won more than 50 awards for editorial excellence—more than all of
the magazines in the field, combined.
Before
joining the construction industry, Landers edited special-interest consumer
magazines in the automotive field, as well as a backpacking magazine. His
consumer magazines featured testing programs, too—covering everything from
cars and trucks to motorhomes and camping gear. In the mid-1970’s, Kirk
worked as a staff writer for Time-Life Books’ Old West series.
Landers
is a graduate of Drake University (Des Moines, IA). He served in Vietnam in
1969-70 as a member of the U.S. Army earning a bronze star (service) and the
Army commendation medal.
 Jim Moriarty
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With
nearly 18 years in business-to-business publishing, Jim joined JIMI
in 2000 as Managing Partner. Prior to joining the company, he was
Regional Sales Manager for Hanley-Wood’s construction and masonry
magazines, and served as Associate Publisher of The Concrete
Producer magazine.
Jim began
his publishing career with Cahners as a magazine telemarketer and was
promoted to Midwest Regional Sales Manager of Construction Equipment
in 1989 building the largest sales territory on the magazine.
A
graduate of Loyola University Chicago, Jim holds a degree in History.
Contact James Informational Media, Inc. at :
2720 S. River Rd.
Des Plaines, IL 60018
Phone: (847) 391-9070 Fax: (847) 391-9058
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