The Foreign Service Journal, March 2013

62 MARCH 2013 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL 2012 AFSA ANNUAL REPORT AFSA NEWS Foreign Service Journal: A Good Thing Gets Better BY STEVEN ALAN HONLEY, FSJ EDITOR Foreign Service Journal and Foreign Service Books staff: (Top, clockwise) FSJ Editor Steven Alan Honley, Associate Editor and FS Books Publisher Shawn Dorman, Advertising and Circulation Manager Ed Miltenberger and Senior Editor Susan Maitra. (Not pictured: Art Director Caryn Suko Smith.) The Foreign Service Journal ‘s redesign, its first in 18 years and the culmination of a yearlong process, was unquestionably the highlight of the past year for AFSA’s flagship publication. More than 200 guests attended the Oct. 11 launch party that unveiled the transformed magazine in the Benjamin Franklin Diplomatic Reception Room at the Depart- ment of State. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns was one of several distinguished speakers to praise the Journal ’s lively new design and thank AFSA for its advocacy on behalf of the Foreign Service and its members. The magazine’s content continued to reflect the motto for the launch party, “A Good Thing Gets Better.” Fittingly, the October issue spotlighted “The New Foreign Service Genera- tion,” while the November edition of “In Their Own Write,” our annual compilation of books by Foreign Service-affiliated authors, included more than 90 titles, the most ever. Other 2012 highlights included April’s extensive coverage of family-member employment and related issues, and the September focus on China, which featured an interview with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. We also expanded the reach of the Journal Facebook page and by year’s end had almost 1,200 likes for the page and more than 73,000 impressions. And last but definitely not least, the new FSJ app for the iPad went live in January 2013. n Left to right: Civil Service Association President Tommye Grant and Director General of the Foreign Service Linda Thomas- Greenfield celebrate the relaunch of The Foreign Service Journal, along with others. PHOTOSBYPATRICKBRADLEY DONNAAYERST

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