Planning Publications Directory

These listings are a resource for journalists and others seeking information about planning. They are designed to provide quick access to planning-related publications and to help promote the free flow of information between editors, publishers, and writers. Currently, this list contains contact information for 98 planning publications.

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The following listings include American Planning Association publication editors, editors of APA Chapter and Division newsletters, and other planning-related print and online publications.

Updated March 11, 2008

APA Publications Publication Name Editor(s) Names Total Mailed
Journal of the American Planning Association David Sawicki
PAS Memo Ann Dillemuth
Planning & Environmental Law Lora Lucero
Planning magazine Sylvia Lewis
Ruth Knack
Meghan Stromberg
Practicing Planner Jerry Weitz
The Commissioner Carolyn Torma
Zoning Practice Jim Schwab

APA State Chapters/Sections Publication Name Editor(s) Names Total Mailed
Alabama Alabama Planner Christie Pannell 300
Alaska Alaska Chapter John Duffy 115
Arizona Arizona Planning Ken Hall 1,200
Arkansas Arkansas Planner Dana Carney
California Cal Planner Karen Roberts
California (Central Coast section) Costal Connection Dev Vrat
California (Los Angeles section) The Dispatch Anne Doehne
California (Northern section) Northern News Christy Warmerdam
California (Orange section) Orange County Planner Elizabeth Cobb
California (Sacramento Valley section) SacValley Planner Lisa Harmon
Bruce Kemp

400
California (San Diego section) Planning Journal Michael Taylor 500
California (Inland Empire section) The Memo Diane Jenkins 550
Colorado Planning Matters Leah Dawson 1,002
Connecticut Connecticut Planning Marcia Banach 400
Delaware jmabele@co.new-castle.de.us
Georgia Georgia Planner Lucy Jenkins 590
Florida Florida Planning Mary Wiser
Florida (Gold Coast section) Gold Coast Planner Richard Lorber
Hawaii Hawaii Planning Tom Schnell
Illinois Illinois Planning News Liby Tyler
Natalie Downs
1200
Indiana Scanning Planning Deborah Luzier 700
Iowa Iowa Planning Eric Jensen 600
Kansas Planning Donna Martin 500
Kentucky Kentucky Planner Robert Jonas
Louisiana Louisiana Planning Karen Parsons
Maine Maine Newsletter Mary Coolidge
Maryland Maryland Planner Michael Bayer 500
Massachusetts New England Planning Sabine Dietrich
Jennifer Goldson
1,300
Michigan Planning Michigan Andrea Brown 5,300
Minnesota Planning Minnesota Jill Mazullo 1,000
Mississippi Mississippi Planner Mary Merck
Missouri Missouri Planner Todd Antoine 600
Missouri (St Louis section) The Planning Zone Tracy Boaz
National Capitol Capitol News Nkosi Yearwood
Nevada Nevada Notes Jenny Brekhus
Northern New England (ME, NH, VT) The Yankee Planner Kim Pawlawski
New Jersey http://www.njapa.org/ Jennifer Stuart Lane
New Mexico New Mexico Newsletter Stephanie Shumsky
New York (Metro) Metro Planner editor@nyplanning.org
New York (Upstate) Upstate Planner
Jon Lynn
Kimberley Thayer
North Carolina North Carolina Planning Newsletter Garry Cooper 1,500
Ohio Ohio Planners' News Tammy Horch 1,100
Oklahoma Oklahoma Planner Richard Rolinson
Oregon Oregon Planners' Journal Rebecca Steckler 1,190
Pennsylvania The Vantage Point Molly Wirick 3,300
Rhode Island New England Planning Sabine Dietrich
Jennifer Goldson
South Carolina Palmetto Planner Terry Farris 350
Tennessee Tennessee Planning Letter Teresa Shupp 600
Texas Texas Planning Review Bret Keast 1,600
Utah Utah Planner Jon Allred
Virginia VAPA News Hannah Twaddell
W. Keith Cannady
Washington Planning Northwest Dulce Setterfield 1,200
West Virginia West Virginia Planner Peter Marshall
Western Central (ID, MT, SD, ND,WY) WCC Newsletter Jody Sanford 300
Wisconsin WAPA News Nancy Frank 700
Washington, D.C. Capitol News Judy Daniel 700

APA Divisions: Publication Name Editor(s) Names Total Mailed
City Planning and Management STRATEGIES Dana Burghdoff
Economic Development News & Views Michael Delk 1,200
Environment, Natural Resources and Energy
Federal Planning
Gays and Lesbians in Planning The Gayzette Alex Dambach
Housing and Community Development Quarterly Tony Palermo
Indigenous Planning Division

Indigenous Planning Newsletter

Information Technology InfoTEXT Ric Stephens 600
Intergovernmental Affairs
International INTERPLAN Cade Hobbick
New Urbanism New Urbanism in Practice Suzanne Sutro Rhees
Planning and Law Planning and Law Division Newsletter
Planning and the Black Community Planning and the Black Community Division Newsletter Otis T. Spriggs, AICP
Calvin Whitaker
Planning and Women PW Quarterly Newsletter Angela Jacobs
Karen Khan
Private Practice Private Planning Perspectives Ric Stephens 400
Resort and Tourism Mountains and Shores Ric Stephens 400
Small Towns and Rural Planning
Transportation Planning Transportation Planning Ruth Fitzgerald
Urban Design and Preservation Urban Design & Preservation Newsletter Linda Weber

Other Print Publications: Publication Name Editor(s) Names Total Mailed
ALSA Landscape Architecture
California The Planning Report David Abel
Center for Community Economic Development Community Economic Newsletter Alice Justice
Center for Environmental Design Research
Places Donlyn Lyndon
Center for Urban Policy Research CUPReport Arlene Pashman
Citistates Citistates Neal Peirce
Congress for New Urbanism New Urban News Robert Steuteville
Institute on Poverty and Race Abstracts Lynn Nelson
Land Use Report Laurence Segal
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Land Lines Ann LeRoyer 10,000
MIT Projections Kate Fichter
Planning Commissioner's Journal Planning Commissioner's Journal Wayne Senville
Saskatchewan and Manitoba SCENARIO Dwight Mercer 800
Toronto Canada Novae Res Urbis Ian Connerty 400
Trust for Public Land Land and People Bill Poole
University of California, Berkeley Journal of Planning Education and Research jpereditors@berkeley.edu 1300
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: Department of City and Regional Planning Carolina Planner
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee ACSP Update frankn@uwm.edu 1000
Urban Futures Program (RPPI) Sam Staley
Urban Land Institute Urban Land Kristina Kessler
Karen Schaar
Western Planner Western Planner Dee Caputo 1,300

Other Internet Publications: Editor(s) Names Daily Hits
About Planning Rich Carson
ArchNewsNow Kristen Richards
Cyburbia Dan Tasman
Land Centre Alberta/British Columbia (CA)
Open Directory Project Eureka Lott
The Next American City Michelle Kuly
Planetizen Chris Steins
Planners Network Tom Angotti
PlannersWeb Wayne Senville
Smart City Radio Carol Coletta
Sprawl Watch
Sustainable Communities Network
Sustainable Development Center
Urban Parks Online Julie Caniglia
The Urban Reinventors Alessandro Busà
Urbanicity Editor

Richard Carson is the former editor of the Oregon Planners' Journal and a board member of the Oregon APA chapter. He is also the director of the Community Development Department in Clark County Washington, and was formerly the planning director for the Metro, the Portland (Oregon) regional government. E-mail may be sent to him at richcarson@Q.com.

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