Tom Gierasimczuk of up! magazine named Alberta Editor of the Year

The editor of the up! magazine, Tom Gierasimczuk was named Alberta Editor of the Year last night at the association's annual conference. up! is the inflight magazine of WestJet Airlines and is published under contract by RedPoint Media Group. Gierasimczk was the founding editor of the magazine starting in 2005 and is RedPoint's editorial director. Prior to up! he had been editor of Calgary Inc., the now discontinued business magazine, and co-founded CityBites, a Toronto food magazine.

"Being named Alberta Editor of the Year is just further validation that the stories we tell WestJet guests resonate with them, crafted as they are by some of the country's most talented storytellers,"he said in a release.

RedPoint also publishes Avenue magazine in both Calgary and Edmonton, Wine Access magazine and is the official magazine publisher for the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Alberta Ballet, and Calgary Opera.

up! is published 12 times a year and has a circulation of 25,000 copies a month on a controlled basis, in the seat pockets of all WestJet flights.