Veteran Outdoor Communicator Glenn Sapir to Retire from NSSF
National Shooting Sports Foundation 04.21.14
Glenn Sapir, veteran outdoor communicator, has announced his retirement from his position of Director, Editorial Services, for the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), effective Friday, April 25. Since 2003, Sapir had been coordinator of and/or contributor to several of the organization’s newsletters, edited The Range Report enewsletter for shooting facilities, coordinated the creation of NSSF’s award-winning Annual Review and contributed more than 50 articles per year to magazines and electronic publications that welcomed NSSF’s message.
Sapir’s storied career began in 1970 as Assistant Editor of Outdoor Life magazine. He held subsequent positions with Sports Afield and, for 18 years, with Field & Stream, making him the first person to serve on the editorial staffs of what was then called “the Big Three.” In 1989 Sapir established Ashmark Communications, Inc. as a full-service editorial company, and for the 13 years before joining NSSF, he headed that business while also becoming licensed as a securities broker.
Other editorships included New York Sportsman and Family Entertainment Center and the first electronic outdoor magazine, Outdoor Bytes, which was nominated for a national award by the Smithsonian Institution. His byline has appeared more than a thousand times in dozens of publications.
Sapir has been active in outdoor writer organizations, serving as president of the Outdoor Writers Association of America, the New York State Outdoor Writers Association and the New York Metropolitan Outdoor Press Association. He has been recognized several times by those organizations for his writing and photography. OWAA bestowed upon him two of its most prestigious awards, the J. Hammond Brown Memorial Award for extraordinary service and the Excellence in Craft Award for lifetime achievement. In recognition of his accomplishments Sapir was inducted into the New York State Outdoorsmen’s Hall of Fame in 2010.
“Working at NSSF has been an honor and a pleasure, but I am not going out to pasture now,” Sapir said. “I’m merely beginning the next chapter of my life. I look forward to traveling with my wife and spending more time with my family and friends. I will, however, still be writing and editing. I will continue my relationship with NSSF as Editor of The Range Report and its Annual Review, and I’ll even be representing the Foundation at select writers’ conferences. I will publish a book of my favorite articles, continue my outdoor column with a large daily newspaper and freelance articles on the many hunting and fishing adventures I plan to enjoy. I’m not seeking anything resembling full-time work, but I’m excited by the prospect of proposals that might come my way.”
Sapir will begin this new chapter of his outdoor communications career through Ashmark Communications, Inc., 845-528-0968, email gsapir@earthlink.net.
