Le Flambeau, The Lion finish first in Chicago Best of Show
Fourteen Walsworth Yearbooks schools placed in the Best of Show contest this past weekend at the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention in Chicago, including two who placed first in...
View ArticleBehind the Byline: an Interview with AP Sportswriter Dan Gelston
We’re excited to introduce Behind the Byline, a new show from the Walsworth Yearbooks Podcast Network (WYPN). Hosted by Evan Blackwell, CJE, Jenica Hallman and Sarah Scott, Behind the Byline explores...
View ArticleSearching for a story? Look to your students
Updated by Walsworth Yearbooks Trying to come up with an interesting idea for a yearbook feature story? Sometimes it can be difficult coming up with a unique angle, but the fact that you’re trying...
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Systems of Success: Part One – Create a Work Flow System
Last year, I began working on a webinar called “Get Your Yearbook Show on the Road” to prepare yearbook advisers and their staffs to have maximum success on that first deadline in late October or early...
View ArticleEmployee Spotlight: Meet Craig Bonnett
Here at Walsworth Yearbooks, we’re lucky to have many excellent employees. These are the people who make our company run. Some of them interact with our customers every day, but many of them don’t....
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Yearbook Advisers of Note: Meet Andrew Young
In only his fifth year on the job at Woodland Junior High School, adviser Andrew Young is proving that you don’t have to work with high school kids to produce award-winning yearbooks. Under his...
View ArticleYearbook Chat with Jim: Courtney Hanks and staff face their first big deadline
Back in October, Yearbook Chat with Jim featured Courtney Hanks, the adviser at University High School in Orange City, Florida, as an Adviser of Note. Since that interview, Hanks and her staff have...
View ArticleWalsworth’s holiday page provides yearbook memes, marketing tools and much more
Happy Cyber Monday! If you’re a regular around walsworthyearbooks.com, you’ve already ventured over to our Holiday page at walsworthyearbooks.com/holiday-fun and downloaded your Cyber Monday graphics...
View ArticleYearbook Chat with Jim: Crystal Kazmierski
Despite being turned away from her high school yearbook staff, Crystal Kazmierski went on to become a legendary yearbook adviser. In her 24 years advising the Wings yearbook at Arrowhead Christian...
View ArticleSnohomish yearbook staff collects its new mini fridge from Walsworth
Last month at the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention in Chicago, yearbook adviser Kaitlin Savage from Snohomish High School in Snohomish, Washington, was drawn as a winner of a...
View ArticleFor these 12 days, Walsworth Yearbooks is giving… eBooks!
This holiday season, Walsworth has decided to celebrate by creating the 12 days of eBooks! We’re pretty proud of all the helpful eBooks we’ve created, and we want to make sure you’re aware of them too....
View ArticleFrom editor to game store owner, Ward shares her fascinating career on Behind...
Taking part in yearbooks or scholastic journalism doesn’t always translate to a career in journalism. For Jennifer Ward, it did… at first. She had an impressive news career, with positions at the...
View ArticleNine Walsworth Yearbooks schools named 2018 NSPA Pacemaker Finalists
Nine 2018 yearbooks from Walsworth Yearbooks schools were among the high school and middle school books announced as 2018 Pacemaker Finalists by the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) today....
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Systems of Success – Plan for the holidays; Optimize your December
One of my most significant failures as an adviser was that I never put into place a strong system that helped me manage the holiday deadline season well. For too many years, all of the 35 I was an...
View ArticleJim Jordan Chats with Yearbook Legend Bruce Watterson
Every legend has a start, and yearbook legend Bruce Watterson is no different. In the newest episode of Yearbook Chat with Jim, Watterson and host Jim Jordan discuss Watterson’s beginnings in...
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Celebrating Kathy Craghead: Her life, career and the impact she made on yearbook
Updated by Walsworth Yearbooks Kathy Craghead was a respected, influential and loved member of the scholastic journalism community. Her death in May is still being felt – from her absence at yearbook...
View ArticleCelebrate award-winners in 2018 President’s Collection gallery
Yearbook finalists for the Crown Awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) and Pacemaker Awards from the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) were each announced over the...
View ArticleWalsworth Yearbooks schools claim 17 Sweepstakes prizes in 2018 Yearbook...
Students from Walsworth Yearbooks schools won 17 of the 36 Sweepstakes prizes in the 2018 Yearbook Excellence Contest, when the results of the annual contest were announced on Thursday by Quill and...
View ArticleBehind the Byline with Anna Elizabeth James
Scholastic journalism can lead people in many directions. For Anna Elizabeth James, it led her to making films. In a highly competitive, male-dominated industry, James sill leans on the lessons and...
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Systems of Success – The Recruiting Process
Whether it’s your first year as adviser or your 30th, one ongoing task that you will always be working on is recruiting. Each and every year, you must find willing, talented, hard-working students and...
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