Jordan, Kazmierski among those named Lifetime Achievement winners by JEA
Jim Jordan, Special Consultant for Walsworth Yearbooks and former yearbook adviser of Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks, California, and Crystal Kazmierski, former yearbook adviser of Arrowhead...
View ArticleWrite the Story, Not the Facts
Updated by Walsworth Yearbooks Are your readers actually reading your yearbook? In many cases, the answer is “no,” and with good reason. Most yearbooks are not written to be read. Yearbook copy tends...
View ArticleFalkowski named 2019 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) announced on Monday that Melissa Falkowski of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, had been named the 2019 National High School...
View ArticleThe Possibilities are endless
While many schools are in the midst of deadline season, Walsworth Yearbooks just completed our eighth volume of Possibilities. This fresh-off-the-press, ideation book is filled with 868 real-life,...
View ArticleYearbook Chat with Jim gets the chance to Ask Mike
What happens when hosts of two different WYPN shows get together on the same episode? It turns into a fascinating 55 minutes of fun for the listener. To kickoff the second season of Yearbook Chat with...
View ArticlePhotoshop, Photos and Ethics
Updated by Walsworth Yearbooks Journalism, whether written word or photographic image, cuts a window in which to see clearly the dark complexities of our world. Truth is the frame around that window....
View ArticleAsk Mike: What should I know about CSPA?
A beacon for student journalism, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) is only weeks away from its 95th annual Spring Convention in New York City. What better time for Mike Taylor, CJE, to...
View ArticleCelebrate Scholastic Journalism Week 2019!
Scholastic Journalism Week, an annual event organized by the Journalism Education Association (JEA) to remind schools of the importance of scholastic journalism, has arrived. This year’s Scholastic...
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Yearbook Advisers of Note: Meet Jai Tanner
When Jai Tanner made the move from El Paso, Texas to the Pacific Northwest a few years ago, it didn’t seem on the surface to be such a daunting change. But the award-winning yearbook adviser soon...
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Jai Tanner breaks rules and creates amazing yearbooks wherever she is
Jai Tanner’s yearbook career spans 21 years and three different states – and that’s not even counting her high school yearbook experience. She spent the first three quarters of her career in Texas and...
View ArticleBlue Valley Northwest, Monta Vista among schools named 2019 Press Freedom...
Walsworth Yearbooks schools Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas, and Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California, were among the 12 schools named winners of the 2019 First...
View ArticleWalsworth’s 2019 Photo Contest is here!
This year’s Walsworth Photo Contest begins on Wednesday morning. For the next month, yearbook photographers across the country will have their chance to win one of ten $100 Visa gift cards (and...
View ArticleFull Circle: Student Journalist to Journalist to Journalism Educator
Matt Schott has been teaching at Francis Howell Central High School for more than a decade, but he didn’t take a direct path to teaching. He shared his story with Behind the Byline hosts Evan Blackwell...
View ArticleHayes, Lerner named Gold Key winners by CSPA
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) announced the recipients of several individual honors on Friday, which the organization will be presenting at its upcoming Spring Convention, March...
View ArticleAsk Mike: How do I take my yearbook from picture book to journalistic...
Four years ago, the yearbook program at Williamsville North High School in Williamsville, New York, was fine. They weren’t creating award-winning or journalistic yearbooks, but their yearbook club was...
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Systems of Success – The Big Push
It always comes down to this. Your final deadline is just days away and there are way too many pages left to finish. There it is. That image of Sisyphus pushing the rock up the hill. The peak is...
View ArticleCSPA’s Spring Convention just days away
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s (CSPA) 95th annual Spring Scholastic Convention will be held next week, March 20-22, on the campus of Columbia University in New York City. High school...
View ArticleSpring 2019 issue of Idea File magazine will help you finish this year, shift...
Spring can be a busy time for yearbook staffs and advisers. For many staffs, the current year’s book is wrapping up, and the race for the final deadline is consuming. Meanwhile, the focus also has to...
View ArticlePlaying the Long Game – Choosing and Training Your Next Editor
In the world of yearbook, there is the short game and the long game. The short game includes everyday stuff like “What are we doing in class today?” “Who’s taking photos tonight at the volleyball...
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Your Questions Answered
Over the last several years, I became known by the title of Ask Mike. This is mainly due to the questions I get when traveling around the country or through my podcast called Ask Mike. Now it’s time to...
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