Walsworth releases new Theme Gallery eBook
“So, what’s our theme going to be for this year?” It’s one of the first questions a yearbook staff tackles, but even once you’ve decided your theme, the question still plays out all year long as you...
View ArticleLevel Up your yearbook marketing
Marketing and selling your yearbook are as important as the right theme, outstanding design and amazing photography. A great yearbook, with each student in the yearbook multiple times, will make...
View ArticleHumphrey, Morgan among those named 2019 Pioneer winners by NSPA
The National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) announced Thursday that seven educators have been selected to receive 2019 Pioneer Awards, NSPA’s top individual honor. Among the winners were Joe...
View ArticleLevel Up contest winners announced
The yearbook community has spoken and made one thing very clear: you want to Level Up. You’ve decided good enough is not good enough. You know you can do more, be better and reach higher, and most...
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Systems of Success – First Deadline Considerations
Just ended a whirlwind tour of working with schools at Walsworth’s Elite Weekends and then visiting several others across the country and I saw once again how crucial it is that you put a system in...
View ArticleFive Walsworth Yearbooks middle schools named Finalists in annual NSPA contests
Yearbook staffers from five Walsworth Yearbooks middle schools were among those students announced as Finalists on Tuesday when the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) revealed the Finalists...
View ArticleJulia Satterthwaite takes on the challenge of creating a yearbook
Julia Satterthwaite, MJE, recently made some big changes in her life. She and her family moved from Michigan to California. She took a job at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California. This...
View ArticleThe five scariest yearbook mistakes you can make
It’s a spooky time of year: the days are getting shorter, the nights are getting colder, and the first big deadline for yearbook staffs has either just passed or is looming. Yearbook is a rewarding...
View Article16 Walsworth Yearbooks Schools Named CSPA Crown Finalists
Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) announced 16 Walsworth Yearbooks’ 2019 yearbooks as 2020 Crown Award Finalists today. The following 2019 Walsworth yearbooks have been named Crown...
View ArticleYearbook terms to learn
Jumping into work on yearbook is exhilarating, exhausting, fun and maybe even a little confusing. What are all these words, phrases and acronyms you’re hearing, such as colophon, folio and CMYK? We’re...
View ArticleHow do I use photography to make a better yearbook?
Mitchell Franz, from Yoakum, Texas, wanted to be a writer when he was a kid. He joined his school’s journalism program, where the small staff size mandated that everyone take photos for their...
View ArticleWalsworth helping promote Cyber Monday yearbook sales
Updated by Walsworth Yearbooks We’re now only a few weeks away from one of the biggest online shopping days of the year, and Walsworth Yearbooks is helping staffs get ready. Known as Cyber Monday, the...
View ArticleTeam building: Making it worth their while
Success in teamwork is ideal, but it’s not easy to come by. Numbers matter, chemistry between team members matters and varying degrees of investment in the outcome matter. All these and many other...
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Multicultural coverage in yearbooks
Yearbook staffs work tirelessly to promote yearbooks as something as natural to the American high school experience as the events they record. But for those of diverse ethnic backgrounds, yearbooks may...
View ArticlePrepare to be inspired – fall Idea File magazine now out
The latest edition of Idea File magazine has been mailed, and we can’t wait to hear what you think. The issue is full of interesting reads, useful information and inspiration examples. In honor of our...
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Yearbook Advisers of Note: Meet Pat Monroe
Pat Monroe has been an adviser at Burges High School in El Paso, Texas, for 29 years. During that time, her staffs have won many awards for their yearbook. Monroe is this month’s Adviser of Note. You...
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Make the commitment to create an ethical yearbook
I used to have a recurring yearbook nightmare – that when I died, every word in the 35 yearbooks I advised that was not completely accurate would turn red and would expose how much students made up. To...
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Lessons learned by a new yearbook adviser
Two years ago on the last day of school here in Anchorage, Alaska, my principal called me to the office to ask if I would be willing to take on the yearbook class. The adviser was moving to Colorado,...
View ArticleCome visit the Walsworth Yearbooks booth in D.C. this week
We’ll be having a blast at the JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Washington, D.C., this week! If you’re around, be sure to swing by Booth 139 in Hall A for a fun time! The enormous...
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10 steps to effectively execute theme
You have a theme. You have even created or are working on a cover. You might have worked on theme-related pages that are traditionally found in every yearbook, such as the endsheets, title page,...
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