Yearbook staffs shouldn’t slough off the colophon
Updated by Walsworth Yearbooks You’d be surprised how often it happens. You pick up a yearbook, see a cover design you really love, or flip through and eye a font you like, then flip to the back...
View ArticleAsk Mike: Why Do You Love Yearbook?
This is the time of year when the Walsworth Yearbooks Podcast Network celebrates love in all its forms – especially the love of yearbook! In the latest WYPN episode of Ask Mike, host Mike Taylor, CJE,...
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Yearbook Advisers of Note: Meet Brad Cook
From his career at Nike to an award-winning yearbook adviser, Brad Cook has had a fascinating career. He is currently advising his 14th yearbook at Gresham High School in Gresham, Oregon. He took the...
View ArticleWalsworth’s 2020 Photo Contest starts next week
Attention photographers, this year’s Walsworth Yearbooks Photo Contest begins on Tuesday morning, Feb. 25. For the next month, yearbook photographers across the country will have their chance to win...
View ArticleYearbook advisers will learn how to level up their yearbook this summer at...
Walsworth’s Adviser Academy in Kansas City will once again offer three full days of classes for brand new or experienced yearbook advisers this summer, July 7-9. This year’s setting will be the...
View ArticleEnd of the year yearbook resources
The year is starting to wind down, but that doesn’t mean your yearbook process stops! We’ve gathered some end-of-the-year resources your yearbook staff can use in March, April, May, June and beyond....
View ArticleLoyola Marymount wins CSPA College Silver Crown
The 2019 The Tower yearbook from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, was named a Silver Crown winner on Friday when the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) announced the...
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Tips for Creating Last-Minute Yearbook Content
There are times when things happen you could never plan for – this is one of those times. Are you struggling to fill pages reserved for events, sports or academic classes that were delayed or cancelled...
View ArticleCSPA announces scholastic Crown winners for 2019 yearbooks
Congratulations to our CSPA Crown winners! The Columbia Scholastic Press Association announced their winners Friday in an online ceremony, after the annual CSPA conference was cancelled due to health...
View ArticleLevel Up school winner’s Editor-in-chief named 2020 Arkansas Journalist of...
Our Level Up contest winners, Har-Ber High School and Meridian High School, are busier than ever finding new ways to level up. Turning on the news these days may feel depressing at times, but Har-Ber...
View ArticleWebinar: How to Finish a Yearbook While Stuck at Home
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting nearly every facet of our lives. Yearbook is no exception, and many schools received the order to remain home just weeks or even days before their final deadline....
View ArticleWebinar: Share Your Story – Yearbook During COVID-19
As the world faces an unprecedented situation, yearbook advisers and staffs are working to complete their books – a record of the year at their school. Walsworth Special Consultant Jim Jordan saw the...
View ArticleSpring Idea File Magazine Now Available Online
In case you were needing some good news, the spring 2020 issue of Idea File magazine is now out! This issue is full of great content that will motivate you as you finish this year or inspire you for...
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Clear vision for your 2020 election coverage
High school journalists covering politics in the era of President Donald Trump face a daunting challenge. A polarized electorate makes it ever more difficult for any reporter to toe the line of...
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Yearbook Advisers of Note: Meet Jonathan Dixon
What seemed like bad timing led Jonathan Dixon to a career he loves as a teacher and yearbook adviser at Corsicana High School in Corsicana, Texas. The start was rocky – he came in halfway through the...
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It All Ads Up: Hosting a Senior Ad Night
When I worked on my first yearbook 10 years ago, one of the many unsolved mysteries was senior ads. I assumed parents would create the ad at home and send it to me with a check in plenty of time for...
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Whose Yearbook Is It Anyway?
Every year, the process of creating the yearbook for the next year begins. So much time and effort go into the planning, organizing, collaborating, writing, shooting, designing – the creation – that...
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Why quick reads matter
Let’s talk about quick reads. First of all, what is a quick read? You may call them another name – sidebar, secondary coverage, mod, even side salad. No matter what they are called, they have an...
View ArticleWalsworth Yearbooks schools take 17 of 39 top prizes in 2020 CSPA Gold Circle...
Students from Walsworth Yearbooks schools won first place prizes in 17 of the 39 scholastic yearbook categories when the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) announced the winners of its annual...
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Moving from ordinary to extraordinary photography
Simple techniques for moving your photography from short-term to long-term memory We all have images forever embedded in our long-term memory: a childhood photo, our high school prom, an image from a...
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