The 2015 Petit Jean yearbook of Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, was among the universities to receive a Yearbook Pacemaker award from the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP). Also among the winners, Eastern Illinois University’s Warbler yearbook earned a Pacemaker Finalist award. Walsworth Yearbooks printed both the Petit Jean and the Warbler. The winners were announced at the awards ceremony during the …
Submissions from three Walsworth Yearbooks schools have been named Finalists by the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) in its 2016 Design of the Year contest. Of the 10 Finalists named in the Yearbook Page/Spread category, three were from Walsworth. Michael Hamilton of the Hauberk staff from Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kansas, was named a Finalist for …
Jami Williams, the yearbook and publications adviser at Walsworth Yearbooks school Mexico High School in Mexico, Missouri, was named a Special Recognition Adviser today when the Dow Jones News Fund announced its annual award recipients. Lori Keekley, an English teacher and media adviser at St. Louis Park High School in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, was named the 2016 High School …
The National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) announced that eight individuals have been selected to receive a 2016 Pioneer Award, NSPA’s top individual honor. Included among this year’s winners are Jim McCrossen, yearbook adviser at Walsworth Yearbooks school Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas; and Lori Oglesbee of Prosper High School in Prosper, Texas, a past instructor at …
In an effort to provide assistance and make life easier for the hundreds of yearbook advisers across the country working with students to create yearbooks in their schools, Walsworth Yearbooks announced the launch of a new Adviser Mentor Program. Walsworth’s Adviser Mentor Program will match up experienced yearbook advisers (mentors), who have successfully created a yearbook, with new advisers (mentees). …
The Journalism Education Association (JEA) announced today that former journalism adviser Nick Ferentinos has been named the winner of this year’s Carl Towley Award. Each year, the Carl Towley Award is given to an organization member for exceptional service and is considered JEA’s highest honor. Ferentinos, who taught English and journalism for 38 years at Homestead High School in Cupertino, …
The Journalism Education Association (JEA) announced today that five individuals will be recipients of the Medal of Merit, an honor awarded each year to recognize exceptional service to JEA, state and regional scholastic journalism associations and the teaching profession at large. This year’s Medal of Merit recipients include: Susan Gregory, MJE, adviser at Conestoga High School in Berwin, Pennsylvania Jim …
The Journalism Education Association (JEA) announced today that Samuel “Butch” Keller, the Upper School division head of The Harker School in San Jose, California, has been selected as the organization’s Administrator of the Year. JEA annually presents its award to administrators who show exceptional support of scholastic journalism. Keller has been at The Harker School since 2007. Prior to that, …
Two long-time advocates of student journalism and student press freedom will be honored with the Friend of Scholastic Journalism award, the Journalism Education Association (JEA) announced on Tuesday. Steve Listopad, assistant professor of journalism and mass communication and student media director at Valley City State University in Valley City, North Dakota, and Rebecca Snyder, executive director of the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press …
Robin Sawyer, recently retired journalism adviser from First Flight High School in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, was one of 10 educators to be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award today by the Journalism Education Association (JEA). Sawyer advised media, including yearbook, at Manteo High School in Kill Devil Hills before moving to First Flight High when that school opened …