The 2015 Pacemaker Finalists were announced on Wednesday evening by the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) and the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP), and 15 books printed by Walsworth Yearbooks were named Finalists. The 15 Walsworth books chosen as Finalists were: Buffalo, Haltom High School, Haltom City, Texas Decamhian, Del Campo High School, Fair Oaks, California Excalibur, Robinson High School, Tampa, …
The Journalism Education Association (JEA) announced this week that 13 advisers will be receiving 2016 Rising Star Awards. Each year, JEA recognizes advisers with up to five years of experience who show promise as up-and-coming advisers. Nominations for the Rising Star Award can come from scholastic press associations, publishing companies, fellow teachers, students and parents. The recipients of the 2016 …
Students from Walsworth Yearbooks schools won 21 of the 36 Sweepstakes prizes in the 2015 Yearbook Excellence Contest, sponsored by Quill and Scroll. The yearbook staff from Arrowhead Christian Academy in Redlands, Calif., won five Sweepstakes awards in the Class B category, which is for schools with fewer than 750 students. The winners included Sean Jackson for Clubs/Organizations, Susan Wang …
Renee Burke, MJE, adviser at William R. Boone High School in Orlando, Florida, has been named the 2015 H.L. Hall Yearbook Adviser of the Year by the Journalism Education Association (JEA). Burke was presented with the honor today by Margaret Sorrows, JEA’s 2014 Yearbook Adviser of the Year, during a surprise ceremony at Boone. JEA, an educational organization for journalism …
Eight Walsworth Yearbooks schools placed in the Best of Show contest this past weekend at the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention in Orlando. Legend from Boone High School in Orlando placed first in the Yearbook 337 or More Pages category. In the same category, Lair from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Shawnee, Kansas, placed second; and Hauberk …
Yearbooks from four Walsworth universities placed in the Best of Show contest earlier this week at the ACP/CMA Fall National College Media Convention in Austin, Texas. The Angelos from California Baptist University in Riverside, California, placed first in the Yearbook 1-299 pages category. Warbler from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois, placed third, and Griffon from Missouri Western State University …
Rachel Rauch, the yearbook and newspaper adviser at Walsworth Yearbooks customer Homestead High School in Mequon, Wisconsin, was named a Distinguished Adviser this week when the Dow Jones News Fund announced its annual award recipients. Mitch Eden, journalism teacher and media adviser at Kirkwood High School in Kirkwood, Missouri, was named the 2015 High School Journalism Teacher of the Year. …
Several 2015 yearbooks printed by Walsworth Yearbooks were among those honored today when the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) named Finalists for its 2015 Design of the Year and Picture of the Year contests. In the Picture of the Year contest, Colin Mitchell of The Lion yearbook staff from McKinney High School in McKinney, Texas, was named Finalist in the …
Steven Jay Thor, a retired teacher who advised publications for 37 years in Broward County, Florida, was one of 10 educators to be named winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award today by the Journalism Education Association (JEA). During his career, Thor taught yearbook, newspaper, journalism and film studies. From 2000-2012, he was a lead teacher at Deerfield Beach High School …
Walsworth’s 2015 Photo Contest was our biggest contest to date and the number of amazing photos we received was absolutely outstanding. Thank you to all the amazing yearbook photographers who entered!
We received more than 3,700 submissions in this year’s contest – that’s a ton of awesome images. Without further ado, congrats to the following winners…