Happy March! We’re celebrating the month by highlighting the yearbooks in our 2022 President’s Collection. Yearbook experts Mike Taylor, CJE, Jim Jordan and Sabrina Schmitz, CJE, sat down to talk about each yearbook. Each video focuses on five main areas: concept and theme, coverage, design, writing and editing, and photography. Yearbook staffs can use these videos and the accompanying handouts …
Congratulations to adviser Dan Sidwell, from Freedom High School in Tampa, Florida. He was recently awarded the Future Administrator Scholarship from JEA. Sidwell is already an outstanding yearbook adviser and will continue to be a friend to scholastic journalism when he moves on to an administrative role. Where He Came From Sidwell is in his eighth year of advising yearbook, …
The Lifetime Achievement Award represents one of the highest honors scholastic journalism advisers can receive. It’s an acknowledgement of the overwhelming contributions to student journalism and the many years dedicated to its cause. This year, two Walsworth advisers are being recognized with this honor. With more than 70 years advising combined, Susan Massy from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in …
The 2022 Petit Jean yearbook of Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, was announced as Pacemaker Finalist by the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) on Tuesday. Nine other schools also received the prestigious recognition. The yearbook is advised by April Fatula and Hannah Kellum was the 2022 editor in chief. The Pacemaker winners will be announced at an awards ceremony during the at ACP Spring National …
If you’ve been involved in journalism advising for any amount of time, especially competitive yearbook, you’ve likely heard of the five Shawnee Mission schools. Shawnee Mission East, Shawnee Mission North, Shawnee Mission Northwest, Shawnee Mission South and Shawnee Mission West high schools have stand out students taught by stand out advisers. But despite the fact that one school is …
For the fourth year in a row, Pinterest Business has produced their “not-yet-trending” Pinterest Predicts 2023 report, detailing what they believe may be the hottest new trends for 2023. Over 500k trending search terms were analyzed to make this year’s list. The 27 trends fit into categories like beauty, fashion, home and well-being, but they also represent stylistic approaches that …
When JEA announced on Wednesday its four newest Special Recognition Advisers, it felt like the perfect end-of-year holiday gift to be able to celebrate Emily Pyeatt Arnold, CJE, as one of them. She advises the Ledoian yearbook, the Cat’s Eye online news site, Bearcat TV and Catalyst literary arts magazine at Aledo High School in Aledo, Texas. She also previously taught at Crowley High School and Haltom High …
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association announced the yearbook Crown Finalists for the 2023 CSPA Crown Awards on Thursday, and they named 21 Walsworth customers as Finalists. The following 2022 Walsworth yearbooks were among the group of Crown Finalists: Aerie, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida Ayrie, Liberty North High School, Liberty, Missouri Azimuth, The Benjamin Middle School, North Palm Beach, …
The Iowa High School Press Association named their 2022 Yearbook of the Year awards, and two Walsworth schools received the incredible honor. The Torch staff from Webster City High School in Webster City, Iowa, was chosen as the Class B winner. This is the second year in a row the Torch yearbook staff received this award. Their theme was “Make …
Fourteen Walsworth Yearbooks schools received the Best of Show recognition at the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention in St. Louis this past weekend, including three who took the number one ranking in their category. Walsworth schools filled three out of six Best of Show award slots in the Junior High/Middle School Yearbook category: First place: The Round-up, Woodland Junior …