Last week, the Nebraska High School Press Association (NHSPA), awarded 13 yearbooks the Cornhusker Award, which is the state’s top publication award. Out of those 13 yearbook winners, 12 were Walsworth customers! The Cornhusker award winners are “chosen by independent publication judges after judging all submitting publications within a specific classification system. They are the cream of the crop. They …
By now, you should have received your 2023 Planning Kit, but especially for those new to yearbook, you might not be familiar with the items inside or know how to use them. We’ve got a breakdown of what’s inside and how it will help you. What is a Planning Kit? The Planning Kit is your survival toolbox for all things yearbook. …
Five deserving journalism advisers received the JEA Medal of Merit on Friday in recognition of their exceptional leadership and service to JEA, scholastic journalism and teaching. Among them was Emily Pyeatt Arnold, CJE, from Aledo High School in Aledo, Texas, where she advises the Ledoian yearbook, the Cat’s Eye online news site, Bearcat TV and Catalyst literary arts magazine. Aledo …
JEA has named the 2022 Rising Stars, and Walsworth Yearbooks is proud to recognize Benjamin Langevin, CJE, the adviser at Oviedo High School in Oviedo, Florida, a yearbook Walsworth prints. Each year, JEA recognizes several successful advisers in their first five years of advising who have demonstrated a commitment to journalism. This year’s five honorees were: Amber Chester, Beebe High …
If you’ve been involved with yearbook for more than a couple of years, you’ve probably heard and maybe even met Mike Taylor. Advisers and staff members alike are instantly drawn to Taylor and are proud to call him friend. Now friend has become an official title as Taylor was named one of this year’s JEA Friends of Scholastic Journalism. Taylor, …
Camp Orlando is a legend in the yearbook community. Schools from all over Florida and as far away as Pennsylvania attend. Advisers and students receive top-notch yearbook training, develop and refine their theme package, design their cover and build their yearbook skillset. For students Daniel Coulson from Zephyrhills High School and Emily Patterson from Hagerty High School, they also walked …
We challenged schools to tell the story of the year – to record and preserve it for history. You took the challenge and ran with it for the 2022 Photo Contest, proving that this was a year chalked full of memories that will never die. The images were striking, displayed technical mastery and evoked emotion. They captured the spirit of …
The Florida Scholastic Press Association (FSPA) has named a new group of Gold Medallion recipients, the organization’s highest honor, and two Walsworth sales representatives were among the elite group of honorees. Tracy de la Feuilliez, CJE, was chosen as a 2022 recipient of the prestigious award, and Veronika Levine, CJE, was honored at the ceremony as she received her 2021 …
It’s hard to know all that goes into teaching and advising unless you’ve been in the position, so when teachers get recognized for their work, it’s a great reason to celebrate. That’s exactly what happened to Brian Wilson, MJE, on Friday. Wilson, who advises the Madrono yearbook, culture-focused C Magazine and The Viking sports magazine at Palo Alto High School …
Fourteen Walsworth Yearbooks schools placed in the Best of Show contest at the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention in Los Angeles this past weekend, including one who took the top spot in its category. Walsworth schools filled three out of five Best of Show awards in the Junior High/Middle School Yearbook category. Lair from Drake Middle School in …