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19 Walsworth Yearbooks Schools Honored as Best of Show at Philly JEA/NSPA Convention

November 14, 2024

It was a wildly successful trip to Philadelphia for Walsworth Yearbooks schools this past weekend as 19 of them received Best of Show recognition at...

Mastering Visual Hierarchy: Essential Tips for Captivating Yearbook Spreads

November 13, 2024

As an adviser, your primary goal is to create spreads that captivate your audience and effectively communicate your content. At the heart of this challenge...

From Chaos to Clarity: Mastering Yearbook Organization for a Stress-Free Experience

October 25, 2024

Let’s face it: this time of year, we reps know our schools are juggling a lot – events, professional enrichment, and parent meetings, to name...

Mastering the Art of Yearbook Storytelling

October 18, 2024

As yearbook advisers and student journalists, we have a unique opportunity to capture the essence of a school year and preserve it for generations to...

Celebrate NYW with a Draft Day for Yearbook Spread Assignments

October 11, 2024

Assigning spreads to your staff and keeping them happy and motivated with them doesn’t have to feel like a chore. Make the most of the...

Celebrate NYW with Six Effective Sales Tactics

October 10, 2024

National Yearbook Week is the perfect time to not only celebrate the rich tradition of yearbooks but also to boost your sales and get more...

Celebrate NYW with 15 Allergen-Friendly Classroom Snacks

October 9, 2024

Nothing makes a yearbook work night more bearable and bonds a group quite like food, but with so many food sensitivities now, find accommodating snacks...

Celebrate NYW with Easy and Effective Yearbook Lesson Plans

October 8, 2024

How do you create lessons for a class as complicated and multi-faceted as yearbook? Sometimes it seems impossible to know where to start or what...

Mike Taylor: NSPA Pioneer Award Recipient and the Heart + Soul of Yearbook Education

The National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) is proud to recognize seven recipients for this year’s Pioneer class, including Walsworth Yearbooks expert, Mike Taylor, CJE. The...

Therasia Brautigam Named 2024 JEA Rising Star

The Journalism Education Association named Therasia Brautigam from Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, Missouri, as a 2024 JEA Rising Star on Tuesday, August 20,...

Discover the new School Store experience at yearbookforever.com today.

The New School Store Experience Has Arrived

With a fresh new look and a host of updated features, selling your yearbooks and ads online with School Store just got even easier. The...

Walsworth hires Andy Billett as new Chief Operating Officer

Marceline, Missouri; July 15, 2024 – Walsworth announced it has hired printing industry veteran Andy Billett as the company’s new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Billett...

The Great Solar Eclipse of 2024: Capture It in Your Yearbook!

Did you know there’s a total solar eclipse happening on April 8? That’s right, the moon will completely block the sun, creating a defining moment...

5 Simple Ideas for Ethical AI in Yearbook Production

From Clippy the Microsoft paper clip to Grammarly to Photoshop, you have probably used artificial intelligence more than you know. Your Netflix queue, online shopping...

Keeping your Yearbook Index Interesting

While the anticipation of what spreads a student gets to work on may fuel their creative juices, when it’s time to work on...

Celebrate NYW with Easy and Effective Yearbook Lesson Plans

How do you create lessons for a class as complicated and multi-faceted as yearbook? Sometimes it seems impossible to know where to start or what...

How Can I Teach My Seniors To Train The Staff Throughout The Year?

Let’s be honest: training a yearbook staff is a lot of work. But who’s responsibility is it, really? Yes, as the adviser, you need to...

Yearbook Classroom Routines

Create a classroom routine for a class that isn’t a normal class. It sounds simple enough, but it can be overwhelming trying to get everyone...

Tackle Team Building With That Yearbook Podcast and our Latest Training Video

As a yearbook adviser, one of your top priorities is building a cohesive, collaborative staff that works well together to create an amazing yearbook. But...

Top Four Reasons to Go Mirrorless with Your Yearbook Cameras

Are you considering new cameras for your yearbook program? If you answered yes, you probably have been debating between going mirrorless or getting another DSLR....

Photographing The Presidential Election

Just say, “Where do I go to get my credentials?” Don’t say anything else. Don’t say ANYTHING else. Act like you’ve done this a million...

Announcing the Winners of the 2024 Walsworth Photo Contest

We encouraged schools to share their favorite moments that captured this school year, and they certainly delivered for our 2024 Walsworth Photo Contest. The outstanding...

The Great Solar Eclipse of 2024: Capture It in Your Yearbook!

Did you know there’s a total solar eclipse happening on April 8? That’s right, the moon will completely block the sun, creating a defining moment...

Mastering Visual Hierarchy: Essential Tips for Captivating Yearbook Spreads

As an adviser, your primary goal is to create spreads that captivate your audience and effectively communicate your content. At the heart of this challenge...

Mastering Yearbook 360 – Online Design in Five Days: A Step-by-Step Guide for Teachers and Students

Yearbook creation is an art that requires both creativity and technical prowess. To assist teachers and students in mastering the intricacies of Yearbook 360 –...

Using Grids in InDesign: Video Training With the Yearbook Experts

Welcome to a new training video featuring Mike Taylor, CJE, Jim Jordan and Sabrina Schmitz, CJE. In this session, they delve into the intricacies of...

National Yearbook Week: Unlock the Power of Yearbook Design

Yearbook design is what sets your book apart from all the others. It’s how you convey your school’s voice and personality to readers, but most...

Mastering the Art of Yearbook Storytelling

As yearbook advisers and student journalists, we have a unique opportunity to capture the essence of a school year and preserve it for generations to...

Celebrate NYW with a Draft Day for Yearbook Spread Assignments

Assigning spreads to your staff and keeping them happy and motivated with them doesn’t have to feel like a chore. Make the most of the...

The Power of Yearbook Captions

Yearbooks are all about storytelling – from the written content to the visual design, each element works together to capture the memories and experiences of...

National Yearbook Week: Caption Writing Made Easy

Yearbook caption writing is vital to an effective and professional book. Your work is not done after placing a captivating photo on a spread. Every...

Celebrate NYW with Six Effective Sales Tactics

National Yearbook Week is the perfect time to not only celebrate the rich tradition of yearbooks but also to boost your sales and get more...

Increase Revenue and Coverage with Group Senior Ads

Encouraging school groups to submit group senior yearbook ads in addition to selling individual senior ads provides a great way to keep revenue coming in...

Middle School Yearbook Marketing: Strategies that Work

Our school is located in an isolated, rural, coastal community with a huge summer population of visitors and beautiful natural resources. In the two years...

How the Chamber of Commerce Helped Revive Our Business Ads Sales

Rolla High School just celebrated its 76th volume of the Growler yearbook, and the local business community has been one of our biggest supporters over...

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