Walsworth Yearbooks

Idea File

Happy 20th birthday to Idea File magazine!

Posted in: Coverage

Idea File magazine has been a valuable resource for yearbook staffs everywhere for 20 years! In the new Fall 2009 issue, we take a look back at those 20 years and how the magazine has evolved. Plus, all of Idea File’s great informative sections!

Posted in: Editor-in-chief's Corner, Fall 2009, Staff Management

From experience I learned that even the biggest control freak of an editor-in-chief cannot afford to micromanage, regardless of how friendly the whole staff is.

Posted in: Fall 2009, Middle School Moment, Photography

Yearbook students have an opportunity to explore digital photography and photo enhancements, then show off their work in the annual ARTstravaganza.

Posted in: Fall 2009, Law/Ethics

The National Scholastic Press Association’s Model Code of Ethics has made it easier to include an ethics code in staff manuals.

Teaching students under the age of 18 right from wrong is hard enough. But teaching them to navigate the gray areas in between while being responsible journalists can be daunting.

Noteworthy

What Yearbook Means To Me

Yearbooks can tie generations together

Read how former yearbook editor Amanda Sims and her parents walked the same high school halls, 32 years apart, and why she considers the yearbooks from those times such important, poignant keepsakes.

It's Worth It

Holidays can be a profitable time for yearbook sales

The holiday season can be a beneficial time for staffs selling the yearbook. See the latest It’s Worth It tip and how one school plans on pitching the book as a holiday gift.

A Helping Hand

Remember when…

Remember your first year as an adviser? Your memories of the ups and downs and the wisdom gained from that year might just help out the rookies.

Student Voice

National Yearbook Week

How do you plan on celebrating National Yearbook Week?

News and Notes

Walsworth Publishing names first winner in Student Scholarship Sweepstakes, helps Chicago-area student start the road toward college

Kansas City, Mo. (Nov. 25, 2009) – Walsworth Publishing Company announced the first winner in its Student Scholarship Sweepstakes. Brendan Keady, a senior at Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Ill., won the October drawing and became the first of three $1,000 winners.

Students from Walsworth yearbooks fare well at NSPA’s individual contests

Kansas City, Mo. (Nov. 23, 2009) – Several students on staff with yearbooks published by Walsworth placed in the National Scholastic Press Association’s individual contests, which were awarded at the Fall National High School Journalism Convention this month in Washington, D.C.

Six Walsworth yearbooks win JEA/NSPA Best of Show

Seven yearbooks named as ACP Pacemakers

Lee’s Summit High student designs logo for next year’s JEA/NSPA

Two Walsworth yearbooks up for Pacemaker at this week’s ACP/CMA

JEA extends deadline for convention photo contests