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There’s only a few hours left in 2011, and there all kinds of year in review lists all over the internet wrapping up the last 12 months.
Your staff will probably want to include some current events coverage from the second half of 2011 in the yearbook. The top national and world news, entertainment and sports highlights are a great way to look back on the year.
Take a look at this very informative article from The News-Herald, an Ohio newspaper, about the current state of student journalism in public high schools.
The article quotes a new study from Kent State University, which concludes that while journalism has changed with the growth of the internet, the number of students interested in learning about it hasn’t really changed much at all.
Today is the 220th anniversary of the First Amendment taking effect in the United States, guaranteeing such rights as freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
Non-partisan organization 1 for All wanted to celebrate that, which is why today they are holding the “Free to Tweet” scholarship contest, and offering students between the ages of 14 and 22 a chance at 22 $5,000 scholarships.
Astronaut Mark Kelly will be visiting Mesa Verde Elementary School in Tucson, Ariz., today and he will be returning a special memento when he arrives.
Kelly took a copy of last year’s Mesa Verde yearbook with him into space on the final flight of space shuttle Endeavor, which he commanded from May 16 to June 1.
Take a look at this recent column by Gayle Faulkner Kosalko from The Times newspaper in Whiting, Ind., all about yearbooks and the interesting perspective they can provide on previous generations.
While doing some work at a museum, Faulkner Kosalko was able to go through yearbooks for local schools dating back to the 1940s, 1950s, even as far back as 1913.
A big Yearbooks Blog salute to adviser Kaitlyn Leach and her staff of yearbook kids from the American International School of Johannesburg in South Africa who made it all the way to Minneapolis this past weekend for the JEA/NSPA convention.
The group made the 36-hour trek from South Africa all the way to Minnesota, all in the name of yearbook. That is dedication!
The JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention will be providing yearbook staffs with the ultimate journalism learning experience this week in Minneapolis, and Walsworth will be contributing to that experience with an extensive list of speakers.
Sessions with Walsworth speakers will cover everything from learning how to sell more yearbooks and ads, to writing better copy, to staff management and much more.
The JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention starts next week in Minneapolis, and the Yearbooks Blog will be there. If you will be going to the convention, we want to hear from you as well.
We want to read the stories of your travels, what your yearbook staff is learning in the sessions, what’s going on down at the exhibit floor and all the fun in and around the Twin Cities.
The Yearbooks Blog loves seeing good ideas in action, which is why we wanted to give a hearty shout out this week to the yearbook staff at Alpena High School in Alpena, Mich.
The staff decided to start using QR codes this year, but not just for supplemental content in the book. They started using them for marketing purposes to spread the word about yearbook sales.
Has your yearbook staff ever considered organizing a photo contest? If not, it could be time to give the idea a try.
A photo contest is a great way to get students interested in, and actively involved with, the yearbook by submitting photos for consideration to be used in the book. A contest can even be structured so that the winner gets a free yearbook.
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