Nine Walsworth Yearbooks schools placed in the Best of Show contest this past weekend at the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention in Dallas, including one who took the top spot in its category. Indian from Shawnee Mission North High School in Overland Park, Kansas, placed first in the Yearbook 289-336 pages category. In…
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Several high honors went to Walsworth Yearbooks schools at Oklahoma Scholastic Media’s (OSM) Fall Media Monday conference, including the naming of Elanna Killackey of Edmond Memorial High School as Yearbook Adviser of the Year. Eleven Walsworth Yearbooks schools participated in this year’s contest Oct. 30 at the University of Oklahoma, combining to win 138 awards, including…
The 2016 yearbooks from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, and Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, both Walsworth Yearbooks schools, were named Pacemaker winners this past weekend by the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP). Winners of the 2016 ACP Pacemakers were announced at the ACP/CMA National College Media Convention in Dallas. The ACP’s annual Pacemaker…
Submissions from three Walsworth Yearbooks schools were named Finalists by the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) on Tuesday in its 2017 Design of the Year Contest. There were 10 Finalists named in the Yearbook Page/Spread category and three were from Walsworth Yearbooks. Susan Wang from the Wings staff of Arrowhead Christian Academy in Redlands, California,…
The Journalism Education Association (JEA) announced today that media adviser Mark Newton, MJE, has been named the winner of this year’s Carl Towley Award. Each year, the Carl Towley Award is given to an organization member for exceptional service and is considered JEA’s highest honor. Newton is the adviser at Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, and…
The Journalism Education Association (JEA) announced today that seven individuals have been named new recipients of the Medal of Merit, an honor awarded each year to recognize exceptional service to JEA, state and regional scholastic journalism associations and the teaching profession at large. This year’s Medal of Merit recipients include: Jeanne Acton-Shanks, University Interscholastic League, Austin, Texas…
Tiffany Cavicchia from Mooresville High School in Mooresville, North Carolina – a Walsworth Yearbooks customer school – was among those chosen as a recipient of the Rising Star Award from the Journalism Education Association (JEA) on Wednesday. Cavicchia began teaching in 2003, but took on the job of yearbook adviser just within the past five years. Using her…
Brit Taylor, CJE, the yearbook and newspaper adviser at Walsworth Yearbooks school Hagerty High School in Oviedo, Florida, was named the Teacher of the Year over the weekend by the Florida Scholastic Press Association (FSPA) at FSPA’s state convention. Taylor, who has been a publications adviser for more than 20 years, has guided staffs to…
Three Walsworth Yearbooks schools took the top prize in their yearbook category at the Best of Show contest this past weekend at the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention in Seattle. Overall, 11 schools whose 2016 yearbooks were printed by Walsworth placed in the Best of Show. Legend from Boone High School in Orlando,…
Five 2016 high school yearbooks printed by Walsworth Yearbooks received Gold Crowns from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) today, with another five 2016 Walsworth books earning Silver Crowns. The 2016 high school and middle school Gold and Silver Crown winners were named during the closing session at CSPA’s annual Spring Scholastic Convention at Columbia University in…