2025
yearbook
BOOT
CAMP
from Start to Finish
Yearbook Bootcamp gives you the tools to take a spread from concept to completion. Through step-by-step video walkthroughs and downloadable resources, you’ll learn how to weave interviews, writing, photography, captions and mods into a cohesive, visually compelling story.
What You'll Learn
Interviewing & Writing: How to ask better questions, capture authentic voices and write engaging copy
Photography: Tips for capturing moments that matter—composition, lighting and action shots
Captions that Connect: Write captions that do more than describe—they add context, emotion and detail
Mods & Design Elements: Use sidebars, polls and infographics to enhance storytelling
Building the Spread: A guided design process from blank page to polished layout using best practices in yearbook design
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan is the former yearbook adviser at Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks, California, and now a special consultant for Walsworth Yearbooks. He was a yearbook adviser for 35 years, and over the years the Decamhian yearbook earned numerous Pacemaker and CSPA Gold Crown honors. The Decamhian was recognized in 2022 as having earned the second-highest number of Pacemakers in NSPA’s 100 year history. Jordan was the 1996 JEA Yearbook Adviser of the Year, and has received CSPA Gold Key, NSPA Pioneer, JEA Medal of Merit and JEA Lifetime Achievement awards. He received the Linda S. Puntney Teacher Inspiration Award in 2021. He now shares his expertise with students and advisers at workshops and conventions across the country and leads mentorship through the Adviser Mentor Program. He was among the first to embrace desktop technology in the 1980s and apply it to yearbook, and he remains an innovator in the yearbook industry. Be sure to check out his yearbook-focused podcast, Yearbook Chat with Jim that highlights the stories of great yearbook advisers from around the country.
Sabrina Schmitz
Sabrina Schmitz, CJE, is a Journalism Education Strategist, key accounts specialist and the former publications adviser at J.W. Mitchell High School in Trinity, Florida. Under her leadership, The Stampede yearbook earned multiple CSPA Crowns, an NSPA Pacemaker, and was a Design of the Year Finalist. She was Teacher of the Year in 2013, a District Teacher of the Year Finalist, and teaches at workshops and conventions nationwide.
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