Yearbook Blog
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Lessons Learned as an EIC
November 4, 2026
At a glance, the job of an editor-in-chief is to ensure that your school’s yearbook gets done. In my experience – and in the experience...
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Meet Walli: Your New Best Friend
November 2, 2026
Asking Questions Just Got Easier Every great yearbook starts with questions. How can we make our theme stronger? What should we cover next? How do...
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Help Your Staff Learn the Language of Yearbook
October 29, 2026
Help your yearbook staff build a shared vocabulary with Yearbook Lingo videos and activities that teach essential terminology and strengthen communication.
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A Few Tricks to Help Your Yearbook Staff Finish October Strong
October 27, 2026
October can disappear quickly in the yearbook classroom. Homecoming coverage piles up. The first completed spreads reveal what students understand and where they need more...
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Every Student Deserves to Be Part of the Story
October 22, 2026
At Uniondale High School, yearbook isn’t just a class or a book; it’s a mindset As a Title I school, Uniondale serves a diverse community...
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How a simple lighting setup can transform yearbook photography and create more consistent storytelling
October 19, 2026
One of the most overlooked aspects of photography is lighting. Studio lighting serves as the great equalizer within our yearbook photography, which helps us produce...
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How to create a ladder and deadline schedule that reduces stress
October 16, 2026
What’s the best deadline strategy for completing a great yearbook with as little stress as possible? Is it best to hold your pages as long...
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Meet Sabrina Cady: Advice, Insights and a New Chapter for Yearbook Advisers
October 15, 2026
Q For readers who are meeting you for the first time, who is Sabrina, inside and outside the journalism classroom? A Outside the yearbook world,...
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News
Meet Walli: Your New Best Friend
Asking Questions Just Got Easier Every great yearbook starts with questions. How can we make our theme stronger? What should we cover next? How do...
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Spend Less Time Managing Yearbook Sales
Running yearbook sales means keeping track of a lot at once: who bought a book, who purchased an ad, which accessories still need attention and...
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Idea File Magazine is Here!
Are you ready to dive into a world of classroom insights, fresh ideas and yearbook inspiration? We’re thrilled to announce the release of the fall...
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Yearbook Just Got Easier: Introducing TagGenius
We’ve got big news! Today, Walsworth is proud to introduce TagGenius, an exclusive new feature built directly into Yearbook 360 that uses facial recognition technology...
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Coverage
How chronological coverage helps us cover more students in less pages
Nearly 530 students attend the high school where I teach. In a perfect world, our yearbook would likewise have 530 pages – enough real estate...
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How Award-Winning Yearbooks Deliver Meaningful Coverage
Strong coverage is not about filling pages. It is about building a structure that allows every student’s story to be found, understood and remembered. A...
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Teach Your Staff to Level Up Club Coverage
If your students struggle with club coverage, you’re not alone. Most staffs fall into the same patterns every year: line everyone up, grab a quick...
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Five Ways to Elevate Your Yearbook Portrait Section
The portrait section is one of the most looked-at parts of the yearbook. When students get their book, they flip right to the portraits to...
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Yearbook Staff
Lessons Learned as an EIC
At a glance, the job of an editor-in-chief is to ensure that your school’s yearbook gets done. In my experience – and in the experience...
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Every Student Deserves to Be Part of the Story
At Uniondale High School, yearbook isn’t just a class or a book; it’s a mindset As a Title I school, Uniondale serves a diverse community...
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Yearbook staffs can build revenue and real-world skills through ad sales
If there’s one thing yearbook advisers know how to do, it’s how to get creative. In my classroom, creativity comes in the form of color-coded...
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From One Editor to Another
You walk into yearbook once again. Only this time, you’re the editor-in-chief, so you need to settle in quickly while the rest of the class...
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Photography
Help Your Staff Learn the Language of Yearbook
Help your yearbook staff build a shared vocabulary with Yearbook Lingo videos and activities that teach essential terminology and strengthen communication.
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How a simple lighting setup can transform yearbook photography and create more consistent storytelling
One of the most overlooked aspects of photography is lighting. Studio lighting serves as the great equalizer within our yearbook photography, which helps us produce...
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Yearbook Just Got Easier: Introducing TagGenius
We’ve got big news! Today, Walsworth is proud to introduce TagGenius, an exclusive new feature built directly into Yearbook 360 that uses facial recognition technology...
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Calling All Designers: Enter the Make It Stick Sticker Contest
We are excited to announce that the Make it Stick sticker contest is now live! If you’re the student who loves designing yearbook spreads, creating...
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Design
Help Your Staff Learn the Language of Yearbook
Help your yearbook staff build a shared vocabulary with Yearbook Lingo videos and activities that teach essential terminology and strengthen communication.
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The Ultimate Guide to Yearbook Trends is Here
If you are looking for a clear direction for your next yearbook, this is it. Our newest trends video series with Walsworth’s Senior Graphic Designer Stephanie Zeman, breaks down what is...
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Coming Soon: The Make It Stick Sticker Contest
If you’re the student who loves designing yearbook spreads, creating graphics for your staff or sketching designs just for fun, something exciting is coming your...
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A Free Lesson Plan to Reinforce Yearbook Design Fundamentals
As the year moves forward, you may notice subtle shifts in how your staff approaches design. Spreads may start to feel busier than they did earlier...
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Copywriting
How student leaders can take charge of yearbook proofing with a five-phase system.
Learn how yearbook editors can lead a five-phase proofing system to catch errors, reduce stress and improve accuracy before deadlines.
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How character-driven storytelling creates more memorable writing
During editing, writers should remove vague wording, weak verbs and unnecessary filler. Replace passive voice with active verbs that create movement and energy. Consider these...
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Teach Yearbook Writing from Reporting to Storytelling
Every adviser has seen it happen. A student opens a blank document, types a broad sentence about a team working hard or students having fun...
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How Award-Winning Yearbooks Elevate Writing
Yearbook photography captures a moment. Writing explains why the moment mattered. The 2025 President’s Collection Training Series highlights award-winning books that treat writing as essential...
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Marketing
Five Simple Ideas: That Could Improve Your Yearbook Sales
Just about every adviser has heard it from a student, parent or fellow faculty member: “The yearbook is too expensive.” But is price really the...
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Why More Schools Are Using Online Sales to Boost Yearbook Revenue
What if one small switch could help you sell more yearbooks this year? We know, we know. Everyone promises a magical solution. But when it...
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The Yearbook Social Media Playbook, Everything You Need To Get Started
Is your yearbook program considering starting a social media account for the first time? You absolutely should! Student run social media accounts create a great...
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Sales Just Got Easier
Managing yearbook sales comes with a lot of moving pieces. From tracking orders and monitoring sales reports to updating pricing, staying on top of yearbook...
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