Yearbook Terms to Learn
June 16, 2025
Jumping into work on yearbook is exhilarating, exhausting, fun and maybe even a little confusing. What are all these words, phrases and acronyms you’re hearing,...
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5+ Ways to Prepare for Summer: Yearbook Edition
May 23, 2025
Summer isn’t just for relaxation – it’s the perfect opportunity to set your yearbook team up for an incredible year. The key is strategic preparation...
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What To Do When the Yearbook is Done
May 22, 2025
As the school year winds down, yearbook advisers and staff face a critical transition period. This time isn’t about winding down – it’s about setting...
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25 Summer Coverage Ideas for Your 2025 Yearbook
May 13, 2025
The yearbook is tasked with the important responsibility of telling the story of the year. As more and more yearbooks choose chronological coverage, it begs...
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Writing Strong Theme Copy
May 12, 2025
Strong theme copy helps introduce your unifying concept to your readers. Learn some tips and tricks for creating the optimal copy.
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Starting the Theme Conversation – Laying the Foundation for 2026
May 8, 2025
Finding the perfect yearbook theme is a process that starts long before the first page is designed or the first spread is built. It’s about...
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Timely Tips: Plan Your Back-to-School Campaign Now
May 7, 2025
The school year may be winding down, but now is the perfect time to gear up for a strong start next fall, especially when it...
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What’s in Your Planning Kit?
May 6, 2025
Empowering you to create the most fantastic yearbook possible – that’s what our 2026 Planning Kit is all about! Whether you’re a veteran yearbook adviser...
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News
What’s in Your Planning Kit?
Empowering you to create the most fantastic yearbook possible – that’s what our 2026 Planning Kit is all about! Whether you’re a veteran yearbook adviser...
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10 Walsworth Schools Win NSPA Pacemaker at Seattle NHSJC
The JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention culminated with the announcement of the NSPA Pacemaker winners today after thousands of student journalists and advisers attended...
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Repurpose, Reuse, Reflect: Eco-Friendly Yearbook Tips for Earth Day
With spring finally here, Walsworth is here to help channel your inner Marie Kondo and do some yearbook room spring cleaning this Earth Day! Earth...
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Be Like Mike: The Magic of Mike Taylor
In a heartfelt tribute, this episode of That Yearbook Podcast commemorates Mike Taylor, CJE, a transformative figure in yearbook education who passed away in January...
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Coverage
25 Summer Coverage Ideas for Your 2025 Yearbook
The yearbook is tasked with the important responsibility of telling the story of the year. As more and more yearbooks choose chronological coverage, it begs...
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Walsworth Offers Free Content Spreads to Help Fill Your Yearbook
Deadlines are fast approaching, and sometimes, despite the best planning, you find yourself with an unexpected blank space in your yearbook. Whether an event was...
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The Great Solar Eclipse of 2024: Capture It in Your Yearbook!
Did you know there’s a total solar eclipse happening on April 8? That’s right, the moon will completely block the sun, creating a defining moment...
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5 Simple Ideas for Ethical AI in Yearbook Production
From Clippy the Microsoft paper clip to Grammarly to Photoshop, you have probably used artificial intelligence more than you know. Your Netflix queue, online shopping...
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Yearbook Staff
5+ Ways to Prepare for Summer: Yearbook Edition
Summer isn’t just for relaxation – it’s the perfect opportunity to set your yearbook team up for an incredible year. The key is strategic preparation...
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Build Your Best Yearbook Staff Yet
It’s officially recruitment season! Whether you’re in the early stages of planning your recruitment, already have your new staffers signed up or find yourself somewhere...
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Celebrate NYW with Easy and Effective Yearbook Lesson Plans
How do you create lessons for a class as complicated and multi-faceted as yearbook? Sometimes it seems impossible to know where to start or what...
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How Can I Teach My Seniors To Train The Staff Throughout The Year?
Let’s be honest: training a yearbook staff is a lot of work. But who’s responsibility is it, really? Yes, as the adviser, you need to...
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Photography
2025 Photo Contest Winners Announced
Our 2025 Photo Contest was a special one as we had the most entries we’ve ever received with over 7,600 photos. We encouraged students to...
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Elevate Your Yearbook Photography with This Free Training
As yearbook advisers, we know photography is the backbone of a visually stunning yearbook. But capturing those impactful, award-winning images can be daunting, especially for...
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Walsworth’s 2025 Photo Contest Begins Today
The 2025 Photo Contest is finally here, and we’re excited to see your favorite photos from this school year! The contest runs through Friday, March...
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Ethical Photo Editing: Maintaining Integrity in Yearbook Photography
As yearbook advisers and student journalists, it is crucial to uphold the highest standards of ethical photojournalism. In a world where photo manipulation has become...
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Design
Yearbook Design Trends for 2026 – More Than Just Looks
Yearbook design isn’t just about creating something pretty; it’s about understanding your audience and telling their unique story through visual storytelling. This month on That...
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Mastering Visual Hierarchy: Essential Tips for Captivating Yearbook Spreads
As an adviser, your primary goal is to create spreads that captivate your audience and effectively communicate your content. At the heart of this challenge...
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Mastering Yearbook 360 – Online Design in Five Days: A Step-by-Step Guide for Teachers and Students
Yearbook creation is an art that requires both creativity and technical prowess. To assist teachers and students in mastering the intricacies of Yearbook 360 –...
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Using Grids in InDesign: Video Training With the Yearbook Experts
Welcome to a new training video featuring Mike Taylor, CJE, Jim Jordan and Sabrina Schmitz, CJE. In this session, they delve into the intricacies of...
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Copywriting
Yearbook Terms to Learn
Jumping into work on yearbook is exhilarating, exhausting, fun and maybe even a little confusing. What are all these words, phrases and acronyms you’re hearing,...
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Writing Strong Theme Copy
Strong theme copy helps introduce your unifying concept to your readers. Learn some tips and tricks for creating the optimal copy.
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Storming the brain for a good idea
Updated by Delaney Pierce April 2025 Brainstorming is an important step of the theme development process, but at times it can feel like the trickiest...
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Mastering AP Style: Why AP Style Matters and How to Get it Right
Yearbook season is a whirlwind of creativity, deadlines and capturing memories that last a lifetime. But amidst the excitement, one crucial element often gets overlooked:...
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Marketing
Timely Tips: Plan Your Back-to-School Campaign Now
The school year may be winding down, but now is the perfect time to gear up for a strong start next fall, especially when it...
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From Box to Backpack: Planning a Seamless Yearbook Distribution
Excitement fills the air as the delivery truck pulls up to your school and the yearbook boxes pile out. The anticipation for what’s inside is...
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Boost Yearbook Sales with Guerrilla Marketing
As yearbook deadlines are on the horizon, it’s the perfect time to boost sales and make sure your yearbook is in the hands of as...
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A Social Media Manager’s Six Secrets to Social Media Success
While attending the Fall 2024 National High School Journalism convention in Philadelphia, the Walsworth team met Kimberly Allen, a 16-year old copy editor for Hanks...
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