What happens when hosts of two different WYPN shows get together on the same episode? It turns into a fascinating 55 minutes of fun for the listener. To kickoff the second season of Yearbook Chat with Jim, host Jim Jordan interviewed Walsworth’s Mike Taylor, CJE, the host of Walsworth’s Ask Mike podcast, and the entertaining discussion covered a little bit
Every legend has a start, and yearbook legend Bruce Watterson is no different. In the newest episode of Yearbook Chat with Jim, Watterson and host Jim Jordan discuss Watterson’s beginnings in small-town Arkansas, how he came to be a yearbook adviser, the way the industry changed during his time and what he hopes for the future of yearbook. Early Life
Despite being turned away from her high school yearbook staff, Crystal Kazmierski went on to become a legendary yearbook adviser. In her 24 years advising the Wings yearbook at Arrowhead Christian Academy in Redlands, California, Kazmierski and her staff amassed 22 Pacemakers, one Pacemaker finalist, 19 CSPA Gold Crowns and 5 CSPA Silver Crowns. In the latest episode of Yearbook
Back in October, Yearbook Chat with Jim featured Courtney Hanks, the adviser at University High School in Orange City, Florida, as an Adviser of Note. Since that interview, Hanks and her staff have continued to win awards, and were even featured in a story by the Daytona Beach News-Journal. In this special bonus episode, podcast host Jim Jordan follows up
Yearbook is a form of storytelling, and Bruce Watterson, known as “The Yearbook Whisperer,” is the Homer of the art form. In the newest episode of the Ask Mike podcast, Watterson and host Mike Taylor, CJE, contemplate the ways yearbook staffs can tell a great story. Creativity They muse on the many options yearbook staffs have tell a story –
This week on the Yearbook Chat with Jim podcast, host Jim Jordan talks to Lori Oglesbee. Recently retired from 34 years as a teacher and yearbook adviser, Oglesbee established herself as a powerhouse “triple-threat” journalism instructor. She is a master at teaching writing, photography and design, and shares her thoughts and methods with listeners. She has a deep love of
Learn how to acquire yearbook expertise and teach yearbook as an academic subject. You are probably thinking: You want me to actually teach yearbook? As if I didn’t have enough going on already — surly parents calling to complain, administrators wanting to “check” the yearbook spreads, and computers that constantly crash. The handouts from the last adviser seem fine. Besides,
Principal Brianna Kleinschmidt offers advice to administrators on how they can support their yearbook advisers. If you’re a first-year adviser, check out Kleinschmidt’s advice to you here. It was a quick rise to the top for Brianna Kleinschmidt. She moved from yearbook adviser to principal in just a few years. “I definitely didn’t set out or plan it that way,” she said.
The Journalism Education Association (JEA) announced this week that 13 advisers will be receiving 2016 Rising Star Awards. Each year, JEA recognizes advisers with up to five years of experience who show promise as up-and-coming advisers. Nominations for the Rising Star Award can come from scholastic press associations, publishing companies, fellow teachers, students and parents. The recipients of the 2016
If you were a visitor to Steven Jay Thor’s yearbook room over the course of his career as a yearbook adviser, chances are you probably remembered it. And remembered him. Whether it was the life-sized posters adorning the walls, or the souvenir Thor’s hammer given to him as a gift by his students, when you walked into Mr. Thor’s room
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