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This weekend will mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. Many yearbook staffs will likely choose to include some form of 9/11 anniversary coverage in this year’s book, particularly those in areas directly impacted.

This week on the JEA’s website, their quarterly publication – Journalism Education Today – created a slide show looking back at some of the coverage student publications provided on the attacks 10 years ago.

Kansas City, Mo. (Sept. 2, 2011) – The National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) announced that seven individuals have been selected to receive a 2011 Pioneer Award, NSPA’s top individual honor.

Marceline, Mo. (Aug. 24, 2011) – Executives and managers from Walsworth Publishing Company, along with several elected officials and local business leaders, welcomed in U.S. Senator Roy Blunt on Tuesday afternoon at the company’s printing facilities in Marceline, Mo.

U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (Mo.) continued one of his annual swings through the state of Missouri on Tuesday by visiting the yearbook printing facilities at Walsworth in Marceline.

Sen. Blunt took a quick tour of the Walsworth presses and Bindery, then held a roundtable discussion on the economy with local business leaders and elected officials.

Marceline, Mo. (Aug. 22, 2011) – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) will get a first-hand look at a Missouri manufacturing business that is growing and thriving when he makes a stop on Tuesday at the printing facilities of Walsworth Publishing Company in Marceline, Mo.

Here’s a fun story this week from the Victorville (Calif.) Daily Press about an Oregon woman who just got back her long lost yearbooks from the 1960s.

Pat Anderson and her family moved out of their home in Buena Vista, Calif., 31 years ago and Anderson left two of her high school yearbooks behind. By the time she realized it, Anderson figured the books were gone for good.

Take a look at this article from the Des Moines Register this week, which takes a look at trends with yearbook senior portraits.

A couple of photographers in the Des Moines area are quoted discussing the move away from simple head and shoulder senior portrait shots and toward “lifestyle photography.”

Walsworth will be holding its third annual Adviser Academy next month in Kansas City. The event will be held June 28-30 at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center.

Once again, yearbook advisers from across the country will come to K.C. for three days of training to get ready for next year, along with a chance to network with colleagues.

Kansas City, Mo. (April, 18, 2011) – Yearbooks from 12 Walsworth schools placed in the Best of Show contest this past weekend at the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention in Anaheim.

Kansas City, Mo. (April 18, 2011) – Four yearbooks published by Walsworth were chosen winners of 2010 Yearbook Pacemaker awards from the National Scholastic Press Association over the weekend at the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention in Anaheim.