Your yearbook staff might already be in full brainstorming mode trying to develop a theme idea and sketch out a cover design for your upcoming 2020 yearbook. Now they can get fresh inspiration from our updated Cover Gallery.
It’s summer! For most yearbook staffs, that means it’s a time to start planning for summer workshop and preparing for next year’s book. You need inspiration, which is why we will be updating our most popular Design Showcase galleries over the next month with new work from 2019. First up is a brand new gallery…
With a phone attached to their hands, most people come in thinking they’re good photojournalists. But I believe there’s another level that we all want students to reach in our publications. Here are some of the strategies I’ve used to help them reach that level. Show quality photojournalistic images often Thirty minutes to showtime and…
Journalism, whether written word or photographic image, cuts a window in which to see clearly the dark complexities of our world. Truth is the frame around that window. Without truth and the trust that derives from it, the noble profession and service of journalism in high school or society as a whole becomes a wasted exercise in killing trees.
Advisers need to set the tone for ethical standards on publication staffs, whether they use Photoshop or not. They need to work with editors to print a guidebook that sets the bar for legal and ethical issues.
This holiday season, Walsworth has decided to celebrate by creating the 12 days of eBooks! We’re pretty proud of all the helpful eBooks we’ve created, and we want to make sure you’re aware of them too. That’s why over 12 days this month, we’ll be putting the spotlight on 12 of our specific eBooks. Each…
Prepare to laugh. In this week’s episode of Ask Mike, host Mike Taylor, CJE, brings in photography expert Mark Murray. These two have been friends for a long time, and they’re not afraid to rib each other and crack jokes at their own expense. While listening, you’ll definitely crack a smile. More importantly, you’ll learn…
Next week is Halloween, which is always one of the more colorful, photogenic events of the fall for yearbook staffs to document. Many schools incorporate Spirit Week around the week of Halloween, so it can be an important coverage week. Make sure your staff photographers and reporters are ready, the way they were for the…
Everyone always wants to know what the current “trends” are for the upcoming yearbook year. What cool things are other schools doing that we should consider doing? Or even better, what did we do that has become a trend that everyone is going to be doing in 2019? At every workshop and every convention everyone…
“Who took the photo at the last football game?” “Didn’t the photo of the mascot get saved somewhere?” “What’s the file name for that great photo of the drum major?” I remember these conversations in my classroom. I remember the frustration. I remember asking advisers and others about ways to keep photos and photographers organized.…
In our first Photo Spotlight of the new school year, we take a look at how one yearbook photographer used the natural environment around her to create an amazing yearbook memory. Take a look at the band photo above by Emily White from John Glenn High School in Walkerton, Indiana. What a gorgeous sunset! The…
Few things demonstrate the dedication of a photographer to improve more than continuing to take images well after the last yearbook assignment has been completed. Whether it is the last deadline in the spring or summer break, here are five suggestions on how to be a better photographer for the coming year.
