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YEARBOOK LINGO
Yearbook has a language all its own. The Yearbook Lingo Training Video Series introduces the essential terms students need to communicate clearly, understand their assignments and make more informed decisions throughout the production process. These short, focused videos can be used to train new staff members, refresh returning students’ knowledge or reinforce terminology as your staff works through each stage of the book. Pair the videos with the companion handouts and Walsworth’s yearbook vocabulary glossary to help students put what they learn into practice.
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What your staff will learn:
Technical terms related to planning, producing, proofing and printing a yearbook
The vocabulary used in yearbook writing and journalistic storytelling
Photography terms related to storytelling, image selection and image quality
The language behind building and evaluating an effective spread
The names and purposes of the major parts of a yearbook
Essential color terminology and considerations for print
Typography terms that support readability and purposeful font selection
Different approaches to organizing coverage throughout the book
Sabrina Cady, CJE
Sabrina Cady, CJE, is a Walsworth Yearbooks representative, key accounts specialist and the former publications adviser at J.W. Mitchell High School in Trinity, Florida. Under her leadership, The Stampede yearbook earned multiple CSPA Crowns, an NSPA Pacemaker, and was a Design of the Year Finalist. She was Teacher of the Year in 2013, a District Teacher of the Year Finalist, and teaches at workshops and conventions nationwide.
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan is the former yearbook adviser at Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks, California, and now a special consultant for Walsworth Yearbooks. He was a yearbook adviser for 35 years, and over the years the Decamhian yearbook earned numerous Pacemaker and CSPA Gold Crown honors. The Decamhian was recognized in 2022 as having earned the second-highest number of Pacemakers in NSPA’s 100 year history. Jordan was the 1996 JEA Yearbook Adviser of the Year, and has received CSPA Gold Key, NSPA Pioneer, JEA Medal of Merit and JEA Lifetime Achievement awards. He received the Linda S. Puntney Teacher Inspiration Award in 2021. He now shares his expertise with students and advisers at workshops and conventions across the country and leads mentorship through the Adviser Mentor Program. He was among the first to embrace desktop technology in the 1980s and apply it to yearbook, and he remains an innovator in the yearbook industry. Be sure to check out his yearbook-focused podcast, Yearbook Chat with Jim that highlights the stories of great yearbook advisers from around the country.
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