Celebrate National Yearbook Week with Walsworth
October 6, 2025
Since 1987, yearbook staffs across the country have spent the first week of every October pausing to celebrate the creativity, dedication and teamwork that go...
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How to Make Your Yearbook Cover Speak for Itself
October 2, 2025
Starting a yearbook cover from a blank slate can feel overwhelming. With no lines to follow, it’s easy to freeze up or fall back on...
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Six Tips for Choosing the Perfect Yearbook Fonts
September 30, 2025
Fonts might seem like small design choices, but in the context of your yearbook, they play a major role in its overall tone, readability and...
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How to Go With the Flow: Learn the Secrets of Organic Flow Design
September 26, 2025
In yearbook, the most significant elements in great design are a dominant photo and a strong eyeline. These elements have created clean, balanced layouts for...
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Ladder Logic: Planning for Coverage
September 25, 2025
The new school year begins with the latest Walsworth Yearbook Training Video Series episode focused on one of the most important elements of your yearbook:...
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Interviewing 101: Questions That Count
September 25, 2025
Strong interviews are the secret ingredient behind standout yearbook stories. They provide the quotes, details and emotion that turn a spread from ordinary to memorable....
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Be Like Mike: Lessons Learned From the Life of Mike Taylor
September 24, 2025
In my first year of yearbook advising 25 years ago, Mike Taylor made me feel like I was a yearbook genius. He made me feel...
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Answers to the Top Four Yearbook Photography Questions
September 23, 2025
For 10 years, I’ve walked into journalism rooms across the country to help yearbook students improve their photography skills. I hear the same questions again...
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News
Idea File Magazine Now Available
Are you ready to dive into a world of expert insights, fresh ideas and creative inspiration? We’re thrilled to announce the release of the fall...
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Navigating School Cellphone Bans: Options for Yearbook Staff
Across the country, schools are revising policies on student cellphone use. As of 2025, 27 states have implemented statewide bans or restrictions, while several others...
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Timely Tips: Make the Most of Your 2026 Planning Kit with a Fun Scavenger Hunt
Every yearbook journey begins with a plan. Whether you’re a first-year adviser or a seasoned pro, your Walsworth Planning Kit is one of the most...
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Elevate the Yearbook Buying Experience: New Accessories, More Sales, Less Stress
The yearbook is more than just a book. It’s the story of your school year. This year, we’ve added new Accessories you can offer in...
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Coverage
Think Like a Detective: Developing Curiosity in Your Students to Uncover Hidden Stories
There’s no question on the planet that better captures what it means to be curious than “why?” Why does the camera refuse to focus? Why...
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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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Yearbook Staff
Making the Grade: Tips for Yearbook class management and grading
Yearbook management isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach. I’ve taught yearbook for 29 years, and in that time, I learned to base my classroom management style on...
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Navigating School Cellphone Bans: Options for Yearbook Staff
Across the country, schools are revising policies on student cellphone use. As of 2025, 27 states have implemented statewide bans or restrictions, while several others...
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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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Photography
Answers to the Top Four Yearbook Photography Questions
For 10 years, I’ve walked into journalism rooms across the country to help yearbook students improve their photography skills. I hear the same questions again...
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Position Yourself for Stronger Fall Sports Photos
Capturing fall sports is about more than freezing action with a fast shutter speed. Where you stand, the lens you choose and how you anticipate...
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Find the Picture-Perfect Mirrorless Camera for Your Yearbook Photography Needs
As yearbook advisers, photography is at the heart of what you do. Having the right gear makes all the difference in capturing your school’s story....
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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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Design
How to Make Your Yearbook Cover Speak for Itself
Starting a yearbook cover from a blank slate can feel overwhelming. With no lines to follow, it’s easy to freeze up or fall back on...
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Six Tips for Choosing the Perfect Yearbook Fonts
Fonts might seem like small design choices, but in the context of your yearbook, they play a major role in its overall tone, readability and...
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How to Go With the Flow: Learn the Secrets of Organic Flow Design
In yearbook, the most significant elements in great design are a dominant photo and a strong eyeline. These elements have created clean, balanced layouts for...
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The Power of Color: A Guide to Eye-Catching Design
Color is one of the most impactful design choices in a yearbook. It influences mood, evokes school spirit and enhances storytelling. Instead of choosing colors...
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Copywriting
Interviewing 101: Questions That Count
Strong interviews are the secret ingredient behind standout yearbook stories. They provide the quotes, details and emotion that turn a spread from ordinary to memorable....
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How a Simple Strategy Turned My Students into Storytellers
Middle schoolers make for a tough crowd when it comes to writing. They give you the bare minimum when they are not interested. Even if...
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Five Simple Ideas For Better Mods
The best yearbooks combine words, pictures and modern design. Mods allow you to do all that in a small space. Mods are a standard addition...
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Think Like a Detective: Developing Curiosity in Your Students to Uncover Hidden Stories
There’s no question on the planet that better captures what it means to be curious than “why?” Why does the camera refuse to focus? Why...
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Marketing
Don’t Wait: Turn On Your School Store and Unlock New Yearbook Features
The start of the school year is always busy, but waiting to launch your online yearbook sales can cost your program momentum, sales and excitement....
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Elevate the Yearbook Buying Experience: New Accessories, More Sales, Less Stress
The yearbook is more than just a book. It’s the story of your school year. This year, we’ve added new Accessories you can offer in...
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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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