Your Guide to Making a Staff Manual is Here
October 30, 2025
Your yearbook staff runs best when everyone knows what’s expected. That’s where a solid staff manual comes in. A good manual defines each role, sets...
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Timely Tips: Using Mods to Enhance Your Portrait Pages
October 29, 2025
Portrait sections often get overlooked, but they don’t have to be predictable grids of faces. With the right mod packages, these pages can become one...
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Timely Tips: Help Your Students Master the ABCDs of Caption Writing
October 23, 2025
A standout yearbook doesn’t just show moments. It tells their stories through powerful captions, helping readers understand the “who,” “what,” “when,” “where,” “how” and “why”...
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Timely Tips: Give Your Yearbook Sales a Spooktacular Boost
October 16, 2025
When it comes to marketing your yearbook, timing and creativity go hand in hand. Halloween is the perfect moment to turn everyday promotion into something...
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How to Market New Yearbook Accessories to Parents
October 13, 2025
Adding Accessories like Cover Personalization, Stickers and Signing Markers to your School Store is a great way to elevate the yearbook experience. But here’s the...
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Chaos Coordinator: Mastering the Art of Yearbook Multitasking
October 13, 2025
You live for the challenge of juggling it all. The Chaos Coordinator is the multitasker, the fixer, the glue that keeps a dozen moving parts...
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Humble Hustler: Quiet Strength That Powers Every Great Yearbook
October 13, 2025
You might not always be in the spotlight, but your steady effort keeps everything running. The Humble Hustler shows up, follows through and lifts the...
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Last-Minute Legend: Thriving When the Yearbook Clock Is Ticking
October 10, 2025
You shine brightest when the pressure is on. While others panic, you focus. The Last-Minute Legend doesn’t just survive a time crunch – you thrive...
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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
Your Guide to Making a Staff Manual is Here
Your yearbook staff runs best when everyone knows what’s expected. That’s where a solid staff manual comes in. A good manual defines each role, sets...
Read More »
Chaos Coordinator: Mastering the Art of Yearbook Multitasking
You live for the challenge of juggling it all. The Chaos Coordinator is the multitasker, the fixer, the glue that keeps a dozen moving parts...
Read More »
Humble Hustler: Quiet Strength That Powers Every Great Yearbook
You might not always be in the spotlight, but your steady effort keeps everything running. The Humble Hustler shows up, follows through and lifts the...
Read More »
Last-Minute Legend: Thriving When the Yearbook Clock Is Ticking
You shine brightest when the pressure is on. While others panic, you focus. The Last-Minute Legend doesn’t just survive a time crunch – you thrive...
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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
Finding the Goldilocks of Spread Design
When you’re building a yearbook spread, size matters more than you might think. One oversized photo can throw off the balance. A headline that’s too...
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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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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
Timely Tips: Give Your Yearbook Sales a Spooktacular Boost
When it comes to marketing your yearbook, timing and creativity go hand in hand. Halloween is the perfect moment to turn everyday promotion into something...
Read More »
How to Market New Yearbook Accessories to Parents
Adding Accessories like Cover Personalization, Stickers and Signing Markers to your School Store is a great way to elevate the yearbook experience. But here’s the...
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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...
Read More »