The Journalism Education Association (JEA) announced today that media adviser Mark Newton, MJE, has been named the winner of this year’s Carl Towley Award. Each year, the Carl Towley Award is given to an organization member for exceptional service and is considered JEA’s highest honor. Newton is the adviser at Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, and also recently served two terms …
The Journalism Education Association (JEA) announced today that seven individuals have been named new recipients of the Medal of Merit, an honor awarded each year to recognize exceptional service to JEA, state and regional scholastic journalism associations and the teaching profession at large. This year’s Medal of Merit recipients include: Jeanne Acton-Shanks, University Interscholastic League, Austin, Texas Kelly Furnas, MJE, Elon University, …
Tiffany Cavicchia from Mooresville High School in Mooresville, North Carolina – a Walsworth Yearbooks customer school – was among those chosen as a recipient of the Rising Star Award from the Journalism Education Association (JEA) on Wednesday. Cavicchia began teaching in 2003, but took on the job of yearbook adviser just within the past five years. Using her background in advertising and design, …
The 2017 Photo Contest ended up becoming the largest ever for Walsworth Yearbooks, with more than 4,400 entries. Thank you once again to all the talented yearbook photographers who entered! Congratulations to this year’s top prize winners, who are each winners of a $100 Visa gift card, an award certificate and a letter from Don Walsworth: Academics – Mary Kress, Hinsdale Central …
Brit Taylor, CJE, the yearbook and newspaper adviser at Walsworth Yearbooks school Hagerty High School in Oviedo, Florida, was named the Teacher of the Year over the weekend by the Florida Scholastic Press Association (FSPA) at FSPA’s state convention. Taylor, who has been a publications adviser for more than 20 years, has guided staffs to multiple national awards and All-American …
Nine Walsworth Yearbooks schools were among those chosen as winners of 2016 Yearbook Pacemaker awards from the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) during the awards ceremony today at the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention in Seattle. The 2016 Pacemaker winners printed by Walsworth Yearbooks included: Apollo, Colonial Forge High School, Stafford, Virginia Hauberk, Shawnee Mission East High School, …
Five 2016 high school yearbooks printed by Walsworth Yearbooks received Gold Crowns from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) today, with another five 2016 Walsworth books earning Silver Crowns. The 2016 high school and middle school Gold and Silver Crown winners were named during the closing session at CSPA’s annual Spring Scholastic Convention at Columbia University in New York City. CSPA originally …
The 2016 Tower yearbook from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, was named a Gold Crown winner by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) this past weekend at the College Media Convention in New York City. The Tower was printed by Walsworth Yearbooks, and was the only 2016 college yearbook to receive a Gold Crown. Three other college yearbooks …
Walsworth Yearbooks is proud to announce that two of its customers, Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, and Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, were named 2016 Pacemaker Finalists by the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP). The ACP’s annual Pacemaker is considered one of the highest honors in student journalism. Judging this year was done by five former college editors, now current journalism professionals and teachers. Judging …
Students from Walsworth Yearbooks schools won 16 of the 36 Sweepstakes prizes in the 2016 Yearbook Excellence Contest, sponsored by Quill and Scroll. The yearbook staff from Arrowhead Christian Academy in Redlands, California, were among the big winners with six Sweepstakes winners in Class B, which is for schools with 750 students or fewer. The Arrowhead Sweepstakes winners included Christine …