'21 Jumpstart: Meet your instructors

We have pumped about our incredible line-up of award winning advisers and journalism gurus! Learn more about each speaker below. Be sure to tune in on April 21 for '21 Jumpstart. Learn more here.

Share Your GREAT STORY

Unprecedented times call for unprecedented stories. Tell us how life has changed because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Solve sports problems with crowdsourcing and simplified layouts

March is when advisers capitalize on snagging action shots, team photos and missing captions. But Team Coronavirus didn’t play by the rules and now we’re all on the sidelines. Here’s how to problem

De-stress with 20+ pages of ready-to-go COVID-19 coverage

The pandemic forced staffs to say goodbye to planned spring coverage. Now, say hello to coronavirus pages created for you.

A digital love letter to yearbook staffs everywhere

Despite school closures and social distancing, Balfour staffs are determined to finish their 2020 yearbooks. Take a look at how staffs nationwide are making it happen.

Save the date! Join us for a virtual journalism festival, April 21

JUMPSTART your 2021 publications with virtual training for your newspaper and yearbook staffs.

Photography help to finish spring sports

Spring sports pages are about as empty as the nation’s stadiums and locker rooms. We have 30 images and illustrations to help you fill in those spreads.

Win cash for your best outside-of-school photos

The Great Shot Photo Contest is back! And the assignment is unlike any we’ve done before: Out of the Classroom. So grab you cameras and start snapping.

15 more ideas to fill pages

Fort Zumwalt South High School, 2019

Extended spring breaks, canceled games and school closures have made it challenging to finish spring coverage. Here are 15 more ideas to fill blank pages.

Resources for virtual teaching

To slow the spread of the coronavirus, schools across the country are closing campuses and moving to remote teaching. We’ve compiled a list of online resources to help journalism educators make this

Eight Balfour yearbooks win CSPA Silver and Gold Crown Awards

Eight Balfour yearbooks earned Silver and Gold Crown Awards today from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. The announcement was made via live video and Twitter because of the spring

Covering the coronavirus crisis

It's all we can talk about. It’s upended life as we know it. It’s a challenge to get in our yearbooks. With school closures and looming deadlines, here are six creative ways to include the

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