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Are your staffers a little distracted by text messages, Snapchats and Instagram posts? Yearbook advisers weigh in on banning cell phones in their classrooms

Colons can be confusing. It’s easy to go overboard with commas or parentheses. But dashes—those beautiful, thin lines that suggest a subtle pause or an abrupt change in thought—can be a smart

Do you give refunds? How do you handle mistakes? Do you allow song lyrics in senior ads? What about photos of students in bikinis, holding red cups or carrying shotguns? A student media policy will

Oh, those infamous words staffers throw out when another obligation comes up and they’re in the midst of deadline. “I can’t. I have Yearbook.” What might be an excuse to teachers and friends is a way

A strong social media presence—it’s the newest “must have” in the media world, including student media. While yearbook advisers and staffs may be well-versed in the realm of print, going social may

As part of our series, “The Essentials,” we’ll discuss the required elements of yearbook. Today, we’ll focus on the index.

It might be the most banal part of the yearbook, but it’s an essential one.

As part of a series for elementary school advisers, we’ll focus on topics that concern K-5 yearbooks.

Hendrickson High School adviser Kari Riemer (left) works with her 2018 yearbook editors on their chronological coverage plan. Photo by Ian Falkenbury

ABCs aren’t just for kindergarteners. Spreads with an alphabet hook provide 26 ways to maximize coverage in a powerful and creative presentation. We love A to Z spreads for their versatility, design

While all it takes is a simple click to download a photo these days, it’s much more complicated to navigate copyright law. Can we run a photo from the Oscars? Surely, it’s okay to include photos from