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CSPA honors 12 yearbooks with Crown awards

Mar 23, 2019

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association honored 12 Balfour yearbooks with Crown awards in New York City recently. The Crown Awards recognize the top student publications in news, magazine,

How to fill in the blanks (pages)

Mar 19, 2019

As you’re scrambling to finish pages, it never fails that something goes awry. An annual event gets canceled because of weather. Clubs end up not doing anything. The cool idea in September fails to

Should you ban phones in your classroom?

Mar 12, 2019

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

The long and short of it: hyphens and dashes

Mar 12, 2019

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

Avoid conflict by establishing a student media policy

Mar 5, 2019

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

‘I can’t. I have Yearbook.’

Feb 26, 2019

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

InstaAppeal: promote yearbook by building social media presence

Feb 26, 2019

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

The Essentials: The Index

Feb 19, 2019

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.

It’s Elementary: Backgrounds

Feb 19, 2019

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

Guest Blog: Chronological coverage adds flexibility and authenticity

Feb 12, 2019

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

The Essentials: Captions

Feb 12, 2019

As part of our series, “The Essentials,” today’s focus is captions, a critical component of coverage.

After headlines, captions are the most read copy in the yearbook. And yet, they tend to be a

From Advisers to Zero Hour: A to Z spreads wow audiences with maximum content, fun design

Feb 5, 2019

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

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CSPA honors 12 yearbooks with Crown awards

How to fill in the blanks (pages)

Should you ban phones in your classroom?

The long and short of it: hyphens and dashes

Avoid conflict by establishing a student media policy

‘I can’t. I have Yearbook.’

InstaAppeal: promote yearbook by building social media presence

The Essentials: The Index

It’s Elementary: Backgrounds

Guest Blog: Chronological coverage adds flexibility and authenticity

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

The Essentials: Captions

From Advisers to Zero Hour: A to Z spreads wow audiences with maximum content, fun design

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