The Colophon - Balfour Yearbooks Blog

“A place for everything, everything in its place.” This old adage is fitting when it comes to camera closets. To provide stress relief, have a system for organizing and checking out equipment.

Three Balfour advisers, Katie Comeford, John Horvath and Tim Ryckman, were named 2017 Rising Stars by the Journalism Education Association, Thursday, Jan. 26.

The Journalism Education Association recognized Leland Mallett, Legacy High School, Mansfield, Texas as a yearbook Special Recognition Adviser in their Yearbook Adviser of the Year program on Monday,

Lose weight. Save money. Spend more time with family. We all think of ways to improve ourselves at this time of year. Let’s also take that energy and focus it on our staffs.

The skills you’re learning today on your school’s yearbook or student media staff can have enormous real-world application. A photo editor might one day own a photography business. Graphic skills can

As the semester rapidly comes to a close, your staff frantically works to finish pages before the holiday break. Reward their effort with fun and festivities and celebrate finishing the first

We are pleased to announce the winners of this fall’s Great Shot Photo Contest. For the first time, entries were accepted in two categories: sports and school spirit. With more than 1,500 photos

Staff members gathered for a Ribbon Cutting ceremony on Friday, Nov. 18 to officially open the doors to the new space. The work stations and meeting rooms came to life immediately as some employees

The index is the first place students look because they want to see what pages they’re on. But if you wait until spring to run the index, you’re bound to have mistakes and missing information.

Balfour’s SayIt! Custom Signage lets you and your staff put your “mark” on yearbook marketing. With the design portal, you can order custom posters, banners, postcards, window clings and more. Use

With the click of a button, thousands of images are instantly available on the Internet. But is it legal or ethical to use them?

Copyright protects photos, stories andillustrations—including ones