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.

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.

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

“You are strong enough to soldier this storm.”

Bridgeland Media staffers meet at a local coffee shop during spring break last week. With growing coronavirus concerns, the yearbook staff wanted to plan finishing the yearbook. The preemptive

Two Balfour yearbook staffs receive 2020 collegiate Crown Awards

Congratulations goes to the University of Miami and Texas Tech University for receiving Crown Awards today from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. The Ibis staff won a Gold Crown while the La

What's the Buzz all about?

Meet Buzz, Balfour's new help bot, built to give you and your yearbook staff real help in real time. Here at Balfour, we're known for offering the best support in the industry, and Buzz is the newest

CSPA honors two Balfour advisers with national awards

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association recognized two Balfour advisers as part of the 2020 National High School Teacher of the Year Awards program, Feb. 11.

Happy Adviser Appreciation Day!

Advising isn’t easy. There are long hours, stressful deadlines and oh yeah, a book to finish. But the rewards ultimately outweigh the tough days.

Twelve Balfour schools named NSPA Pacemaker Finalists

Twelve Balfour schools were named Pacemaker Finalists Tuesday by the National Scholastic Press Association.

Congratulations to our Fall 2019 Great Shot Photo Winners!

We are excited to announce the winners of the Fall 2019 edition of Balfour’s Great Shot Photo Contest. This semester’s contest included the categories Autumn and Leading Lines, and a K-8 category.

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