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Yearbook Chat with Jim

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Behind every yearbook is a great story, and Jim Jordan is exploring those stories. Join Jim as he interviews the people behind the yearbook in Yearbook Chat with Jim, part of the Walsworth Yearbooks Podcast Network (WYPN). From new advisers who just made it through their first year, to long-time yearbook lovers looking at retirement, Yearbook Chat with Jim shows the human side of creating a yearbook.

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Yearbook Adviser of Note: Brit Taylor, Hagerty High School, Oviedo, Florida

October 27, 2023 14:00 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MB

Welcome to another exciting Adviser of Note episode of "Yearbook Chat with Jim." In this episode, Jim Jordan talks with the legendary Brit Taylor, CJE, a star of Florida scholastic journalism with 30 years of experience at Hagerty High School in Oviedo, Florida. Brit is a passionate educator, dedicated to helping high school students grow and thrive in the world of publications. Brit shares his journey from junior high involvement in publications to becoming a full-time journalism and media...

Susan Massy: Yearbook’s Queen of Storytelling

June 08, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MB

In the world of yearbooks, Susan Massy is a pretty big deal. Her program at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas, is NSPA’s most-winning program of their prestigious Pacemaker awards. Susan herself has received the JEA Lifetime Achievement Award, CSPA’s Gold Key, and was the 1999 National Yearbook Adviser of the Year. The Kansas High School Press Association has even dubbed their Student Journalist of the Year award the Susan Massy Award.  But Susan doesn’t really ...

Yearbook Adviser of Note Jim McCrossen, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas

April 13, 2023 13:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MB

Jim McCrossen is a mild-mannered yearbook adviser at Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas. Behind his gentle demeanor is a person with a wealth of interesting life experiences and a passion for making the world a better place. One way he works to improve the world around him is through his role as a teacher and scholastic journalism adviser. After working as a photojournalist in southern California during the 80s – where he covered things like the 1984 summer Olympics, ...

Adviser of Note Tucker Love, Shawnee Mission South High School, Shawnee, Kansas

February 23, 2023 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MB

In this episode, Jim chats with Tucker Love, from Shawnee Mission South High School in Shawnee, Kansas. Tucker is in his fifth year of advising the Heritage yearbook, and his staff were recently named NSPA Pacemaker Award finalists. 

NSPA Pioneer April van Buren, Madison East High School, Madison, Wisconsin

December 22, 2022 16:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MB

In this episode, host Jim Jordan chats with April van Buren, from Madison East High School in Madison, Wisconsin. April was named an NSPA Pioneer in 2022, NSPA awards to journalism educators who make substantial contributions to high school journalism programs and scholastic journalism education outside their primary employment. They discuss April’s journey as an educator, how she finds success at the scholastic journalism programs she instructs, and they even sneak in a quick side conversat...

Rising Star Ben Langevin, Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida

October 31, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MB

In this episode, Jim Jordan chats with Ben Langevin, the yearbook adviser at Oviedo High School in Oviedo, Florida. Ben was recently named a JEA Rising Star and his staff published an especially noteworthy yearbook in 2022. 

Gary Lundgren - Critiques, Conventions and All Things Yearbook

August 15, 2022 07:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MB

Welcome to the sixth season of Yearbook Chat with Jim! In this season premiere, host Jim Jordan chats with Gary Lundgren, from the National Scholastic Press Association, about the state of yearbooks and scholastic journalism. 

Adviser of Note Jason Davis, Cactus Canyon Junior High, Apache Junction, Arizona

May 12, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MB

Jason Davis has had quite the journey. He grew up in Minnesota, but now lives in Arizona. His first job was as a fry cook in his family's restaurant, then as a professional journalist, and now is a teacher. He had no yearbook experience when he started advising, but how has one of the best middle school/junior high yearbook programs in the country.  In this episode, Jason chats with Jim Jordan about his life and yearbook journey. He also shares excellent advice for fellow yearbookers.  And...

State Student Journalists of the Year: Part 2

April 14, 2022 13:00 - 58 minutes - 39.9 MB

Host Jim Jordan recently discovered that seven of the JEA State Journalists of the Year winners all have yearbook in their resumes AND their schools published their books with Walsworth Yearbooks. He believes strongly that yearbook students are also true scholastic journalists – just as much as newspaper, online and broadcast – and deserve this kind of recognition.  On this episode, Jim chats with three of those State Journalists of the Year.  Lucy Bickel, ELCO High School, Myerstown, Penn...

State Student Journalists of the Year: Part 1

April 06, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MB

Host Jim Jordan recently discovered that six of the JEA State Journalists of the Year winners all have yearbook in their resumes AND their schools published their books with Walsworth Yearbooks. He believes strongly that yearbook students are also true scholastic journalists – just as much as newspaper, online and broadcast – and deserve this kind of recognition.  On this episode, Jim chats with three of those State Journalists of the Year.  Annie Brown, Homestead High School, Mequon, Wisc...

Adviser of Note Monica Rodriguez

March 03, 2022 21:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MB

Monica Rodriguez – known to her students as M-rod – is the yearbook adviser at Gulliver Preparatory Upper School in Pinecrest, Florida. All of Monica's three staffs – the Reflections literary magazine, the Raider Voice news and and print magazine, and the Raider yearbook – received Crown and Pacemaker Finalist recognition in 2021. It's particularly exciting as this is the first time the Raider yearbook has earned Pacemaker recognition from NSPA.  She took time to chat with Jim about her car...

NSPA Pioneer Leland Mallett, Mansfield Legacy High School, Mansfield, Texas

January 18, 2022 19:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MB

When NSPA announced the three 2021 recipients of their prestigious Pioneer Award and Jim saw long-time friend Leland Mallett on the list, he knew he wanted Leland to come on the podcast again. In this episode, Jim and Leland chat about what this award means to Leland, how the yearbook world has changed over his 22-year career, and what the last two years have been like while they produced a yearbook during COVID.  If you'd like to see some of the covers and spreads discussed in the episo...

Rising Star Carly Gates, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida

December 10, 2021 20:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MB

When JEA announced their 2021 Rising Stars and three Walsworth Yearbooks advisers were on the list, Jim Jordan knew he had to get them on his podcast. His third and final interview was with Carly Gates, from Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida. If you haven't already, be sure to check out the previous interviews with Rising Stars Laurel Wicke and Joanna Chadwick. 

Rising Star Joanna Chadwick, Derby High School, Derby, Kansas

December 09, 2021 22:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MB

When JEA announced their 2021 Rising Stars and three Walsworth Yearbooks advisers were on the list, Jim Jordan knew he had to get them on his podcast. His second interview was with Joanna Chadwick, the yearbook adviser at Derby High School in Derby, Kansas.  If you haven't already, be sure to check out the previous interview with Rising Star Laurel Wicke, and stay tuned for the third and final JEA Rising Star episode. 

Rising Star Laurel Wicke, Drake Middle School, Arvada, Colorado

December 08, 2021 17:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MB

When JEA announced their 2021 Rising Stars and three Walsworth Yearbooks advisers were on the list, Jim Jordan knew he had to get them on his podcast. His first interview was with Laurel Wicke, the yearbook adviser at Drake Middle School in Arvada, Colorado.  Stay tuned this week for interviews with two more JEA Rising Stars. 

Adviser of Note Karen Johnson, Kearney High School, Kearney, Missouri

October 07, 2021 20:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MB

Karen Johnson, MJE, always knew she wanted to be a teacher and a coach. When she started college, she realized that social studies (which often seems to go hand-in-hand with coaching) wasn't really for her. It wasn't long before she switched to English, then added a journalism minor. Since then, she's been a yearbook adviser at tiny schools and at large schools. She's working on her sixth book at Kearney High School, and has helped build a strong program at the school. In addition to this ...

Bobby Hawthorne and the Writing Process

August 12, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MB

Bobby Hawthorne is a master storyteller and journalist. He's well known in the scholastic journalism world, and can frequently be found teaching at journalism workshops and seminars. In this episode, Hawthorne and your host, Jim Jordan, share what it takes to be a good journalist and tell a great story in your yearbook.  You can find more episodes of Yearbook Chat with Jim on the Walsworth Yearbooks website. 

Yearbook Adviser of Note Liz Luna, Athens Drive High School, Raleigh, North Carolina

May 27, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MB

Elizabeth Luna sort of happened into graphic design, then wanted more, and now she's the yearbook adviser at a school that just won its first Pacemaker. She shared their journey over the last several years, and what it's like being the adviser of a small yearbook program.  You can read more about this Adviser of Note on our blog. 

Adviser of Note Ronna Sparks Woodward, Liberty North High School, Liberty, Missouri

April 29, 2021 19:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MB

Here it is! The official 50th episode! And what a great person to interview.  Ronna Sparks-Woodward loves yearbooks. She knew while she was still in high school that she wanted to be a teacher, and specifically that she wanted to be a yearbook adviser.  She has turned her passion for a yearbooks into a career, and shares the insights she's gained on this 50th episode of "Yearbook Chat with Jim." 

Our 50th Episode

April 29, 2021 16:00 - 4 minutes - 2.8 MB

It's our 50th episode! Today, we're sharing a mini-episode to reflect on where this podcast has taken us since we launched in 2018.  Thank you to everyone who has been on this podcast journey with Jim and the Walsworth Yearbooks Podcast Network. 

A Family Affair

March 19, 2021 14:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MB

A few weeks ago, host Jim Jordan read two articles on the Walsworth Yearbooks blog about covering controversial topics in a yearbook. Those two articles were written by a father/daughter yearbook team, which sparked the idea for this episode.  Jim Jordan was a yearbook adviser for 35 years, and during that time all three of his children were on his staff. So he decided to reach out to the authors of those articles, Jon and Lucy Bickell, from Eastern Lebanon County High School in Meyerstown,...

Promote Yourself and Your Yearbook

March 12, 2021 22:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MB

In this extra special episode, Ask Mike and Yearbook Chat with Jim team up to talk about promoting your yearbook! Hosts Mike Taylor, CJE, and Jim Jordan are joined by three members of the Walsworth marketing team, Jenica Hallman, CJE, Jimmy Gilligan and Sarah Scott. They share tips for writing press releases, ideas for promoting your yearbook, and why you want to promote your 2021 yearbook more than ever before! Listen to the episode, then share your marketing with us! Send press releases t...

JEA Special Recognition Adviser Tiffany Kopcak, Colonial Forge High School, Stafford, Virginia

February 18, 2021 22:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MB

Tiffany Kopcak was recently named JEA's H.L. Hall Yearbook Adviser of the Year Special Recognition Adviser. Her staff's 2020 yearbook was one of host Jim Jordan's favorite volumes, and they're known for their willingness to go in new directions for coverage and design. Listen in to hear more about her love of her home state Virginia and how her yearbook staff has been working through the challenges posed by the past two school years. 

Rising Star Patty Gomez, Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

January 28, 2021 15:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MB

Patty Gomez has led an interesting life, and it's given her a unique perspective on education. She is the yearbook adviser at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and was recently named a JEA Rising Star for her commitment to scholastic journalism. In this interview, Patty shares a little bit about growing up in Venezuela, her work in chemistry, and why it's so important to balance STEM education with the arts.  This is the second of a two-part Rising Star series. Be sure to check...

Rising Star Heather Rice, One School of the Arts, Longwood, Florida

January 18, 2021 19:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MB

For the first episode of 2021, host Jim Jordan interviews JEA Rising Star Heather Rice, from One School of the Arts in Longwood, Florida. Rising Star trophies are awarded to advisers who are in their first five years of advising and have shown great dedication to scholastic journalism. Heather took over a yearbook program that had previously been run by parents, and in only five years helped bring it to an award-winning level.

Adviser of Note Emily Arnold, Aledo High School, Aledo, Texas

November 12, 2020 16:17 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

In this episode, host Jim Jordan chats with November 2020 Adviser of Note Emily Arnold. Listen to her story about how she built two different award-winning publications programs and how she is coping with in-person teaching and advising this year.

Making the Best of It During the Global Pandemic

October 29, 2020 16:48 - 1 hour - 65 MB

On today’s episode, host Jim Jordan discusses the ways yearbook staffs continue to manage, create and sometimes even thrive in the midst of a pandemic. He spoke with five yearbook advisers from four high schools all over the country to listen to their stories about yearbook during COVID-19. Ashley Dias, Americas High School, El Paso, Texas Susan Colyer, Southside High School, Fort Smith, Arkansas Kaitlin Beaudet and Michelle Kuebler, Williamsville North High School, Williamsville, New ...

Adviser of Note Susan McNulty, J.W. Mitchell High School, Trinity, Florida

September 24, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MB

Susan McNulty became a yearbook adviser early in her career as a teacher, but budget cuts tore her away from the role. Years later, she took over the J.W. Mitchell yearbook program the same year her daughter served as editor-in-chief (the outgoing adviser had assigned the roles before McNulty took over). She took over a strong yearbook program, and books under her leadership have won recognition from all over, including the All-American from NSPA, Gold Medalist from CSPA, and All-Florida fro...

Adviser of Note Susan Massy, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, Kansas

August 20, 2020 21:42 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MB

Susan Massy has been advising yearbooks for more than 30 years, and most of that has been at her current school. Yearbooks produced under her guidance have won many awards. In this interview with Jim Jordan, Massy discusses how much she struggled her first year, what made her come back to a second year, and the one big thing that made her yearbook experience better. In this interview, she recalled how she learned that yearbooks can be a true journalistic endeavor.   In the interview, she s...

Adviser of Note Michelle Shue – Out of the life raft and on to bridge building (as the new year begins)

July 02, 2020 07:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MB

2020 has been an odd year for everyone. We've all had to learn to navigate brand-new challenges. For Michelle Shue and her yearbook staff at Davie County High School in Mocksville, North Carolina. Like many schools around the country, they didn't have much warning when they learned they wouldn't be returning to the classroom. With their final deadline approaching, Shue and her staff buckled down and submitted half their book's pages in a two-week window!

Yearbook Adviser Michelle Shue and Her Staff's Success Despite COVID-19

July 02, 2020 07:00 - 52 minutes - 72.2 MB

2020 has been an odd year for everyone. We've all had to learn to navigate brand-new challenges. For Michelle Shue and her yearbook staff at Davie County High School in Mocksville, North Carolina. Like many schools around the country, they didn't have much warning when they learned they wouldn't be returning to the classroom. With their final deadline approaching, Shue and her staff buckled down and submitted half their book's pages in a two-week window!

Adviser of Note Michelle Shue – Out of the life raft and on to bridge building (as the new year begins)

July 02, 2020 07:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MB

2020 has been an odd year for everyone. We've all had to learn to navigate brand-new challenges. For Michelle Shue and her yearbook staff at Davie County High School in Mocksville, North Carolina. Like many schools around the country, they didn't have much warning when they learned they wouldn't be returning to the classroom. With their final deadline approaching, Shue and her staff buckled down and submitted half their book's pages in a two-week window!

Adviser of Note Kathy Beers, Timber Creek High School, Fort Worth, Texas

April 30, 2020 19:23 - 1 hour - 42.4 MB

Kathy Beers, from Timber Creek High School in Fort Worth, Texas, exudes creativity. She’s known for always having ideas, and her successful yearbook marketing tactics have been shared with schools all over the country. In this episode, host Jim Jordan talks to Kathy about her roundabout journey to yearbook and where she gets all her great ideas.

Adviser of Note: Jonathan Dixon, Corsicana High School, Corsicana, Texas

April 06, 2020 16:48 - 1 hour - 42.3 MB

We're excited to introduce you to the March Adviser of Note! Johnathan Dixon is the yearbook adviser at Corsicana High School in Corsicana, Texas. His staff is known for their incredible photography skills, and it's not unusual for them to place in the Walsworth Yearbooks Photo Contest.  In this episode, host Jim Jordan talks photography, building a yearbook program from the ground up, and the journey that brought him to Corsicana High. 

Adviser of Note: Brad Cook, Gresham High School, Gresham, Oregon

February 20, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MB

Brad Cook, yearbook adviser at Gresham High School in Gresham, Oregon, is a bona fide graphic designer. He teaches graphic design, digital photography and yearbook.  Before becoming a teacher, he was a graphic designer at many places, including Nike – and he does his design work despite being colorblind! He’s passionate about typography – you can catch his session with Jim at the Nashville JEA Convention this March – and all things design. In this episode, Brad and host Jim Jordan take a dee...

Level Up Update #1 with Har-Ber High School, Springdale, Arkansas

February 06, 2020 21:16 - 34 minutes - 24 MB

In October 2019, Har-Ber High School in Springdale, Arkansas, and Meridian High School in Maycomb, Illinois, were selected as the winners of Walsworth Yearbooks’ Level Up contest. The prize package, worth over $3,500, includes a visit by Jim Jordan and Mike Taylor, CJE, to work with their staffs, editors and adviser. In early January, Jordan visited Karla Sprague, CJE, and her staff at Har-Ber High School and shared his experience.

Rising Stars Part 2: Vanessa Martinez, Samantha Lasarow and Bridgette Norris

January 21, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MB

In this episode, Jim honors three of Walsworth’s six advisers named a 2019 JEA Rising Star! Listen to his interview with Vanessa Martinez of El Dorado High School in El Paso, Texas; Samantha Lasarow of El Camino Real High School in Woodland Heights, California; and Bridgette Norris of Boone High School in Orland, Florida. Be sure to listen to the previous episode to hear Jim’s Rising Stars interviews with Leigh Rogers, Angie Wolfe and Dan Sidwell.

JEA Rising Stars, Part 1: Leigh Rogers, Angie Wolfe and Dan Sidwell

January 09, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MB

In this episode, host Jim Jordan honors three of Walsworth's six advisers named a 2019 JEA Rising Star! Listen to his interview with Leigh Rogers of Hermann High School, Missouri; Angie Wolfe of Burke High School in Omaha, Nebraska; and Dan Sidwell of Freedom High School in Tampa, Florida.  Check back next week as Jim completes his Rising Stars interviews with Vanessa Martinez, Samantha Lasarow and Bridgette Norris. 

Adviser of Note: Darren Thomas, Saugus High School, Santa Clarita, California

January 02, 2020 08:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MB

Darren Thomas has been teaching for years, but never advised a yearbook until the 2019 school year. As a new teacher at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, he was looking for a way to feel more connected to his new school. He leaned on his editors that first year, and the staff created an award-winning book. In his second year, Thomas and his staff have the difficult task of covering a school year that includes a tragic event – a school shooting Nov. 14, 2019 left two students...

JEA Adviser of the Year Becky Tate, Shawnee Mission North High School, Mission, Kansas

December 16, 2019 17:14 - 56 minutes - 39 MB

We already knew Becky Tate, CJE, is amazing. She's been at Shawnee Mission North High School in Mission, Kansas, for 31 years and many of her yearbook students have gone on to become journalism advisers themselves.  Now that her awesomeness is being recognized in a new way - she was just named JEA's 2019 H.L. Hall Yearbook Adviser of the Year - we're celebrating her by re-releasing Jim's interview with Becky from earlier this school year. Jim even reached out to Becky after the announcemen...

Live from the National High School Journalism Convention: November 22, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

November 25, 2019 22:21 - 51 minutes - 70.7 MB

Not able to make it to the NHSJC in Washington, D.C. this year? Did you attend but want even more? Want to revisit fond memories? Listen to this episode of Yearbook Chat with Jim, recorded live from the Fall 2019 convention in Washington, D.C. Jim interviewed JEA President Sarah Nichols, Convention Chair Meghan Percival, and the editorial staff of Pine Crest High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Live at the NHSJC Washington, DC

November 25, 2019 22:21 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MB

Not able to make it to the NHSJC in Washington, D.C. this year? Did you attend but want even more? Want to revisit fond memories? Listen to this episode of Yearbook Chat with Jim, recorded live from the Fall 2019 convention in Washington, D.C. Jim interviewed JEA President Sarah Nichols, Convention Chair Meghan Percival, and the editorial staff of Pine Crest High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Bonus Episode: Check In Number One with Julia Satterthwaite and her Yearbook Staff

November 18, 2019 08:00 - 35 minutes - 48.9 MB

Julia Satterthwaite, MJE, just handled her first big deadline as a yearbook adviser. She’s advised other publications for several years, but host Jim Jordan is following her journey for the first year advising at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California. This is the first check-in episode. He’ll continue to follow Julia and her staff’s progress throughout the year.   Stay tuned to learn how they’re navigating the yearbook process together!

BONUS: Julia Satterthwaite and the Monta Vista High School yearbook editors – part 1

November 18, 2019 08:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MB

Julia Satterthwaite, MJE, just handled her first big deadline as a yearbook adviser. She’s advised other publications for several years, but host Jim Jordan is following her journey for the first year advising at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California. This is the first check-in episode. He’ll continue to follow Julia and her staff’s progress throughout the year.   Stay tuned to learn how they’re navigating the yearbook process together!

Adviser of Note: Pat Monroe, Burges High School, El Paso, Texas

November 14, 2019 08:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MB

Pat Monroe has been an adviser at Burges High School in El Paso, Texas, for 29 years. During that time, her staffs have won many awards for their yearbook. This month’s adviser of note shared her background, including her previous career as a broadcast journalist, and what working with yearbook staffs means to her. You can learn more and see pictures of Pat and her students at walsworthyearbooks.com.

Julia Satterthwaite, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino California, Takes on the Challenge of Creating a Yearbook

October 24, 2019 13:40 - 57 minutes - 39.9 MB

Julia Satterthwaite recently made some big changes in her life. She and her family recently moved from Michigan to California.  In her new job at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California, she added "yearbook adviser" to her list of roles for the first time. Follow along all year as host Jim Jordan checks back in with this experienced journalism educator as she navigates her first year of yearbook. 

Julia Satterthwaite Takes on the Challenge of Creating a Yearbook

October 24, 2019 13:40 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MB

Julia Satterthwaite recently made some big changes in her life. She and her family recently moved from Michigan to California.  In her new job at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California, she added "yearbook adviser" to her list of roles for the first time. Follow along all year as host Jim Jordan checks back in with this experienced journalism educator as she navigates her first year of yearbook. 

How Can I Level Up My Yearbook?

October 03, 2019 20:16 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MB

In this special WYPN crossover episode, host Jim Jordan teams up with Mike Taylor, of the Ask Mike podcast, to talk about leveling up your yearbook! They bring in yearbook experts do discuss the possibilities and ways yearbook staffs can make improvements. They also speak to advisers and staffs about the ways they want to Level Up their yearbooks for 2020!   Get some help achieving your goals. Enter the Walsworth Yearbooks Level Up contest at walsworthyearbooks.com/level-up and you could...

How can I level up my yearbook?

October 03, 2019 20:16 - 53 minutes - 73 MB

In this special WYPN crossover episode, host Jim Jordan teams up with Mike Taylor, of the Ask Mike podcast, to talk about leveling up your yearbook! They bring in yearbook experts do discuss the possibilities and ways yearbook staffs can make improvements. They also speak to advisers and staffs about the ways they want to Level Up their yearbooks for 2020!   Get some help achieving your goals. Enter the Walsworth Yearbooks Level Up contest at walsworthyearbooks.com/level-up and you could...

Becky Tate has an Amazing Yearbook Community

September 12, 2019 20:23 - 47 minutes - 65.5 MB

Becky Tate, CJE, is in a position many journalism advisers would envy. She and the four other high school publications teachers in her district all get along. It probably helps that one of those four is her husband and two are former students.  Becky has advised some incredible, award-winning yearbooks during her three decades at Shawnee Mission North High School in Mission, Kansas. In this episode, Becky and host Jim Jordan discuss her success, her history and the community she helped to ...

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