Resources You Might Find Helpful
These are some of the best resources on the web. Keep a handy file of our InDesign Tips & Tricks, take your yearbook class to the next level with SPIN lessons and spark fresh ideas with our WISH handouts. Click on the icons to view pdf files. To download files, right click and select “Download Linked File.”
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You can now get an immediate update on what’s happening with your pages at the plant 24 hours a day. Find out if your kit has shipped, when copy was received, when your cover and endsheets are due out of the plant, when to expect proofs, and a whole lot more.
Herff Jones is the parent company of The Yearbook Connection. Their website provides a wealth of additional information and ideas.
Stan Wilkinson Inc Photographers is a Herff Jones representative that has been providing top quality service for 30 years. School portraits chronicle a child’s journey through the school years. Herff Jones captures the individual personality of each student, providing quality portraits to over ten million students nationally every year.
National Scholastic Press Association
In 1921, the National Scholastic Press Association began helping students and teachers improve their publications. Today that goal remains #1. They help students become better reporters, writers, editors, photographers, designers, desktop publishers, and advertising and business staffers. They help advisers as well. Their members become future leaders in the fields of media and communications.
Florida Scholastic Press Association
Founded in 1946, the Florida Scholastic Press Association is comprised of more than 300 student publications, online media teams and broadcast programs throughout the state. The primary aim of this organization is to educate, train and support scholastic journalists and their advisers.
Journalism Education Association
The Journalism Education Association supports free and responsible scholastic journalism by providing resources and educational opportunities, by promoting professionalism, by encouraging and rewarding student excellence and teacher achievement, and by fostering an atmosphere which encompasses diversity yet builds unity.
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association, organized at Columbia in the fall of 1924, has seen more than 125,000 newspapers, magazines, and yearbooks have enter the annual critiques for evaluations and more than 240,000 delegates attend the annual conventions.
Since 1974, the Student Press Law Center has been the nation’s only legal assistance agency devoted exclusively to educating high school and college journalists about the rights and responsibilities embodied in the First Amendment. The Center provides free legal advice and information as well as low-cost educational materials for student journalists on a wide variety of legal topics.
Adobe is the provider of many of the tools used by today’s yearbook staff. Whether you use InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator or another of their industry standard products, Adobe.com is a great resource for tips, instruction, and plugins.
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Spin was developed to assist not only in the training of yearbook students, but also with the preparation of lesson plans. It features PDF postcards and files for download. The postcards offer tips and tricks for the various stages of the yearbook production process. The files compliment the postcard with a PowerPoint presentation that can be used to teach a yearbook class. Note that files for each lesson are zipped together for easy downloading. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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WISH provides pdf handouts full of ideas in the following catagories: Technology, Education & Motivation, Money, and Book. Print these handouts and use them in your yearbook rooms. Whether you are an adviser, editor, or staff member, WISH can be a valuable resource for you. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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