Best WYPN Podcasts (2025)

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That Yearbook Podcast | Season 2, Episode 9: School's Out for Summer? Kind of? 28:13

8d ago28:13

28:13

In the season finale, Sabrina and Jim discuss end-of-year yearbook strategies, celebrating staff achievements, organizing files, planning summer coverage and preparing for the next academic year. They offer practical advice for yearbook teams, emphasizing celebration, skill development and maintaining momentum between school years.…

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That Yearbook Podcast | Season 2: Episode 8 | It's All About Theme 22:30

22d ago22:30

22:30

This episode of That Yearbook Podcast focuses on yearbook theme development for 2026, featuring expert advice from Jim and Sabrina. They discuss the importance of starting theme conversations early, emphasizing creativity, relevance and storytelling. The discussion provides guidance for yearbook staff on selecting a meaningful theme that captures t…

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That Yearbook Podcast | Season 2: Episode 7 | Trends: The Frosting of Yearbook 27:19

1M ago27:19

27:19

In this episode of That Yearbook Podcast, podcasts hosts Jim Jordan and Sabrina Schmitz, CJE meet up with Walsworth graphic designer, Stephanie Streicher to talk about trends for 2026 and best practices for implementing them in your yearbook.By WYPN

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That Yearbook Podcast | Season 2: Episode 6: Be Like Mike: The Magic of Mike Taylor 28:51

2M ago28:51

28:51

Jim and Sabrina honor Mike Taylor, a beloved yearbook industry leader who passed away from brain cancer. They celebrate his unique ability to connect with people, his passion for yearbook education and the spirit of fun he brought to every person he engaged with.By WYPN

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That Yearbook Podcast | Season 2, Episode 5: A Crash Course on Copyright and Fair Use 25:52

4M ago25:52

25:52

This episode of That Yearbook Podcast dives deep into the complex issue of copyright concerns for yearbook themes, designs, and content. The hosts guide balancing inspiration and originality, using copyrighted material like song lyrics and images, and finding legal sources for visuals to avoid infringement. Access the classroom assessment that pair…

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That Yearbook Podcast | Season 2, Episode 4: Is Your Staff Editing and Proofing Effectively? 28:09

6M ago28:09

28:09

This is episode 4 of Season 2 of That Yearbook Podcast, featuring yearbook experts Sabrina Schmitz, CJE, Mike Taylor, CJE and Jim Jordan. They discuss the importance of thorough editing and proofing for yearbook content, including establishing a consistent process, building staff morale and leveraging technology. Check the links below for the train…

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That Yearbook Podcast | Season 2 - Episode 3: Make Copywriting Simple 33:14

7M ago33:14

33:14

This episode explores the essential elements of crafting compelling journalistic stories for the yearbook. From conducting effective interviews to writing captivating leads and maintaining journalistic integrity, this episode equips student journalists with the skills to create yearbooks that truly capture the human experiences that define the scho…

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That Yearbook Podcast | Season 2 - Episode 2: Why You Must Have Captions 30:01

9M ago30:01

30:01

This episode of That Yearbook Podcast tackles the crucial, yet often overlooked, topic of yearbook captions. Hosts Mike Taylor, CJE, Jim Jordan and Sabrina Schmitz, CJE emphasize the importance of captions in providing historical context, engaging readers, and elevating a yearbook to award-winning status. Be sure to check out the training video tha…

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That Yearbook Podcast | Season 2 - Episode 1: Why Team Building Matters 23:32

9M ago23:32

23:32

We are back with the latest season of That Yearbook Podcast ! Walsworth Yearbook experts Jim Jordan, Sabrina Schmitz, CJE and Mike Taylor, CJE share their top tips for setting yearbook staffs up for success in the new school year. The key? Focus on team building and establishing trust, communication and collaboration before diving into production t…

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That Yearbook Podcast | Season 1 - Episode 6: Understanding the Printing Process 31:19

1y ago31:19

31:19

The season finale from That Yearbook Podcast focuses specifically on the printing process and why Walsworth is the most trusted name in yearbooks. Industry veterans Mike Taylor, CJE, Jim Jordan and Sabrina Schmitz, CJE, reminisce on Walsworth's humble beginnings over 85 years ago and how their commitment to family and unparalleled customer service …

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That Yearbook Podcast | Season 1 - Episode 5: Why Workshops are a Must 30:27

1y ago30:27

30:27

Prepare for the upcoming school year by considering spring and summer workshops for your yearbook staff. In the latest episode of That Yearbook Podcast, hosts Mike Taylor, CJE, Jim Jordan, and Sabrina Schmitz, CJE, discuss the value of workshops, covering types, skills learned and benefits for students and staff. Listen for insights on how workshop…

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That Yearbook Podcast | Season 1 - Episode 4: Conventions 101 30:15

1y ago30:15

30:15

Those Yearbook People, Mike Taylor, CJE, Jim Jordan and Sabrina Schmitz, CJE, share convention stories and tips for yearbook programs. They discuss the value of state and national conventions, planning educational sessions for students, gaining administrator support and creative fundraising ideas to offset travel costs. This is essential listening …

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That Yearbook Podcast | Season 1 - Episode 3: Why Should My Staff Get a Yearbook Critique? 39:54

1y ago39:54

39:54

Tune in to this episode of "That Yearbook Podcast" as Mike, Jim and Sabrina discuss the significance of yearbook critiques. Experienced advisers and journalists offer objective feedback to identify strengths and weaknesses, aiding in continual improvement. Discover how critiques motivate staff and elevate yearbook quality. Listen now for valuable i…

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That Yearbook Podcast | Season 1 - Episode 2: Why Relationships Matter 40:09

1y ago40:09

40:09

In this episode, hosts Mike Taylor, Jim Jordan, and Sabrina Schmitz emphasize cultivating strong relationships among yearbook staff, administration, parents and the community. They share insights on team-building, communication with administrators, engaging parents and seeking mentorship from industry experts for journalistic excellence. Available …

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That Yearbook Podcast | Season 1 - Episode 1: Those Yearbook People 33:32

1y ago33:32

33:32

Welcome to That Yearbook Podcast, the series where yearbook experts Mike Taylor, CJE, Jim Jordan and Sabrina Schmitz, CJE, take us on a delightful journey through their connections to yearbooks and the fascinating world of student journalism. The trio shares their unique stories and experiences that have shaped their perspectives on creating amazin…

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Yearbook Adviser of Note: Brit Taylor, Hagerty High School, Oviedo, Florida 53:30

1+ y ago53:30

53:30

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 thriv…

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Susan Massy: Yearbook’s Queen of Storytelling 1:02:51

2y ago1:02:51

1:02:51

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 …

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Ask Mike | Yearbook Staffers Support Each Other at Patricia E. Paetow High School 39:56

2y ago39:56

39:56

We’re close to the end of the year now, and yearbook editors are preparing to hand over the torch to the next generation. In the latest episode of the Ask Mike podcast, host Mike Taylor chatted with Yvette and Gabbie, soon-to-graduate yearbook editors at Patricia E. Paetow High School in Katy, Texas. Both editors have been on yearbook staff since s…

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Yearbook Adviser of Note Jim McCrossen, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas 57:35

2y ago57:35

57:35

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 jour…

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Ask Mike | South to Texas with Chisholm Trail High School 41:16

2y ago41:16

41:16

Cortney Wood is in her first year of advising yearbook at Chisholm Trail High School in Fort Worth, Texas. She’s new to advising but has experience working on yearbook staffs in high school and college. Copy editor Sydney Hawkins also joined the conversation. In this interview with host Mike Taylor, CJE, Cortney and Sidney share their experiences c…

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Adviser of Note Tucker Love, Shawnee Mission South High School, Shawnee, Kansas 54:53

2+ y ago54:53

54:53

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.By Walsworth Yearbooks with host Jim Jordan

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Ask Mike | North to Minnetonka High School 37:35

2+ y ago37:35

37:35

As Anna, Halle and Gabby work to finish their yearbook, they're also preparing for a significant absence. Host Mike Taylor sat down with the three editors from Minnetonka, Minnesota, to discuss their roles in the yearbook team, their interests, and how they fill their time outside of yearbook. They share the the highs and lows of yearbook photograp…

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NSPA Pioneer April van Buren, Madison East High School, Madison, Wisconsin 51:39

2+ y ago51:39

51:39

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’…

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Rising Star Ben Langevin, Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida 1:02:48

2+ y ago1:02:48

1:02:48

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.By Walsworth Yearbooks with host Jim Jordan

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Ask Mike | Onward to Orlando with Boone High School 16:18

2+ y ago16:18

16:18

In this episode, taped live from Elite Weekend in Orlando, Mike sits down with the editors of Boone High School to discuss their yearbook.By Walsworth Yearbooks

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Ask Mike | Mike Goes Down to Florida to Visit Dreyfoos School of the Arts 36:54

2+ y ago36:54

36:54

In this episode, Mike chats with Faith Parksinson, Editor-in-chief at A. W .Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida. Their chat comes fresh off an Elite Weekend they both attended, and Mike and Faith discuss what was learned in the busy three days in Orlando.By Walsworth Yearbooks

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Ask Mike | Staying in North Carolina with Southern Alamance High School 39:00

2+ y ago39:00

39:00

This week, Mike Taylor is in a different part of North Carolina as he continues his interviews from all over the country. In this episode, Mike speaks to Adviser Lynn Bare and the staff of the Southern Alamance High School yearbook. The Southerner’s Editor-in-Chief Noel, Assistant Editor Kinley, Sports Editor Lexie, Business Manager Emma, and staff…

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Ask Mike | Heading South to Athens Drive Magnet School 41:22

2+ y ago41:22

41:22

Ask Mike is traveling the country this season! The last episode was from Maine, and for episode two Mike traveled south to North Carolina to talk to staff members from Athens Drive Magnet School. Co-editors-in-chief Zoe and Greta and Head of Design Nevaeh shared their thoughts on creating a yearbook for the 2022/2023 year.…

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Ask Mike | Back to School with Presque Isle High School 40:49

3y ago40:49

40:49

Ask Mike is back! This season, host Mike Taylor will chat with yearbook staffs all over the United States, starting with Presque Isle, Maine, in the far northeast corner of the country. Listen in to hear about the 2023 yearbook plans for Presque Isle High School, ideas for coverage that you can use, and more information about potatoes than you'd ex…

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Gary Lundgren - Critiques, Conventions and All Things Yearbook 56:48

3y ago56:48

56:48

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.By Walsworth Yearbooks with host Jim Jordan

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Adviser of Note Jason Davis, Cactus Canyon Junior High, Apache Junction, Arizona 1:00:44

3y ago1:00:44

1:00:44

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.…

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State Student Journalists of the Year: Part 2 58:00

3y ago58:00

58:00

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 kin…

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State Student Journalists of the Year: Part 1 1:01:36

3y ago1:01:36

1:01:36

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 …

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Adviser of Note Monica Rodriguez 48:19

3y ago48:19

48:19

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…

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NSPA Pioneer Leland Mallett, Mansfield Legacy High School, Mansfield, Texas 52:33

3+ y ago52:33

52:33

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…

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Rising Star Carly Gates, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida 38:41

3+ y ago38:41

38:41

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 wit…

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Rising Star Joanna Chadwick, Derby High School, Derby, Kansas 49:45

3+ y ago49:45

49:45

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 …

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Rising Star Laurel Wicke, Drake Middle School, Arvada, Colorado 39:32

3+ y ago39:32

39:32

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.…

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Adviser of Note Karen Johnson, Kearney High School, Kearney, Missouri 53:45

3+ y ago53:45

53:45

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 …

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Bobby Hawthorne and the Writing Process 1:07:14

4y ago1:07:14

1:07:14

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 o…

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Ask Mike | What Happens when Five of NSPA’s Top 10 Pacemaker Winners Sit Down to Talk? 1:04:41

4y ago1:04:41

1:04:41

“Every book that has ever been done at Northwest, if you’ll go look at it you’ll find the fingerprints, the thumbprints, of everyone on this podcast,” yearbook adviser Susan Massy shared early on in the latest episode of the Ask Mike podcast, explaining the importance of having a yearbook family. In this episode, host Mike Taylor talks to five of t…

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