I worked for four years with my adviser and a handful of different editors. We worked with three different yearbook companies and softwares over the years, changing from Walsworth to Herff Jones to Jostens. But I was still able to take charge and lead our constantly changing team to make an award-winning publication.
I taught classes, I spear-headed the editorial effort, and I found a way to get everyone on our staff interested in journalism. My adviser and I worked at MIPA one-on-one to try and come up with the best theme and layouts (top left). At the beginning of the school year I helped create a yearbook 101 PowerPoint for the new members of our team to teach them some basic rules. The lecture covered the rule of thirds and what a good composition in a photo looks like, information on reporting and design (one PowerPoint I presented is shown below). When my adviser went on maternity leave for four months during my junior year, I had to lead the class. The shipment of yearbooks came in that year and the editors and I organized and distributed every book. While journalism was not my main study in college, I have had a love for it since before I can remember and I continued to take classes in graphic design and writing. |