Yearbook Chat with Jim

Walsworth Yearbooks with host Jim Jordan
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Yearbook Chat with Jim Podcast

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.

  1. 27/10/2023

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

    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 pr...

    54 min

  2. 08/06/2023

    Susan Massy: Yearbook’s Queen of Storytelling

    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 reall...

    1h 3m

  3. 13/04/2023

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

    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, P...

    58 min

  4. 23/02/2023

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

    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.

    55 min

  5. 22/12/2022

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

    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 conversati...

    52 min

  6. 31/10/2022

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

    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.

    1h 3m

  7. 15/08/2022

    Gary Lundgren - Critiques, Conventions and All Things Yearbook

    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.

    57 min

  8. 12/05/2022

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

    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.&nbs...

    1h 1m
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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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  • Creator
    Walsworth Yearbooks with host Jim Jordan
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2023
  • Episodes
    70
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2023 Yearbook Chat with Jim
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