High School Yearbooks are not Journalism
Monday, November 3rd, 2008This isn’t even close. High school yearbooks should not be on the agenda or getting awards where budding high school journalists are in attendance.
Twenty-three high schools entered their 2008 yearbook in the annual Mark of Excellence Yearbook competition. Hosted by WKU’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the School of Journalism & Broadcasting’s High School Media Institute, these awards will be presented at the conclusion of the JSD program.
The institute would be better off honoring a Facebook or MySpace page. Those with the most friends win. That’s a lot like a high school yearbook.
