Check out this article from the Tampa Bay Times, as the positive buzz just continues to grow around Walsworth’s new mobile app Yearbook 3D.

Times reporter Danielle Parquette visited Palm Harbor High School on yearbook distribution day when students got their first look at the book, which is making use of Yearbook 3D on the cover and images on the inside.

The cover of the 2013 Palm Harbor book triggers an animation when scanned with the free Yearbook 3D app. In addition, a image from prom on the inside of the book launches a video from prom when scanned.

“People are tweeting about it,” photo editor Katie Rodnite told the Times. “It makes the yearbook cool.”

The buzz is continuing to grow about Walsworth’s exclusive new mobile app, Yearbook 3D!

Local TV station WATE in Knoxville, Tenn., visited Roane County High School to talk with the yearbook staff and local Walsworth yearbook rep Jackson Stoess about Yearbook 3D.

This year’s Roane County book will be using Yearbook 3D through Walsworth’s Year in Review supplement (which is demonstrated in the video), and editor Keaton Shillings talks about how he can’t wait for students to get a look at the technology.

Watch the video now by visiting the WATE website.

Nathan Jaquith from Midway High School in Waco, Texas was the winner of the Feature/Portrait category in Walsworth’s 2013 Photo Contest, and this week he accepted his prize in a ceremony at the school.

Local Waco TV station KXXV covered the awards ceremony for Jaquith on their website.

Walsworth yearbook sales representative Ryan Rinaldi presented Jaquith with a $100 Visa gift card, a plaque, a letter from Walsworth President Don Walsworth and the yearbook staff was treated to a pizza party lunch.

Exactly how are things going on Friday at the Walsworth Yearbooks booth at JEA/NSPA?

Of course there is plenty of yearbook and journalism talk. People are amazed by what they’re seeing from Yearbook 3D (more on that later), and they’re getting tons of great ideas from the hundreds of Walsworth books on hand.

But in the middle of all that business, there’s always time for a little Harlem Shake…

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It was a fun first day on the exhibit floor on Thursday at JEA/NSPA in San Francisco.

But don’t just take our word for it. Check out the video below, of some of the visitors who dropped by the Walsworth Yearbooks booth.

We decided to have a little fun with the journalism students who stopped by, and get to the bottom of some pressing topics – like what’s better, McDonald’s or Chipotle? Or, which do you prefer, calling or texting?

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The JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention in San Francisco started this afternoon, and one of the most popular places to be is the exhibit floor.

The Walsworth Yearbooks booth will be one of the more popular spots as the exhibit hall fills up, thanks to some of the fun stuff we’ll have going on.

Visitors will be able to get a close look at Yearbook 3D, Walsworth’s exclusive new augmented reality mobile app that can bring your yearbook to life. Examples of 2013 yearbooks that used Yearbook 3D animations will be demoed in the booth.

Students will be able to take fun pictures with their friends at our photo booth, complete with goofy hats and props. Folks whose phone is in need of a charge can plug in at our handy re-charge station.

Visitors to the Walsworth Yearbooks booth at JEA/NSPA will be able to take fun photos in our photo booth!

While waiting for a charge, visitors can kick back, relax and browse through our vast collection of great yearbooks to get some inspiration.

Or, watch the monitors around the booth to get a better look at all the winners from Walsworth’s recent Photo Contest.

If you’re at the convention, be sure to stop by!

Carmen Vescia, Matvari Maharaj and Sabrina Villanueva-Avalos are all first-year staffers on the newspaper at Sequoia High School in Redwood City, Calif.

When their adviser, Kim Vinh, told them about the opportunity to apply for scholarships that would cover the registration fees and possibly allow them to attend next week’s JEA/NSPA Spring National Scholastic Journalism Convention in San Francisco, there was no hesitation.

“I really wanted to go to the convention, but it wasn’t really in my budget,” said Villanueva-Avalos. “(The scholarship) is a really good opportunity. I knew it was a really great option.”

An option that Villanueva-Avalos and her classmates have taken advantage of. All three of the Sequoia staffers earned the scholarships through Walsworth’s 50 Scholars program with the NSPA and JEA, and now they’ll get their first trip to a national journalism convention next week.

Vescia said the Sequoia staff is a tight-knit group that expects to have fun on the San Francisco trip. At the same time, the chance to meet other student journalists from all over the country is the part of the experience she’s most looking forward to.

“Learning from my peers is something I’m really excited about,” said Vescia. “Too often, I think people pass up the chance to learn from people their own age. I think it will be great to get the chance to learn from other student journalists.”

Villanueva-Avalos said there might be a little bit of awe being in the huge crowd of the national convention, but the chance to spend three days totally immersed in writing, editing, design and photography was going to be well worth it.

“It’s going to be a really different experience than we’re used to,” said Villanueva-Avalos. “We’re used to being around our own little staff, but this is just the chance to do journalism all day, every day while we’re there. I want to be a journalist, so it’s an experience I’m looking forward to.”

Maharaj said her goals for the week were very straightforward. The newspaper and news writing were something new she tried out this year, and she wants to simply keep getting better.

“I’m more of a creative writing person, but I’m up for any type of writing,” said Maharaj. “I do hope to start feeling more comfortable with journalistic, news-style writing. I’m still trying to learn AP style, learn what’s a good quote, what’s a bad quote.”

During her three years working on the yearbook, Whitney High School senior Lanina Simonsen watched many of her classmates go on trips to national conventions. Due to the cost, she was never one of them.

“I was always a little jealous of everyone that would come back, because they would always have little inside jokes about a certain restaurant they ate at, or a place they went,” Simonsen said.

This month, that’s going to change. Simonsen is going to get her chance to attend the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention in San Francisco, thanks in part to Walsworth’s 50 Scholars program.

Simonsen earned one of the 50 scholarships from Walsworth, NSPA and JEA, which will pay for her registration fees. That, combined with Whitney High’s close proximity just a couple hours away in Rocklin, Calif., gave Simonsen her chance.

This year, Simonsen was the sports editor for Whitney’s yearbook. Now, she’s looking forward to using the convention as a way to start preparing to study journalism in college.

“Journalism has always been one of my automatic interests. It’s one of the classes that I always loved,” said Simonsen. “I have definitely thought about studying journalism in college.”

The Photo Illustration category in Walsworth’s 2013 Photo Contest drew in a wide variety of creative entries, with photographers and photo editors showing off their skills to tell a compelling story.

Congratulations to the winners – Tiffany Folkes and Nikki Dalton from Cedarcrest High School in Duvall, Wash., who were chosen for the top prize in the category for their photo illustration, “Blind to the world around us.”

Here was their description of the entry: “We put this picture on the social media phenomenon page of our yearbook. It represents how social media is making us blind to the world around us. The kids in color are on their cell phones and are unaware of those around them and how social media is affecting the way they communicate with others.”

This image by Tiffany Folkes won the Photo Illustration category in Walsworth's Photo Contest

Tiffany and Nikki win a $100 Visa gift card for their photo and a pizza party for the Cedarcrest staff.

The best photos were chosen by Walsworth and the number of Likes on Facebook. Winners were selected by a committee of judges based on the following criteria: quality of photo (25%), appropriateness to category (10%), photography rules followed (25%), creativity demonstrated (15%) and viral nature as determined by the number of Likes (25%).

Some additional Photo Illustration images were chosen Honorable Mention. You can see them in the gallery below.

One of the most exciting aspects of Walsworth’s 2013 Photo Contest was getting to see all the great images submitted in the Junior High/Middle School category. It will be fun to see what those young photogs will be able to do as they gain even more experience.

Congratulations to Brianna Smith from Southside Middle School in Jacksonville, Fla., whose portrait of a classmate took home the top prize in the category.

Brianna Smith's photo was the winner in the Junior High/Middle School category

Brianna wins a $100 Visa gift card for her photo and a pizza party for the Southside staff.

The best photos were chosen by Walsworth and the number of Likes on Facebook. Winners were selected by a committee of judges based on the following criteria: quality of photo (25%), appropriateness to category (10%), photography rules followed (25%), creativity demonstrated (15%) and viral nature as determined by the number of Likes (25%).

Some additional Junior High/Middle School photos were chosen Honorable Mention. You can see them in the gallery below.