A few good reasons to be a staff member of Prestige Yearbook, the school’s full-color yearbook:

* It looks great on your transcript and resume.
* It sharpens your skills in responsibility and dealing with deadlines.
* Students enrolled in journalism-related classes have proven to score higher ACT/SAT scores than their counterparts (source:  Journalism Kids Do Better, 1994).
* You get to meet plenty of interesting people and have many opportunities to sharpen your people and interviewing skills.
* You get to work in a fun environment.
* You get to capture memories of the school year at Daniel Pearl Magnet High School.
* You will have a chance to compete in yearbook competitions against other high school yearbook students.
* You may also be able to attend a high school journalism conference in Orlando in the fall and Los Angeles in the spring.

DO NOT JOIN YEARBOOK IF YOUR ONLY REASON FOR BEING A PART OF THE STAFF IS TO PUT YOURSELF IN THE BOOK SEVERAL TIMES.

Being a member of the yearbook staff carries a lot of responsibility. The course requires that students be independent, dependable and professional when they are representing the yearbook and the school. Members of the newspaper staff need to maintain GPAs of at least 3.0 and editors need to maintain a GPA of at least 3.2. Deadlines are essential in producing the yearbook. Grades will be lowered if deadlines are missed or stories are never submitted.

You will often find yourself working outside of the classroom and even after school. There are late days in order to meet each deadline. We do not stay past 6 p.m., but editors are required to be here to layout their yearbook spreads.

Teamwork is also essential since you will be working closely with various students and you need to be able to work with various personalities. Due to school budget cuts, students will also be required to sell advertising and help in fundraising efforts.

Editors MUST attend a two-day Jostens Yearbook workshop. There will also be an on-campus day to set up your computers a few days before the start of the school year. Both of these occur the first or second week of August.

Prestige Yearbook Positions:

All editors are required to stay after school for a few days before each deadline to lay out the yearbook spreads.

Editor-In-Chief

* Oversees section editors and helps them with layout of the spreads
* Sets monthly deadlines and makes sure editors turn them in on time
* Leads the brainstorming and helps with assigning of stories for each section of the yearbook each month
* Helps create the cover, theme and overall concept of the yearbook
* Must be willing to spend extra time working with the staff during deadlines
* Helps section editors edit stories and photographs
* Adhere to all deadlines

Design Editor (3 positions available:)

* Responsible for ensuring we have extensive and creative coverage each month.
* Assign stories and deadlines to writers with appropriate time frames to accommodate the editing process.
* Based on that overall concept, works closely with the editor-in-chief to develop the basic layouts, then improves upon them through quality and flow as the book comes together.
* Should be able to design the spreads so they match the overall style, feel and look of the book.
* Must edit a story upon getting it and send it back to the writer for a re-writing, all within the required time frame
* Must be willing to spend extra time working with the staff during deadlines.
* May be asked to write occasional stories.
* Adhere to all deadlines.
* All other duties as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Editor-in-Chief.

Photo Editor

* Run photography meetings, assign work to photographers and communicate with them throughout the assignment process to ensure that no event or activity is missed.
* Must be familiar with Photoshop.
* Must understand captions and work with photographers to improve their skills in this area as well as in the actual photography
* Will help the Editor-in-Chief with photo training.
* Adhere to all deadlines.
* All other duties as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Editor-in-Chief.
* Coordinate photo shoots such as Superlatives
* Take pictures for various stories, including sports
* Maintain cameras in good operating condition
* Some after-school hours required when deadlines are approaching.

Assistant Photo Editor

*Will work with the Photo Editor to assist in organizing photos and assignments
*Must understand captions and work with photographers to improve their skills in this area as well as in the actual photography
* Adhere to all deadlines.
* All other duties as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Editor-in-Chief and/or the Photo Editor
* Take pictures for various stories, including sports, as needed.
* Maintain cameras in good operating condition
* Some after-school hours required when deadlines are approaching.

Photographers
(You must be able to stay after-school to capture sports photographs)

* Some work will be done after school
* Attend sporting events, such as football, basketball, etc.
* Take pictures of students on campus throughout the school year
* Be responsible for the yearbook class’ cameras
* Work with the Photo Editor, Assistant Photo Editor, staff writers and design editors to make sure plenty of pictures of taken
* Write captions for photographs selected for yearbook spreads
* Photographers should have some experience with photography and have an eye for a good picture; after all, a good picture is "worth 1,000 words”

Social Media Editor

* Primarily responsible for creating and executing a marketing campaign including an advertising and media plan for the 2015-2016 school year.
* Coordinate efforts to increase awareness of Prestige Yearbook
* Must have a strong business mind and good communication skills.  
* Maintain social media sites (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter). Use Hootesuite to post updates.
* Increase followers on all social media sites.

Staff Writer

* Must work with section editors to brainstorm story ideas and write stories, conduct man on the streets interviews or find facts.
* Writers should adhere to the assigned topic.
* Should be comfortable approaching interview subjects.
* Should conduct interviews in person whenever possible.
* Writers should have a sense of journalistic and AP Style
* Should be willing to work with the section editors to make improvements and revisions to stories
* Adhere to all deadlines.
* All other duties as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Editor-in-Chief or Design Editors.