Our story for Friday’s Post-Dispatch talks about the late-year scramble to get things ready for the high school year book — and the concern some yearbookers have about selling them.
Says the story:
High school students these days grew up connecting with each other online, sharing their digital photos and writing messages. Nostalgia is only a click away. So, advisers and yearbook editors are finding new ways to market to students by embracing their obsession with social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. The sites have influenced everything this year from yearbook themes to the ads enticing students to buy.
That generation — my daughter’s generation — has documented itself thoroughly through Facebook, MySpace and Flickr. How about you? Are you adapting to the new way?
Wasn’t there a day when, if the house was on fire, you’d grab the kids, the pets and the photo albums? How has digital photography and the web changed the way you share, store and review your pictures?
And as a side topic: I think the last time I looked at my high school yearbook was a few weeks ago, when a former classmate re-emerged on LinkedIn. When’s the last time you looked at your high school yearbook? What’s the goofiest inscription a classmate left there?
