Roles : The Yearbook Process : Yearbook Jargon

Each employee of The Rhododendron is an integral part of the yearbook. This means that your role is just as important as anyone else's role on The Rhododendron. Here is a brief description of each role:

• Advisor: available for questions, handles university budgeting and paperwork, as well as experience in journalism
• Graduate Assistant: assist the Director of Student Publications in staff development and training of staff, facilitate integrated interaction between The Appalachian and The Rhododendron and maintain usability of Student Publications computer assets.
• Editor-in-Chief: oversees entire operation; approves elements for publication; held responsible for yearbook actions
• Associate Editor:
• Photography Editor:
• Writers: gather information, write and self-edit stories by deadline, attend staff meetings
• Copy Editors: read over all stories for AP and The Rhododendron style, grammar, spelling and content, proofs pages before final submission the the printer
• Photographers: creates visually-stimulating moments through photography, collects caption information and submits photos by deadline.
• Graphic Designers: create visually-appealing layouts and designs

1. Writers cover beats and obtain story ideas, interviews & information
2. Photographers, graphic designers, and writers collaborate to find photograph ideas and photographers collect photographs
3. Writers and photographers turn in stories/pictures for deadline
4. editors read over stories
5. sets up digital pages for ad and story layout
6. Graphic Designers place stories, photos graphics and ads onto pages
7. Editor-in-Chief and copy editors proof
8. Pages are electronically submitted to the publisher

Here are a few definitions for some common yearbook terminology:

• Bleed: printing that extends to the edge of a sheet or page after trimming.
• Byline: the "who wrote it"
• Caption: the information accompanying a photo
• Colophon: astatement found at the end of a book. A colophon may give information about the typography and printing methods used in the book or may serve as a statement of printing limitation.
• Copy: story text
• Cover: the front of the book
• Division Page: spreads that separate sections ofthe yearbook. Ex. academics, clubs, etc.
• Endsheet: attaching the final sheet of a signature of a book to the binding.
• Folio: the lines at the top, bottom, or side of a page that contain the page number, publication name, publication data, volume numbers, etc.
• Guide: a non-printing line used to aid the positioning of text or graphics.
• Gutter: white space between the edge of the binding and the first printed area. It also refers to the white space between columns of text.
• Ladder: the diagram showing deadlines and signatures of the entire publication
• Page: one side of a spread.
• Photo Credit: a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph
• Signature: a 16-page group of layouts, grouped to be printed on the same sheet.
• Spread: two pages of a signature, side by side, separated by a gutter
• Theme: the phrase that serves as the subject of the yearbook; the conceptual idea that motivates the yearbook design.
• White Space: The blank areas on a page where text and illustrations are not printed. White space should be considered an important graphic element in page design.