ELLISVILLE – For the third year in a row, the Jones College yearbook, the Lair, has won an exclusive award, the Gallery of Excellence Award from Walsworth yearbooks. The gallery is an annual collection of Walsworth Yearbooks comprised of the most distinguished yearbooks in the country. Only a small percentage of the 5000 schools’ yearbooks that Walsworth publishes are included in the Gallery of Excellence, which features superior examples of coverage, design, photography, and copy.
Jones College student publications advisor and journalism instructor, Kelly Atwood commended the 13-member, Jones College student staff for continuing the legacy of excellence.
“The 2024 yearbook theme is ‘Picture This’ and it is filled with students, faculty and staff throughout the year with senior editor Jaylynn Conner of Waynesboro, leading the student group. My job is to oversee the entire process and ensure we meet deadlines, but this is a student driven yearbook,” said Atwood. “This is their award.”
This 2023-2024 yearbook staff includes, yearbook design editor Angel Deforge of Wiggins; senior editor Jaylynn Conner of Waynesboro; photography editor Kami Carter of Columbia; copy editor Lauren Runnels of Mize; sports photographer Andie Freeman of Petal; writers: Sophie Hinch of Hattiesburg, Seth Walker of Laurel, Annie Grace Sullivan of Ellisville and Taylor Garretson of Leakesville and photographers: Shelby Powell of Florida, Marlee Brewer of Hattiesburg, Kameron Upchurch of Laurel, and Haley “Kat” Shepherd of Petal.
