Alright, so automating Best of SNO really worked. It created a project (new jobs!) for a full-stack developer and a few gray hairs (who’s counting!) for an education/training specialist. It had an MVP-caliber year. Here’s proof: At the time of this email, Best of SNO had… More than 12,900 stories submitted to it, since September 416 participating […]
Whether your school’s still making up for a bunch of snow days or you’ve already been dismissed for the summer, we hope we can ease your brain a little bit with a straightforward list of tasks to do before your website goes to sleep. Turn your site’s departing staff members into subscribers. Doing this retains […]
It’s badge season at SNO Sites, and things are starting to heat up in our elongated version of March Madness. As the season is about half way over––it started in January and runs through April––we thought it was the perfect time to let you know how things were going. So far this season, 125 badges […]
A weekly summary of journalistic tidbits brought to you by SNO. This week, in Journalistic News: “The Dress” is, apparently, relevant: According to Craig Silverman at Poynter, the infamous blue/black/white/gold that almost broke the internet this weekend is a significant reminder that we, as human beings, sometimes see things that aren’t actually there. He argues we […]
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A weekly summary of journalistic tidbits brought to you by Snapchat recently released a new mobile news feature called “Discover,” which allows users of the app to swipe to the left to access news updates from a variety of partners; CNN, Yahoo, and ESPN, just to name a few. This is a significant development […]
A weekly summary of journalistic tidbits brought to you by Today in the SNO Report we’re introducing a new newsletter from SNO: Fresh Powder. Each week, members of the SNO Patrol will scour the Web, looking for the most interesting journalism-related stories that you might otherwise have missed. A Twitter competition lead to an influx of media […]
A weekly summary of journalistic tidbits brought to you by Today in the SNO Report we’re introducing a new newsletter from SNO: Fresh Powder. Each week, members of the SNO Patrol will scour the Web, looking for the most interesting journalism-related stories that you might otherwise have missed. A Twitter competition lead to an influx of media […]
Excellence in Writing badges are a hot-button item these days. Everybody wants one! The good news is that we’ve been authorized by the Mighty Overlords of Badge Distribution (AKA Tom and Jason) to give out badges to anyone who earns them. Yup, that’s right–a literally infinite number of badges. And all you need to do […]
Twitter is a driving force in today’s news coverage. We asked some advisers in the SNO network how Twitter has helped enhance their journalism programs. Here’s what they told us. Vincent DeMiero, adviser at Mountlake Terrace High School, realized a few years ago that integrating social media into his journalism program would help it flourish. […]