A summary of journalism news and pop culture brought to you by The lede “It was like Armageddon, basically.” Australians exited the weekend further reeling from their summer of disastrous weather after a dust storm preceded a massive hail storm, with hurricane-force winds, in the southeastern part of the country. “The storm was intense and […]
After weeks of sleeping, binge watching and holiday-ing, coming back from winter break is hard. Motivation can be low, and AP style rules have likely fallen to the back of your students’ minds — we get it. Nonetheless, you wouldn’t know that by looking at some of the submissions we’ve received lately! These are some of […]
A summary of journalism news and pop culture brought to you by The lede Apparently, you can quit your family. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are showing us the way. “After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive […]
Whether you’re trying to earn the Story Page Excellence badge or simply looking for new ways to showcase stories on your site, going beyond the standard story page template is the way. We’re, of course, talking about the Grid, Long-Form and Side-by-Side templates. Here are some cool ways other student newspapers are utilizing them: Grids […]
On Dec. 18, President Donald Trump became the third president in U.S. history to be formally impeached after the House of Representatives approved articles of impeachment on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. While Trump’s impeachment is officially in the history books, his trial is far from over. According to the Constitution, the impeachment […]
A summary of journalism news and pop culture brought to you by The lede We haven’t published a Fresh Powder in 22 days. We’ve eaten many pies in the interim, sure, traveled long distances and watched many football games, but haven’t consumed a whole bunch of news. Luckily, somebody’s been flagging stories along the way to go back to after the […]
Over the holiday break, we rolled out a new and improved landing page to replace the SNO Launch Pad. The SNO Dashboard is now where you’re taken after logging into your website. In case you haven’t explored it much yet, we have to say: It’s pretty cool. We built the SNO Dashboard as a hub for advisers, one place, […]
We’re approximately halfway through the school year, and we can tell based on the submissions we’ve received recently that your students are learning a lot. The writing is stronger, editing is tighter, and design elements are being created with intention. That being said, here are some of the best pieces we’ve read over the last […]
The lede I went to the Newseum for the first time last month. The status update alone prompted many messages of jealousy from my journalism pals, which suggests the mythic aura it holds to those in, or who have studied, media who have never been. I enjoyed it and was very happy to have seen […]
At this exact time last year we had received 4,004 submissions to Best of SNO. Fast forward to now, and we’ve almost hit 8,200. In other words, you all are killing it. There have been countless great stories among those. These are some of the best from the last few weeks, written and submitted by […]