Entries by Tom

We’re not in Kansas anymore: this week on Fresh Powder

A summary of journalism news and pop culture brought to you by   The lede As of Wednesday, the coronavirus had killed 492 people and infected more than 24,500 more worldwide. (The latest: CNN.) In an effort to better treat the growing number of patients, China ordered a hospital to be built in 10 days in the […]

The SNO Report: What are the rules for using photos you find online?

The Super Bowl just ended. Your staff is writing a little story about it and want a photo. Knowing what they’ve been taught about copyright laws, your staff is cautious. What can they do? For a photo from Sunday’s big game, the options are extremely limited. — If you subscribe to a wire service (AP, […]

I’ve got a lovely bunch of coconuts: this week on Fresh Powder

A summary of journalism news and pop culture brought to you by   The lede On Sunday, Jimmy Garoppolo and Patrick Mahomes will quarterback their teams in the Super Bowl. Football people might call them “field generals.” On Monday, there’ll be a different big game played: the Iowa Caucus, which you might say is the Super Bowl for field organizers. […]

The SNO Report: What’s new in Student News Source app?

The Student News Source app is a kind of hub for student journalism, through which users can follow and read the news from their school’s student newspaper — or any student news site they choose. Combined, there are 188 student publications on the Student and College News Source apps, which have been downloaded nearly 10,000 […]

You got your shot, now give me mine: this week on Fresh Powder

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 […]

Pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon: this week on Fresh Powder

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 […]

The SNO Report: Great examples of Advanced Story Page Templates

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 […]

We were on a break: this week on Fresh Powder

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 […]

The SNO Report: Introducing the new SNO Dashboard

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, […]