Entries by Tom

The SNO Report: Welcome Back!

We hope you’ve enjoyed a relaxing summer and are ready to kick off the school year! Whether you’re a brand-new adviser or a seasoned SNO pro, SNO Sites is here to offer you an enthusiastic welcome back. We’ve got some great updates and new features to start your year off on the right foot. Keep […]

Coming Soon: New Story Page Design Tools & Templates

We hope you are enjoying the start of your summer.  We have some exciting changes to the SNO platform to announce today that will be ready for you to start the new school year. We have completely overhauled our story page templates, introducing a range of innovative design tools and templates to enhance your creativity […]

SNO recognizes 72 student publications as SNO Distinguished Sites

As we round out the 2022-2023 school year, chances are you probably have a lot to celebrate – whether it be graduating seniors, publishing a final print issue, or just making it to the end of another year. We certainly have a lot to celebrate here! This year set a new record for the number […]

Best of Best of SNO End of Year Edition

Peaks and valleys. When looking back through the 2022-2023 Best of SNO submissions, that seemed to be the most accurate description of the trending topics. Among this year’s published stories, we saw plenty of not-so-cheerful subjects, like schools grappling with fentanyl or AI technology in the classroom. But we also saw plenty of uplifting content too, like […]

Twelve SNO Customer Sites Named NSPA Pacemaker Winners

On Saturday, April 22 at the National High School Journalism Convention in San Francisco, California, the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) named 13 scholastic media sites as Online Pacemaker winners. Of the 13 winners, 12 are part of the SNO community. NSPA previously announced 24 Online Pacemaker finalists in February. Congratulations to all of the Online Pacemaker winners! […]

Major changes coming for Google Analytics

Your SNO website has always used Google Analytics to track data on the traffic to your site. Recently, Google announced a major change in how they collect data through its Google Analytics platform. They are officially ending their old model, which is called Universal Analytics (or UA), and starting an entirely new model called GA4. Effective […]

Twenty-three SNO customer sites named NSPA Online Pacemaker Award Finalists

Twenty-three of the 24 finalists for the National Scholastic Press Association Online Pacemaker Awards are part of the SNO network. We’re incredibly proud of these outstanding programs! They are: Scot Scoop, Carlmont High School, Belmont, California El Estoque, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, California The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School, Los Angeles, California The Paly Voice, Palo […]

The SNO Report: Copyright Law And Your Site

We have written about copyright law in the past, but it’s an important topic that we want to keep at the top of everyone’s minds. We don’t want to alarm you, however, displaying copyrighted images without purchasing a license, or obtaining written permission from the copyright holder, can result in your publication receiving a takedown notice […]

The SNO Report: Get Your Badges

Happy New Year! If you don’t have a resolution already, we suggest resolving to become a 2022-2023 SNO Distinguished Site! You can submit your site for the six different badges required to earn the Distinguished Site designation, or learn more about the specific requirements of each badge, by clicking the “SNO Badges” tab on your dashboard. […]