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The cost of high school football: A northern suburb of Dallas recently approved the construction of a $63 million football stadium….for a high school. It’s no secret that high school football in the south – and in Texas in particular – is a pretty big deal. With 12,000 seats and an attached events center, this […]
Last night, we updated your site to the latest version of our SNO FLEX theme. This new version is our most significant release in over a year, and we’re excited about its improved design options for both large and small screens. The homepage of FLEX has always displayed at a width of 980 pixels, but […]
This year, we’ve extended the submission timeline of our Distinguished Sites program to June 1st, which means you still have time to apply for badges – but with the deadline looming, the sooner you send in your submissions, the better. Join the ranks of the 89 esteemed programs that have already earned badges during our biggest season yet! Of those, 19 […]
Stuck in a censorship loop: The Playwickian student paper at Neshaminy High School, PA recently endured censorship from school administration after staff members made the decision to omit the name of their school’s mascot – the Redskins – from the paper. School leadership gave direct orders to the editors of the publication to use the […]
The duality of photojournalism: “Six of our guys were buried under the rubble of a compound that had been struck by a car bomb. More than a few of us were crying as we scrambled to retrieve their lifeless bodies. I watched a distraught staff sergeant run over to the photographer, whose presence at that […]
What’s really killing modern journalism: This PBS column by former Vice President of News at NPR Jeffrey Dvorkin claims that “click-bait” journalism – or, more simply put, media production that relies on hits and views – will be the death of journalism. Dworkin compares Uber, a “taxi company that doesn’t own any cars,” to modern […]
It’s May the 4th and you’ve got your eye on summer. We respect that, but we’d like you, for just a moment, to think about SNO. Why? At the end of the school year, it’s important to complete a few quick tasks to be sure that your SNO site is ready to go when you […]
As part of an ongoing project here at SNO, we’ve recently released two strands of our new SNO Curriculum – theDesign Strand and the Story Page Strand. Our SNO Curriculum is a more structured, lesson-based way for you to learn about the different aspects of your SNO Site. The Design Strand will walk you through […]
Worldwide journalism isn’t as far out of reach as you think: The Knight Center for Journalism – a program that trains journalists in Latin America and the Caribbean – received a grant of $600,000 in order to help them expand their reach. They plan to use the funding to create Massive Open Online Courses, also […]