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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 […]
Members of the SNO Patrol are hitting the road this summer in unprecedented fashion to deliver SNO-centric and digital media training at regional workshops throughout the country. Review our schedule below, and make plans for you or your staff members to join us at one of these terrific workshops. Jayhawk Media Workshop, June 12 – June […]
The BuzzFeed watermelon is not the end of journalism: After two BuzzFeed employees filmed themselves blowing up a watermelon, the new standard for online journalism was almost immediately called into question. It prompted an in-depth think piece from New York Times mediator Jim Rutenberg, imagining the exploding watermelon as a metaphor for the future of […]
On Saturday, April 16, 2016 the National Scholastic Press Association announced its top awards for scholastic press organizations. We are pleased to share that 16 of the 25 Online Pacemaker Award winners are members of the SNO community, and eight of those 16 are first-time Pacemaker winners. The winning sites are: RHStoday, Robinson High School, […]
We know that budgets are tight today for schools, and scholastic journalism programs can be hit especially hard by funding cuts. That’s why we are excited to announce two new programs designed to help teachers and students on the SNO platform raise funds for their journalism programs. Fundraising made easy We’ve partnered with Pledgebrite to […]
Obama encourages journalists to be journalists, not spectators: President Obama delivered a speech at a journalism ceremony last week, where he used his platform to urge the political journalists covering the presidential race to focus on the actual issues at hand, rather than reporting on the spectacle. Obama compared much of the news reporting surrounding […]