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Best of Best of SNO: New Year, New Story Packaging Ideas

Happy New Year, Best of SNO Aficionados! We hope your resolutions are going well (or are already forgotten) and 2025 is off to a great start! As we kicked off the new year, we took a look back at some of the 1,000+ stories published to Best of SNO so far this school year. Beyond the excellent reporting and writing, […]

Get Back on Track with SNO Curriculum!

It’s been an awfully cold week up here at SNO headquarters. On Monday and Tuesday this week, we braved some seriously frigid, sub-zero temperatures (with a much colder “real feel”). Brr! We know lots of schools around the country faced similar chilly weather and snowy conditions and were forced to shut down as a result. We also know […]

Quick ideas to jump start your new year!

Happy New Year!  As the new year kicks off, you might be looking for some quick, easy ways to get new content published on your site. Lucky for you, someone in our SNO Sites Customers Facebook Group and Bluesky community recently asked for some suggestions on how to do just that. As usual, the SNO network delivered. In case […]

The SNO Report: Our Year in Numbers

Happy (almost) New Year! As the holiday season winds down and we inch closer to the New Year, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the past year’s accomplishments. Fueled by your support (and more than a few daily cups of coffee), this past year was filled with many exciting moments worth celebrating here at SNO […]

Embrace the Spirit of Giving with SNO Donate

With the holiday season upon us, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the incredible generosity of our communities and how it can bolster the future of student journalism. This year, SNO Donate has proven to be a game-changer for many of our publications, with contributions pouring in from family, friends, alumni, and supporters who believe in […]

Does your SNO site need a few updates?

We look at a lot of websites every day. Like, a whole lot of them. One thing that’s sure to catch our eye (and not in a good way) is sites that need an update or two. Whether it’s Legacy Elements in the header or Trending Stories from three years ago on the homepage, items that are […]

Meet a few new SNO tools…

In one of our SNO Reports a few weeks ago, we briefly mentioned two new tools you might want to try for formatting election coverage this fall – the Story Collection and Live Coverage. Since these are our newest content creation tools, we think they deserve a more formal introduction. And, just in case you need an extra nudge, we’ve […]

Election Coverage Ideas Part 2: Resources

If you read last week’s SNO Report, you probably saw our suggestions about SNO tools to organize and format your election coverage. As a follow-up, now that you know the “how,” this week we’re sharing some suggestions about what exactly to cover – some from other organizations, and some from members of the SNO network. Organization […]

Election Coverage Ideas Part 1: Tools

Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past few months, we probably don’t need to tell you it’s a presidential election year. Whether you’re gearing up to tackle the presidential election or you’re staying focused on state or local elections, SNO has several tools available to help you beef up your election coverage this fall. Check out […]