Entries by SNO Trainer

Best of Best of SNO: September-October Edition

Wow! You all have been bringing it with your Best of SNO submissions this school year! At the time of publishing, we’ve had over 4,000 stories submitted – most days over 100 submissions. So, as usual, competition is steep. When we attended the National High School Journalism Convention in Boston earlier this month, one of the top questions we answered […]

10 Ways to Use the New Long-Form and Infobox Tools

At the beginning of this year, we introduced several updates to the story publishing and design tools on your site (in case you missed it, you can read more about those updates here and here). Since then, we’ve had lots of requests for examples of these tools in action – especially the updated long-form and the brand new infobox. So, we took […]

Let’s Talk Money: SNO Ads & SNO Donate

Want to make some money for your publication? We have two built-in monetization programs – SNO Ads and SNO Donate – that can help with that. Both programs are available (and free) to use on your site. Plus, they’re completely optional – you can opt in and out of either at any time. Read on below to learn a […]

Coming Soon: SNO Distinguished Sites 2023-2024

We know it’s the time of year when people like to trick and frighten their friends, but one thing that doesn’t scare the SNO Patrol is the opening of submissions for our Distinguished Sites badges, which happens next Monday, Oct. 2. The Distinguished Sites badges are awarded to publications that meet our guidelines in the following areas: Continuous Coverage Site […]

Meet the New Story Templates: Part 1

This summer, we made some big changes to our story publishing interface and story page templates. We previewed these in last week’s SNO Report, but we think it’s time for a more formal introduction. Updated Story Publishing If you’ve published a story already this year, you’ve probably noticed the story publishing interface has a new (and […]

That’s over several months, Ryan: this week on Fresh Powder

“The Kent State Pietà, as it’s sometimes called, is one of those rare photos that fundamentally changed the way we see ourselves and the world around us. Like the image of the solitary protester standing in front of a line of tanks in Tiananmen Square. Or the photo of Kim Phuc, the naked Vietnamese girl […]

FLEX Pro: Introducing the Widget Areas Designer

Not unlike the header and footer customizer we reviewed last week, the Widget Areas Designer gives you a ton of freedom to reimagine what you can do with your homepage. Rather than presenting you with six standardized widget configuration options (the old way), using the new Widget Areas Designer allows you to reshape (in size, shape, location, […]

We’re a shoo-in for Regionals, right?: this week on Fresh Powder

Remember spending the night in Roger Goodell’s basement last year? Virtually, of course. While the likes of March Madness and The Masters canceled their events at the onset of the pandemic shutdown last spring, the NFL Draft was one of the first televised sporting events to go on; granted, as a fraction of what it […]