Our Story.
We’re more than just tech geeks, ya know?
We started SNO to make journalism advisers’ lives easier. Well, one adviser in particular. SNO co-founder, Jason Wallestad, was the adviser of the Knight Errant at Benilde-St. Margaret’s School in St. Louis Park, MN. When he first began exploring ways to take the Knight Errant online, he discovered….not much.
Free site templates weren’t robust or flexible enough to meet a newspaper’s needs. A professional web designer could easily consume a school’s limited budget. Companies that hosted other school newspapers, though well-meaning, offered little to no technical support.
Jason and his friend Tom Hutchinson put their heads together and teamed up to create School Newspapers Online—an online publishing solution exclusively for scholastic news programs.
Meet the SNO Patrol.
Tom Hutchinson, SNO Co-Founder
When not working, Tom is listening to podcasts and searching for online bargains. He grew up just outside of Walnut Grove on the banks of Plum Creek. Call him “Half Pint” at your own risk.
Jason Wallestad, SNO Co-Founder
Jason spent 18 coffee-fueled years as a high school publications adviser and now uses that experience to shape SNO’s technology.
Lindsay McNally, Accounting
A refugee from the corporate world, Lindsay is the friendly voice you’ll hear if you call SNO and press 2. She is firmly committed to battling backyard rodents.
Andrea Bell, Education and Training Specialist
A former English teacher, Andrea traded the classroom and red pen for a role as a training specialist. Though she’ll teach you how to use your site, she’s done correcting your spelling and grammar.
Kyle Phillips, Education and Training Specialist
Kyle spent nine years as the adviser of The Surveyor – the news magazine of George Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He also launched the student news website of that magazine and is a former SNO customer. He is excited to be back in the world of student media!
Lyndsay Hetzel, Support Specialist
Lyndsay went from solving problems as a special education teacher to solving your problems as a SNO Support Specialist. When she’s not answering support tickets, you will find her reading in a hammock or trying to attract all of the birds to her yard.
Gus Beringer, Full Stack Developer
A former student journalist, Gus went from using SNO to developing it. Gus can program anything with his eyes closed, but most days he keeps them open.