The SNO Report: New wrinkles to Best of SNO

Starting today, it’s open season for Best of SNOsubmissions.

Wait! Stop! Don’t leave!

Before we lose 98 percent of you rushing to the site we’re promoting from that opening sentence alone, let us first warn you — you’re going to notice some big changes.

The first will occur to you as soon as you get there. BestofSNO.com isn’t the catch-all site it used to be. It’s something better — a shiny new launch pad to take you to one of two Best of SNO sites now accepting new content.

Best of SNO H.S. Edition is the site you’ve always known, though with a slick makeover. (Pause, while I pat myself on the back).

Best of SNO College Edition operates all the same, except for one obvious difference: the name. Best of SNO U is the new and exclusive club for student journalists at colleges and universities to submit work that will be judged against other reporters, photographers, and videographers at their level.

This year, we really wanted to bring all of those non-writers into the equation like never before. So, we’re encouraging students across the entire SNO realm to submit exceptional individual photos and videos as well, showcasing the great multimedia work you’re doing.

Finally, a challenge. Each month, we’ll be putting out a bat signal for submissions relating to a specific topic or theme (coverage of the solar eclipse, for example). You send us a story you’ve already written about that month’s topic or theme, or maybe you use it as a story prompt to write something new, and we’ll collect the best content and feature it in on the Best of SNO homepage. We’re calling it the Assignment Desk.

This month’s topic: Hurricane Coverage.

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have affected millions of people in communities all across the country. For weeks, journalists have been on the ground sharing stories about everything that happened before, during and after the devastating weather events. Share with us your coverage about your community, and come back at the end of the month to see a sampling of the great work student journalists have done.