Best of Best of SNO: End of Year Edition
Wow, ¾¨Ó㴫ýcommunity! You all brought it in a HUGE way this school year.
This was definitely one of the strongest years inÌýÌýhistory, both in terms of quality and the number of submissions.
As always, Best of ¾¨Ó㴫ýcompetition is tough! It appears we will end the year with a 15% publication rate. Want some tips on what our reviewers look for? We’ve got you coveredÌý.
Here are a few other notable stats* as we approach the end of this year’s submission window:
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Over 16,400 submissions received (over 1,000 more than last year!)
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Over 590 schools participated (over 50 more than last year!)
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Over 2,400 articles,Ìý,ÌýÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýÌýpublished (over 500 more than last year!)
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351ÌýÌýbadges awarded to schools published at least once onÌý.
Here are a few of the ¾¨Ó㴫ýPatrol’s favorite stories from the past school year:
Our Favorite Piece of Timely Coverage
Ìýby the Purbalite Staff, Baldwin High School
Our Favorite Sports Feature
Ìýby Tiffany Zhu and Claire Zhao, The Harker School
Our Favorite Coverage about Teacher Shortages
Ìýby Minsong Ha, Zakareya Hamed, Nimera Shanil, Allie Deutsch, and Sakura Mogami, McLean High School
Our Favorite Tech Story
Ìýby Celia Sadewasser and Shanza Sami, Iowa City West High School
Our Favorite Follow-Up Story
Ìýby Olivia Evans, Hebron High School
Our Favorite In-Depth Story
Ìýby Willem Hummel and David Moss, Marquette High School
Our Favorite Community Story
Ìýby Manas Borra, Coppell High School
Our Favorite Academics Story
Ìýby Lilly Wu and Olivia Yuan, Lynbrook High School
Our Favorite Editorial
Ìýby the 23-24 Editorial Board, Archer School for Girls
Our Favorite College Story
Ìýby Soraya Keiser and Alyssa Malyon, Bethel University
Our Favorite Video
Ìýby Henry Leins and Vicent Wong, Palo Alto High School – In Focus TV
Our Favorite Podcast
Ìýby Rikka Dimalanta and Jenny Marquez, Daniel Pearl Magnet High School
Our Favorite Photo Essay
Ìýby Sami Moesch, West Chicago Community High School
Coolest Celebrity Connection
Ìýby Emmie Rose, George Rogers Clark High School
Story that Made the ¾¨Ó㴫ýPatrol Feel Nostalgic
Ìýby Nicholas Lee, Carlmont High School
Our Favorite Incorporation of Taylor Swift Lyrics
Ìýby Gourav Pany, Center Grove High School
Student Journalism Causing Change
Ìýby Natasha Torkzaban, Morgan Salisbury, Maya Smith, and Jack Tell, Lawrence High School
People’s Choice – Highest Number of Story Views from this School Year According to Analytics
Ìýby Violet Gude, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts
Whether your staff submitted one or 180 pieces for consideration, we wouldn’t have Best of ¾¨Ó㴫ýwithout the awesome ¾¨Ó㴫ýcommunity. Thanks for participating, and we hope to see more of your work next year!