State of the Sndbox - Week 32 [Brainstorming Blockchain Journalism, Thumbnail Winners and Reward Pool Infographics]

State of the Sndbox is a weekly newsletter that provides the latest in Sndbox activities, projects, and provides the best resources in creative empowerment for the Steemit community. To get up-to-date on all of our development throughout the week, be sure to follow us @sndbox. This SoTS was guest authored by our very own @luvabi!

Image by contest winner @dunsky

This Week in the Sndbox

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Welcome to the 32nd State of the Sndbox newsletter! This past week, we presented out incubator to the CUNY Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism, creating inspiration for innovative journalism through the blockchain. Be on the lookout for the final broadcast of our recorded podcast with Life on the Blockchain at CUNY studios as we talked about steemit and @sndbox. Our monthly State of the Sndbox Competition also cuminated this week and we have our carefully selected list of winners below.

For a more thorough breakdown of what our members have been up to, be sure to go through our weekly Sndbox Selections of the Week post that we publish each Monday.

Winners of the State of the Sndbox Monthly Thumbnail Competition

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The deadline for submission was on March 6. Click here to view the Competition Rules and to see the full list of our exciting prizes. Submissions have the chance of getting more than $300 worth of upvotes and to be featured in our weekly State of the Sndbox post.

Thanks to all who joined this tradition! Here are the amazing winners, and competition participants, below:

Life on the Blockchain Podcast interview with Sndbox

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We had an awesome time doing Orlando and Luke's podcast about Life on the Blockchain that aims to converse with people who have "embraced blockchain technology and used it to create a positive impact, stimulating real world applications to the worlds of Art, Music, Culture, Financial Inclusion, Government, Non-Profits, Supply Chain and Media." The recording is on its way and we're excited for you guys to hear it!

Group Talk and Presentation to Fellows of the Tow-Knight Center of Entrepreneurial Journalism

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This is the start of blockchain empowering focused, uncensored, and inspired content while giving value to journalistic integrity. We talked to a dozen journalists about the Steemit platform and how they can engage us in Sndbox. There were interesting presentations prior on other blockchain platforms. We had and awesome time and we look forward to organizing another gathering soon!

If you haven't signed up yet to Blockchain's First Creative Magazine c/o Sndbox, we encourage you to visit www.thecreativecrypto.com and click the signup button to be in the know to various creative and community impact content.

We are gearing up for the official launch this month and you can help by showing your support on this effort by clicking LIKE on our Facebook Group and clicking FOLLOW on our Twitter handle.

The website is under construction but here's a sneak peak just for you:

How Does an Upvote Work?

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Yesterday, we shared an article all about upvotes and reward pools. When you click the upvote button you are telling the Steem Blockchain, “this is where I want X amount of the daily rewards pool to go.” The amount that you’re able to direct is totally dependent on the amount of Steem Power you have in your wallet. So the more SP you have, the more of the daily rewards pool you can direct to posts you like! Make sure to check out the post and let us know of other topics to explore!

Guest Author @luvabi

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A warm thanks to @sndbox's very first guest author; @luvabi. Abi is a member of Sndbox's first Cohort! She's an Information Technology Consultant in the Philippines, and proud Mom of two. She blogs about community events and activities she does with her little ones. Thanks Abi! Next time we'd love to hear more about initiatives you're involved in within the Philippines! [Guest Authors receive 20% of the SBD rewards, and an opportunity to showcase projects developing within the incubator / broader Steemit community.]

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New to Steem? Explore our resource and tutorial posts, below:

Blockchain	Basics	Markdown	Basics-2	Wallet

Payouts	Witnesses	NoNo's	Curation	Reputation

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