Behind the Scenes of the Broadneck High School Paper

There are plenty of sources available for the latest in local news, and with the innovation of the Internet, those sources are becoming more and more plentiful. But for (BHS) students, there's nothing more local than the school’s own publication, the Broadneck Tribruin.

Headed up by teacher Karen Hott, the Tribruin operates more like a business than a class. Each student is required to write and submit an article, which will later be edited by one of the student editors and eventually published and distributed in the Tribruin’s monthly edition.

The Tribruin staff boasts several new and veteran writers, including two chief editors, an editor for each section and a fleet of staff writers. Before an issue of the Tribruin is published, the entire group will sit down to mull over story ideas to generate coverage of the most notable school activities and problems, the majority of which are later turned into full-blown articles.

“It's great that we get to be the first to know everything going on at our school,” said Co-Chief Editor Caroline Crane. “We write about a lot of controversial stuff, but we try to cover [those topics] with as much maturity as possible.”

Among the Tribruin’s most supportive readers is David Smith, Broadneck’s principal.

“Dr. Smith’s a great resource for us,” said Co-Chief Editor Lauren Burns. “He’s always up for interviews … or he’ll come in and talk to all of us as a group.”

As a 10-issue newspaper, the Tribruin has won several awards from the National Scholastic Press Association and has earned schoolwide recognition as the best place for BHS news.

“I’d like to see Tribruin become as well-developed as a few of the other school newspapers, to have a good print presence and also a good Internet following as well,” said Hott.