About
OUR MISSION…
We, the staff and students of The CavChron, strive to publish informative and accurate media to serve as a forum for student expression and public information for our school and surrounding community. Our editors, staff, contributors, and advisors are committed to following the NSPA’s High School Journalists’ Code of Ethics, which guides us as we provide a well-organized and trustworthy source of news. In assuming this position, we represent Hollis Brookline High School as a public, student-run publication whose purpose is to inform and entertain the community.
OUR HISTORY…
Great students and good writing have always been at the heart of student publishing at Hollis Brookline High School. The newspaper is one facet of Hollis Brookline Media & Publishing, HBM&P, which also hosts our yearbook, Excalibur.
Early Hollis Brookline publications of the 20th century included cut-and-paste literary magazines such as Spiel, followed by newsletters, a few underground newspapers, and some years without a magazine or newspaper. Excalibur is the only publication that has been part of the journalism culture since the school’s first graduates.
The newspaper was revived, albeit in a very rudimentary online format, from 2001-2002, then re-launched as an 8-page print edition, The Cavalier Chronicle, in 2003. As student interest in journalism grew, so did the newspaper, finally becoming The CavChron, a 16-page publication, written and produced by a team of anywhere between 24-55 student writers, editors, managers, proofreaders, photographers, and artists at any given time.
NOW…
Currently, Hollis Brookline’s journalism needs have expanded with the onset of 21st-century journalism. TheCavChron includes social media connections as part of its multi-media platform as we continue to incorporate trends in design and delivery seen in professional publications and award-winning student news media. Print editions will be considered for special events, yet online is where most readers of the news find themselves nowadays, and HB Media & Publishing will be there as well.
Beginning in November of 2018, The CavChron began publishing once a month in The Hollis Brookline Journal. This partnership is part of an ongoing effort by The CavChron to increase readership and extend interest beyond the walls of Hollis-Brookline High School.
The CavChron boasts a staff of well-versed writers all with a common interest in journalism. The online paper has received recognition from Student Newspapers Online, or SNO, including multiple awards for excellence in writing. This year’s Co-Editors-In-Chief, Mason Marshall and Summer Leavitt (Class of 2025), look to continue this growth and success during the 2024-2025 school year. So far, The CavChron has been awarded the Excellence in Writing Badge and the Site Excellence Bage by SNO for the 2024-25 school year, ranking it among SNO’s Distinguished Sites as one of two New Hampshire sites.
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