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CNHS MEDIA
Senior Lexi Dykes is one of the co-editorsin-chief for cnhsmedia.com. According to Dykes, the site’s content is determined by the students.
senior Lexi Dykes
a great way to stay connected with what is happening around bull dog nation is to follow our media staffs; members from each media staff introduce their publications and how they can help you stay connected
“Content is based on what we believe students will be interested in knowing. We try to provide additional information students can relate to,” she said.
A great resource cnhsmedia.com uses is Twitter. Dykes says that the best way for students to contribute to her staff is through Twitter. Often, they will tweet reminders and host competitions through Twitter. “Web covers topics in a way print can’t,” Dykes said. “It brings print to life.”
BNN Senior Allison Griffith is a segment supervisor for BNN. She is a staff member that specializes in personality profiles. BNN covers a wide variety of topics, from American Pie and Prom to the plane crash that occurred in Columbus last summer.
senior Allison Griffith
“Watch BNN because it is informative and eye-opening,” Griffith said. To determine content for BNN, staff members get together for brainstorming sessions.
“We brainstorm before every show. Everyone puts out different ideas,” she said. These ideas come together to be content for bi-weekly news shows, which is new to BNN this year. These shows consist of current events, need-to-know segments, and many other mini sections. To contribute to BNN, Griffith suggests being a volunteer. “Offer your opinion,” Griffith said. “It’s important!”
Log Junior Anna Horak is a staff member on the Log yearbook. One of her favorite topics to cover is current events.
junior Anna Horak
“It’s cool to look back and see what happened in your community, state and world from the future,” Horak said.
According to Horak, Log is a little bit different than the other three publications. Instead of actively presenting news, Log gives it as an overview. “People will look at it and be like, ‘I had no idea that happened this year!’” she said.
The Triangle
CN ’14 Andy Carr and Adam LeClerc
Adam LeClerc and Andy Carr (CN ‘14) were part of The Triangle newsmagazine staff. They worked on design and cartoons. LeClerc also wrote a column. Last year, The Triangle spent the second semester covering topics in thematic issues.
“We try to cover things that happen at North and around the nation,” Carr said.
“Food, fight and trust. It was basically a list based on those topics,” Carr said.
“Overall, we take it local,” LeClerc said.
This type of coverage was new to The Triangle. Typically, The Triangle aims to cover a lot of news. The Triangle looks for stories that are powerful, relevant and engaging.
To contribute to The Triangle, students can write letters to the editor. These letters may be printed in The Triangle.
compiled by peyton rhodes, photos by taylor calloway