PUBLISHED IN PRINT (Vol. 30, Issue 5)

I walked into the Pub Lab for the first time as a seventh grader, drawn to journalism after years of staring at black-and-white shots of my grandfather’s Washington Post newsroom and riveting tales of Watergate. Immediately hit with the sound of feverishly — or was it frantically — typing keys, my wide-eyed and thrilled twelve-year-old self watched Ms. Tracy Sena hand reporters stories covered in red ink. Within 3 minutes of entering the Pub Lab, I knew journalism would be a home for me as I aged.

The allure of being a young journalist wasn’t just another extracurricular. As I became a journalist, I became an informed and vocal community member.

When I told Ms. Sena I’d be continuing at Convent through high school, she told me I’d make a great Editor-in-Chief. The next year, she retired.

I spent the first year without her attempting to live up to her legacy. But months after her retirement, our beloved Pub Lab was repurposed and journalism disappeared from the curriculum. Deadlines were missed and stories suffered. Without an advisor or a space, The Broadview’s spark diminished.

As the most tenured staff member, I was determined to revive the school’s cherished newspaper. Recalling my freshman “Intro to Journalism” course, I held workshops twice a month to teach staff everything I could remember. I met individually with students, introducing AP Style rules and teaching InDesign. Eventually, we had 10 reporters with stable foundations and were back to producing a story every day.

The Broadview has been my labor of love for the past 4 years. Increasingly so in the past two. I am proud of the work, dedication and love that has sparked in The Broadview’s younger staff members and I am thrilled to say the paper thrives on.

This edition is special to me as it is the Senior Edition honoring my class. As freshmen, we began high school as a face in a small square on our computer screens, debating if our A would be taken away if we turned off our cameras. We have come incredibly far and I am proud of the intelligent, driven women we have become. The Broadview staff is thrilled to be able to highlight a few of our most quietly accomplished seniors — thank you to Kate, Deirdre, and Annabel for offering your stories and achievements with us. Readers, thank you for your loyalty (and patience) with our resurrected paper. And to my Broadview ladies, thank you for your drive, determination and care for the paper. I am proud of the legacy we carry on and I am thrilled to see where you take the paper in the future.