The Rice Thresher won 19 awards, including first place overall excellence, in the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association‘s annual contest. Additionally, the Thresher swept the best use of social media, breaking news category.
Additionally, the Campanile yearbook won two awards.
1st place awards
Narrative Reporting — Critical Review
Queen and Slim
Taylor Crain
Narrative Reporting – Editorial
Racism at Rice
Thresher editorial board
Narrative Reporting – Feature Story
Queer in the Country
Lily Wulfemeyer
Narrative Reporting – Sports Column
Biggest Upset
Andrew Grottkau
Production — Best Use of Social Media – Breaking News
ICE Costumes
Production – Sports Page/Spread Design – Newspaper
Baseball
Production – Sports Page/Spread Design – Newspaper
Baseball
Overall Excellence – Newspaper
The Rice Thresher
2nd place awards
Narrative Reporting — Breaking News
ICE Costumes
Narrative Reporting — Critical Review
Mapa Wiya
Arelia Navarro Magallon
Narrative Reporting – Feature Story
Bored Ike
Ella Feldman
Narrative Reporting – General Column
Dropping out
Eric Stone
Narrative Reporting – In-Depth Reporting
In their own words
Christina Tan, Anna Ta
Production — Best Use of Social Media – Breaking News
Protest
3rd place awards
Narrative Reporting — Breaking News
Violations in voting
Christina Tan
Production — Best Use of Social Media – Breaking News
Willy’s Pub
Production — Overall Design – Web