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Do you enjoy writing, taking pictures, playing music, watching films, illustrating, attending concerts, going to art gallery exhibitions or otherwise getting creative in your free time? Want to see a live KTRU DJ set? Do you just like free food and cool art? Come to the Student Media & Arts Fair at the Moody Center for the…
This is a new series started to highlight the work of exceptional students in student media. Channing Wang is a senior at Duncan College. He comes from Wells, Maine, and is a first generation, low-income college student. He was nominated by Kelley Lash for his exceptional work not only for the Thresher, but also for…
The Thresher is looking to hire a new Advertising Manager! Apply to the role through Handshake here. Below is a description of the role and requirements: The advertising manager is responsible for ensuring that the Thresher is financially self-sufficient by maintaining relationships with local advertisers and national advertising agencies. The advertising manager oversees the advertising…
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 –…
Eric Stone | The Rice Thresher Rice Campanile and the Rice Thresher won a combined 16 awards at the joint Associated College Press/College Media Association convention in Louisville, Kentucky last weekend. The CMA’s Pinnacle Awards, along with the ACP’s Pacemakers and Individual Awards, recognize the nation’s best in college student media for the 2017-18 academic year….
For the first time in known history, The Rice Thresher was ranked in the Princeton Review rankings. The student-run newspaper came in 12th in the nation in the survey. By B.J. Almond Rice also ranked No. 1 for quality of life, lots of race/class interaction and No. 2 for happiest students. The best quality of…
The Rice Thresher and Campanile celebrated their 100th years by garnering numerous first place awards on the national and state level. The Thresher placed first place in College Media Association’s Apple Awards presented at the Spring National College Media Convention in March. The editor in chief was Andrew Ta. Additionally, The Thresher won the overall…
The Rice Thresher student newspaper and the Campanile student yearbook have both won numerous awards in the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association contest. In addition, the Campanile won the Sweepstakes Award for Yearbook Division 2. The award is based on how many points the publication accumulated during the contest. The Campanile won 18 awards, with eight…
During the end of the year banquet in April, the staffs of The Rice Thresher and The Campanile handed out awards and honored graduating seniors. The Thresher recognized Bobb Award winners Christen Sparago (news writing) and Rachel Marcus and Molly Chiu (feature writing). New this year, the staff voted for the Greg Kahn Staffer of…
The Rice Thresher has won a College Media Association Apple Award for the third year in a row. The 2nd place award for Best Newspaper at a four-year school with fewer than 5,000 students was granted at the conclusion of the CMA Spring National College Media Convention on March 15. The Thresher placed third in…