KTRU

Robedee Honored at Convention

Will Robedee has once again been honored by a national student media organization.  CBI presented the 2014 National Student Electronic Media Conference in Seattle this year after presenting successful conferences in Atlanta (2012) and San Antonio (2013).  At this year’s conference in Seattle, Will was awarded the Joel Willer award for “Exceptional Dedication and Service to Student Electronic Media.”

Robedee has been honored many times in the past for his numerous achievements on behalf of student media outlets including the establishment and management of the annual convention, establishment of reasonable and obtainable rates and terms for webcasting, and as a distinguished adviser.

Among his most recent accomplishments is a settlement concerning webcasting rates for student radio stations which makes it fiscally and logistically feasible for student stations to continue to webcast sound recordings.

 

Student Media

Rice Student Media Leads the Way

Both professional staff members involved with student media at Rice do not think just locally, they take their roles and involvement in student media to the national level.

Kelley is the “print” adviser and also is the current vice president of member services for the College Media Association and will be speaking to students and college media professionals on five topics at the ACP/CMA Fall National College Media Convention. She will speak to students in a session called “Journalists are Superheroes.” The presentation takes a look at the breaches in journalistic ethics routinely made by the likes of Superman and Spiderman, and outlines ways student journalists can avoid making the same mistakes.

Will is the “Electronic Media” staff  member working directly with KTRU and RTV and the Executive Director of College Broadcasters, Inc. (CBI).  In his position with CBI, Will took the lead in making the 2014 National Student Electronic Media Convention come into existence in 2012 and continues to be the person responsible for making the convention happen every year and it has grown every year since its inception.  Will will be speaking  to students and college media professionals on three topics at the National Student Electronic Media Convention.  One of those presentations will include an overview of the settlement that CBI reached concerning the requirements and fees associated with student stations which play music on the Internet.  Will was the lead negotiator for both this settlement which covers 2016-2020 and two previous settlements.

Coverage of the settlement has received trade industry coverage by RadioWorld, AllAccess, FMQB and RBR, among others.

 

 

 

KTRU

Robedee Serves Student Electronic Media at Convention

Will is the General Manager of KTRU and staff advisor to RTV.  Will will participate on panels at the CBI National Student media convention, including a panel on copyrights and LPFM stations, among others.  Will has been a leader in the effort to both secure reasonable copyright regulations concerning audio at student facilities and in an effort to educate studeents, advisers and others of their obligations, rights, and requirements when a student outlet decides to webcast music.

Will has also kept on top of the legal issues concerning the ability for student media outlets to obtain an FCC license to become a low-power FM radio station and will host a roundtable at the convention to address the concerns of stations who have sought to obtain such a license.

 

Student Media

Student Media Will Provide New Students Insight into Available Opportunities

Representatives from the Department of Student Media will provide new students with an opportunity to learn about the various student media operations on campus, how they can participate and how the media can be used by any student to raise issues and promote events. Representatives will also discuss the educational opportunities along with personal/professional growth possibilities that participation in student media provides.  There will be two time slots available on Friday, August 22. One at 10 a.m. and another at 11 a.m.  New students will be provided with the location details in their O-Week materials.

Student Media, The Campanile, The Rice Thresher

Student Media staffs name award winners

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 Year award and granted it to outgoing editor in chief Rachel Marcus. The Kahn award honors former Thresher editor Greg Kahn who passed away last summer.

The Thresher also thanked graduating seniors Rachel Marcus, Molly Chiu, Dan Elledge, Alex Weinheimer and Brooke Bullock.

The Campanile also gave out end of the year awards.

Staffer of the Year: Zoe Wu
Rookie of the Year: Meagan Dwyer
Most dependable Staffer: Alexandra Franklin
The Shaan Patel award (Staffer ready to step up to the plate): Sean Chu

The Campanile, The Rice Thresher

Campanile and Thresher receive second place Apple Awards

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 2013 and first in 2012.

The Campanile received second place for Best Yearbook Cover. The non-traditional wooden cover garnered the yearbook its first Apple Award.

 

 

The Campanile

2013 Campanile earns seven more awards

The latest edition of The Rice Campanile yearbook continues to garner national recognition as the Columbia Scholastic Press Association awarded the book seven Gold Circle Awards. The book, which features a wooden cover, was edited by Beth Herlin, Lovett ’13, and Shaan Patel, McMurtry ’14.

The highlights of the honor are the first place awards for Cover Design and Title Page, both designed by Herlin and Patel. The duo also received a third place award for caption/cutline writing, and Patel placed third for headline writing.Certificates of merit were also awarded to Herlin for feature presention, Zoe Wu, Hanszen ’15, for sports reporting and Anastasia Bolshakov, Duncan ’15, for Feature Writing for Student Life.

This year the Gold Circle Awards attracted 4,279 entries from yearbook and digital media. A complete listing of winners can be found here.

 

The Campanile

Campanile yearbook places fifth in ACP Best of Show

The 2013 edition of the Rice University Campanile yearbook finished fifth in the Associated Collegiate Press’s Best of Show contest at the ACP/CMA National College Media Convention held in New Orleans, Oct. 23-27, 2013.

The Best of Show competition was held on site at the national convention. The number of entries and places awarded may change from year to year, usually corresponding with overall attendance. Only publications and broadcast teams with students in attendance at the convention are eligible to enter the contest.

The book, bearing a rare wooden cover, features 384 full-color pages, and is the first time the Campanile presented content chronologically. The staff spent the year improving coverage, writing and photography, while aiming to tell the story of the year in a more cohesive format.

The nationally-recognized book was co-edited by Beth Herlin, Lovett ’13 and Shaan Patel, McMurtry ’14. The 2013 design editor was Anastasia Bolshakov, Duncan ’14; managing editor was Naomi Fa-Kaji, Wiess ’14 and office manager duties were split between Sara Nowak, Lovett ’13 and Elodie Graham, Baker ’16.

The book placed among some of the most well-respected collegiate yearbooks in the country.

Yearbook 300 or More Pages

1. Round Up, Baylor Univ., Waco, Texas

2. Agromeck, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, N.C.
Alex Sanchez, editor
Martha Collins, adviser

3. Tower, Northwest Missouri State Univ., Maryville, Mo.
Kari Colts, editor
Steven Chappell, adviser

4. Le Souvenir, Southeastern Louisiana Univ., Hammond, La.
Michael Dinino, editor
Lee E. Lind/Lorraine F. Peppo, advisers

5. Campanile, Rice Univ., Houston, Texas

6. Ibis, Univ. of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla.
Sandra Montalvo, editor
Randy Stano, adviser

7. Talisman, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, Ky.
Amber Plunkett, editor
Katie Clark/Charlotte Turtle, advisers

8. Arbutus, Indiana Univ., Bloomington, Ind.
RAchel Wisinski, editor
Ronald Johnson, adviser

9. Tower, Loyola Marymount Univ., Los Angeles, Calif.
Sheree Shea, editor
Tom Nelson, adviser

10. Razorback, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark.

Books are currently available through the Campanile office or the office of student media.

 

Student Media, The Campanile, The Rice Thresher

Student Publications win multiple awards

The Rice Thresher student newspaper and the Campanile student yearbook have both placed first 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 Rice Thresher received three first place awards in addition to overall excellence. Reed Thornburg placed first for news feature story for his story Consumed, and Ryan Gupta won first in sports story for Exodus. Gabe Caudra placed first in sports column for his weekly column The Fifth Lap. The paper also got three second place awards, four third place and five honorable mentions.

These awards are in addition to a third place finish in the Apple Awards presented by the College Media Association at the Spring National College Media Convention.

The Campanile won 25 awards, with 12 first place finishes. In addition to overall excellence, the yearbook received best cover design (designed by Beth Herlin and Shaan Patel), best photo story, best information graphic, best opening package, and best feature/student life package. Beth Herlin received first for a people spread with mugshots (the senior section). Elizabeth Pogue placed first in organizations copy for Occupy Weiss, and Shaan Patel received best title page. Collin Shurbet placed first in sports feature photo for his pole vault photo and Katherine McConachie got first for student life copy in her coverage of LGBT issues on campus. Taylor Daileda received first in sports feature photo for a picture of Rice students celebrating the football team.

The 2012 yearbook also received five second place awards, four third place and four honorable mentions. The book was also included in Balfour Publishing’s Yearbook Yearbook and received a honorable mention certificate from the publishing company. The Columbia Scholastic Press Association presented the Campanile with five awards in its Gold Circle Awards presented in March.

Rice University Student Media