Saturday April 12, 2025—The Rice Thresher cleaned up at the state journalism awards at the Texas Intercollegiate Publications Association (TIPA). The event brought together hundreds of collegiate journalists from across the state. The Thresher took home nearly two dozen awards.
1st place – Andersen Pickard (sports column), Andersen Pickard (sports game story), Alice Sun (special edition design), Alice Sun (overall newspaper design), James Cancelarich (general news), Kathleen Ortiz (sports news story)
2nd place – Andersen Pickard & Jay Collura & Sam Balakrishnan & Riya Misra (headline), Ed. Board (editorial), Andersen Pickard (feature story), Kathleen Ortiz (sports game story)
3rd place – Guillian Paguila (photo illustration), Alice Sun & Riya Misra (static infographic), Alice Sun (cover design), Hong Lin Tsai (cartoon), Pavithr Goli (sports column), Juliana Lightsey (live feature writing), Kathleen Ortiz (sports feature photo)
Honorable mention – Max Scholl (critical review), Bryan Mendoza (illustration)
A big congratulations to the Rice Thresher staff! The most recent issue of the Rice Thresher can be found here.