What Is The Rider News?
The Rider News is the campus news outlet at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. It publishes student-reported coverage across news, sports, features, opinion, and multimedia, aimed at the Rider University community and readers following campus and local topics. If you are looking for student journalism about Rider events, athletics, campus life, or the surrounding area, this is the publication to check.
Who runs it and what it covers
The site presents itself as a student news organization, with a staff page and editorial policies listed in its navigation. Its coverage is organized around a few recurring beats:
- News — campus events, local politics, and university developments
- Sports — Rider athletics, including conference play and game results
- Features — human-interest stories and campus life
- Opinion — columns and commentary
- Multimedia — video and other non-text formats
- Digital Editions — archived or special-format issues
Recent headlines illustrate the mix: a congressional debate held in Rahway, the opening of a new Sensory Garden on campus, a performing arts department restructuring, and field hockey results in Northeast Conference play.
How the site is organized
| Section | What you'll find there |
|---|---|
| News | Campus and local reporting |
| Sports | Game coverage and team updates |
| Features | Longer-form and human-interest pieces |
| Opinion | Columns and editorials |
| Multimedia | Video and interactive content |
| Rider News Roundup | Aggregated or recurring news summaries |
| Digital Editions | Special or archived issue formats |
The main navigation also includes About/Contact, Meet the Staff, Letters to the Editor, Policies, Place an Ad, Print Archives, and a Sitemap — useful if you want to contact the newsroom, submit a letter, or look up older print issues.
When it's useful to you
- You want student-perspective coverage of Rider University events and decisions.
- You're tracking local New Jersey topics, such as the Rahway congressional debate, from a campus angle.
- You need to reach the newsroom about a story, an ad, or a letter to the editor.
- You're researching how a student-run outlet structures its sections and archives.
If you need official university announcements or administrative information, go to Rider University's own channels — The Rider News is a student publication, not the university's official communications office.