Raffles Press

Raffles Press is dedicated to documenting the stories, experiences, and memories shared by students in our school. At the heart of what we do is shedding a light on both the extraordinary and ordinary—be it in dissecting our school’s rich history in our Bicentennial special edition or capturing the intensity of an NSG finals match. 

In recent years, we’ve begun to traverse new territory, through incorporating multimedia elements like voxpop within our articles, and embarking on video projects. More than anything, we are passionate in expressing our views and ideas in new, innovative ways; pushing ourselves to hit the pulse of every story we commit ourselves to. 

2023

Collaborations

• Pressing Ahead: Organised an inter-JC conference with external speakers from CNA Insider and Our Grandfather Story to share with over 50 student journalists from eight schools their experiences in and tips for leveraging video storytelling and micro content to boost the content and quality of journalism
• Raffles Reads: Published book reviews in collaboration with Times Reads 
• Cross-Island Impressions: Published articles and videos written in collaboration by students across eight schools on topics such as school culture and social issues
• CCA Previews: Liaised with other CCAs to publish CCA previews for prospective RI students

Publications

• Each Press member contributed at least six articles over two years. All our articles and videos can be accessed at https://rafflespress.com
• Our articles span coverage (of school events, NSGs, concerts and performances), reviews, features, opinion and other series such as “Please Mind the Platform Gap”, which is targeted at helping prospective RI students ease into the school environment 

Special editions (2023)

• RI Bicentennial
• Teachers’ Day

2022

Collaborations

• Raffles Reads: published book reviews in collaboration with Times Reads 
• CCA Previews: liaised with other CCAs to publish CCA previews for prospective RI students
• Cross-Island Impressions: published 7 articles written in collaboration by students across eight schools on topics such as school culture, social issues and the future of journalism. 
• Pressing Ahead: organised an online conference with two external speakers from SPH to share with over 100 student journalist participants on their experiences in the journalism industry
  

Learning journeys

• TouRIsts: published special edition titled ‘Tourists’ comprising 11 articles written after mini-excursions and a batch excursion to different parks, museums and dining establishments
  

Publications

• Each Press member contributed at least 6 articles over two years. All our articles can be accessed at https://rafflespress.com
• Our articles span coverage (of school events, NSGs, concerts and performances), reviews, features, opinion and other series such as ‘Please Mind the Platform Gap’ which is targeted at helping prospective RI students ease into the school environment 
  

Special editions

• Teachers’ Day (2021)
• Y5 Orientation (2022) 
• TouRIsts (2022)