The David L. Adams Apple Awards are given as a “Best of Show” at the annual CMA Spring Conference in New York City. The awards are named in honor David L. Adams, a longtime College Media Advisers stalwart and adviser at Indiana University, who died in 2007.

Please find below the winners for the 2023 Apple Awards:

Best Crisis Coverage

1st Place

Iowa State Daily

“Cornerstone Church Murders”

Iowa State University

2nd Place

The Miami Hurricane

“Drugging allegations, misogynistic chanting”

University of Miami

3rd Place

Harlem View

“Threat on Campus”

The City College of New York

Honorable Mention

The Beacon

“A Catholic university’s inclusion mission and a priest’s views”

University of Portland

Honorable Mention

The Daily Pennsylvanian

“UC Townhomes and Philadelphia’s 

affordable housing struggle”

University of Pennsylvania

Best Editorial

1st Place

Kentucky Kernel

“Hazing is life and death, not a game of semantics”

University of Kentucky

2nd Place

The Miami Hurricane

“UM community’s silence on the Sig Ep allegations is deafening”

University of Miami

3rd Place

The Battalion

“Vote with vengeance”

Texas A&M University — College Station

Honorable Mention

The Eagle

“President Burwell’s panel on free expression” 

American University

Honorable Mention

Swinging Bridge Magazine

“Messiah’s LGBTQ+ policies”

Messiah University

Best Magazine (2-year)

1st Place

Urbana Literary & Arts

Miami Dade College

2nd Place

Miambiance

Miami Dade College – Kendall Campus

3rd Place

Warrior Life

El Camino College

Honorable Mention

The Hudsonian

Hudson Valley Community College

Best Magazine (4-year, 3,000-9,999)

1st Place

Pursuit

California Baptist University

2nd Place

The Magnolia

Wake Forest University

3rd Place

The Reporter

Stetson University

Honorable Mention

SEEDS Editor’s Zine

Northeastern Illinois University

Best Magazine (4-year, 10,000+)

1st Place

Distraction

University of Miami

2nd Place

The Stony Brook Press

SUNY Stony Brook

3rd Place

34th Street Magazine

University of Pennsylvania

Honorable Mention

Backdrop Magazine

Ohio University

Honorable Mention

Manhappenin’

Kansas State University

Best Magazine Cover

1st Place

The Swinging Bridge Magazine

Messiah University

2nd Place

Amendment Literary and Art Journal

Virginia Commonwealth University

3rd Place

Pursuit

California Baptist University

Honorable Mention

Distraction

University of Miami

Honorable Mention

EST Magazine

The King’s College

Best Multi-Media Ad Campaign

1st Place

Daily Titan

“Juicy Dumpling Kitchen”

California State University, Fullerton

2nd Place

“JAGTALK”

Southern University and A&M College

3rd Place

The Patriot

“The Patriot—for everyone”

University of the Cumberlands

Honorable Mention

The Pulse

“Messiah Block Party”

Messiah University

Best Multimedia Package

1st Place

The Southern Digest

“The Bubba McDaniels story”

Southern University and A&M College

2nd Place

The Union

“Most affordable gas stations near El Camino College”

El Camino College

3rd Place

Harlem View

“Asylum Seekers Face Challenges 

Getting Kids Into City Schools”

The City College of New York

Honorable Mention

The Eagle

“Students walk out to protest University’s response to sexual violence”

American University

Honorable Mention

Muleskinner

“How and Why Students Get Fake IDs”

The University of Central Missouri

Best Newspaper (1,000-2,999)

1st Place

The Union

El Camino College

2nd Place

The Castleton Spartan

Castleton University

3rd Place

The Collegian

Tarrant County College

Honorable Mention

Capital University

The Chimes

Best Newspaper (4-year, 3,000-9,999)

1st Place

The Eagle

American University

2nd Place

Rice Thresher

Rice University

3rd Place

The Banner

California Baptist University

Honorable Mention

The Ithacan

Ithaca College

Honorable Mention

The Butler Collegian

Butler University

Best Newspaper (4-year, 10,000+)

1st Place

The Daily Pennsylvanian

University of Pennsylvania

2nd Place

The Collegian

Kansas State University

3rd Place

The Battalion

Texas A&M University — College Station

Honorable Mention

The Appalachian

Appalachian State University

Honorable Mention

The Statesman

SUNY Stony Brook

Best Opinion Column

1st Place

Old Gold & Black

Lauren Carpenter

“Aftermath of a sexual assault at Wake Forest”

Wake Forest University

2nd Place

Kentucky Kernel

Karrington Garland

“Injustice must inspire action”

University of Kentucky

3rd Place

The Butler Collegian

Sadia Khatri

“Predominantly white institution predicament”

Butler University

Honorable Mention

The New Political

Jessica Horner

“Navigating the Realities of a Party School”

Ohio University

Honorable Mention

Agora

Lexi Greenwood

“Battling mental health during school”

Monroe County Community College

Best Podcast

1st Place

Joelee Francos

“The Esoteric Realm”

Cerritos College

2nd Place

Ella Adams, Evan Byrd

“Hauntings of the High Country”

Appalachian State University

3rd Place

Max Dieye, Josh Brogden, Cassie Dye, Faith Caplinger

“Beneath the Bricks”

Ohio University

Honorable Mention

Dan Leslie

“The Button Pusher”

Messiah University

Honorable Mention

Miami Hurricane

“Catch Up ‘Canes”

University of Miami

Best Single-Media Ad

1st Place

VCU Student Media

“VCU Student Media Open House”

Virginia Commonwealth University

2nd Place

The Vector

“FINEST: Reign or Shine”

New Jersey Institute of Technology

3rd Place

Office of Student Media

“GAMEDAY – BOOMBOX CLASSIC”

Southern University and A&M College

Honorable Mention

The Peel Review

“Mortified”

Appalachian State University

Honorable Mention

The South End

“House Hiring Ad”

Wayne State University

Best Social Media Coverage of a Single Event

1st 2Place

Kentucky Kernel

“White student arrested for 

racist assault on Black student”

University of Kentucky

2nd Place

The Daily Pennsylvanian

“Student protestors storm the field during Homecoming football game”

University of Pennsylvania

3rd Place

The Appalachian

“Election Day 2022”

Appalachian State University

Honorable Mention

The South End

“Movement Electronic Music Festival”

Wayne State University

Honorable Mention

Muleskinner

“Chinese New Year Celebration”

The University of Central Missouri

Best Web Site (2-year)

1st Place

Agora

Monroe County Community College

2nd Place

The Union

El Camino College

3rd Place

The Collegian

Tarrant County College

Best Web Site (4-year, 1,000-2,999)

1st Place

T&C Media

Otterbein University

2nd Place

Empire State Tribune

The King’s College

3rd Place

The Chimes

Capital University

Best Web Site (4-year, 3,000-9,999)

1st Place

The Ithacan

Ithaca College

2nd Place

The Banner

California Baptist University

3rd Place

The Suffolk Journal

Suffolk University

Honorable Mention

Rice Thresher

Rice University

Honorable Mention

The Eagle

American University

Best Web Site (4-year, 10,000+)

1st Place

The Appalachian

Appalachian State University

2nd Place

The Daily Pennsylvanian

University of Pennsylvania

3rd Place

Kentucky Kernel

University of Kentucky

Honorable Mention

The South End

Wayne State University

Honorable Mention

The Commonwealth Times

Virginia Commonwealth University

Best Yearbook Cover

1st Place

Angelos

California Baptist University

2nd Place

Ouachitonian

Ouachita Baptist University

Best Yearbook Spread

1st Place

Angelos

“Lunar New Year”

California Baptist University

2nd Place

Ouachitonian

“Healthy Competition: OSF Hosts Tiger Traks”

Ouachita Baptist University

3rd Place

Kentucky Kernel 

“Year in Photos”

University of Kentucky