Thirteen college media organizations captured top honors at the David L. Adams Apple Awards during the 2009 Spring National College Media Convention in New York City. The awards, long a feature of the spring conference attended by more than 1,200 student journalists and their advisers, have been renamed to honor Adams, a longtime College Media Advisers stalwart and adviser at Indiana University, who died in 2007. 

Best Two-Year Tabloid Newspaper

The Collegiate, Grand Rapids Community College

Editor: Lonnie Allen

Adviser: Scott McNabb

Best Two-Year Broadsheet Newspaper

The Sentinel, North Idaho College

Editor: Jake Donahue

Adviser: Nils Rosdahl

Best Four-Year Non-Daily Tabloid Newspaper

The Ithacan, Ithaca College

Editor: Erin Geismar

Adviser: Michael Serino

Best Four-Year Daily Tabloid Newspaper

The Daily of the University of Washington, University of Washington

Editor: Sarah Jeglum

Adviser: Kristin Millis

Best Four-Year Non-Daily Broadsheet Newspaper

Northwest Missourian, Northwest Missouri State University

Editor: Evan Young

Adviser: Laura Widmer

Best Four-year Daily Broadsheet Newspaper (TIE)

The Oklahoma Daily, University of Oklahoma

Editor: Meredith Simons

Adviser: Judy Gibbs Robinson

Iowa State Daily, Iowa State University

Editor: Chris Conetzkey

Advisers: Mark Witherspoon and Annette Forbes

Best Yearbook, Up to 304 Pages

Selah Yearbook, Liberty University

Editor: Sabrena Carter

Adviser: Carrie Barnhouse

Best Yearbook, 304+ Page

Arbutus, Indiana University

Editor: Meg Woods

Adviser: Nancy Comiskey

Best General Interest Magazine

Tusk, Cal State Fullerton

Editor: Havel Lodevico

Adviser: Jeff Bradley

Best Literary/Arts Magazine

American River Review, American River College

Editors: Danielle Gorden and Brett Kauffman

Advisers: Betty Nelson and Craig Martinez and David Merson

Best Radio Broadcast

Radio Humber 96.9 FM, Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning

Producers Shauna-Leigh McCreedy and Andre Jeremiah

Adviser: Paul Cross

Best Television Broadcast

Humber TV News, Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning (Toronto, Canada)

Producers: Sean Casey and Karolina Walczak

Adviser: Joy Crysdale