This year at the David L. Adams Apple Awards, the Indiana Daily Student and Arbutus yearbook have earned six awards with two honorable mentions.
The IDS earned first place awards in the categories of Best Multimedia Package, Best Newsletter, and Best Social Media Engagement. The Apple Awards recognize the "Best of Show" achievements produced by student journalists. These awards honors the late IU Director of Student Media, David L. Adams.
The complete list of winners from the IDS and Arbutus include:
-- Tory Basile, Grace Urbanski, Alex Kurz, First Place, Best Multimedia Package, "The Lone Mechanic"
-- Safin Khatri, First Place, Best Newsletter
-- Staff, First Place, Best Social Media Engagement
-- Briana Pace, Emerson Elledge, Second Place, Best News Photography, "Community members gather to mourn Charlie Kirk"
-- Staff, Second Place, Best Newspaper, "Oct. 16. 2025"
-- Annabel Prokopy, Nate Soco, Second Place, Best Podcast, "IDS Weekly News Rundown"
-- Honorable mentions for Mia Hilkowitz and Andrew Miller for Best Opinion Column and Natalie Fitzgibbons for Best Yearbook Cover
IDS creative director Natalie Cartmel and news editor Chloe Oden got the opportunity to attend the College Media National Convention in New York City this spring. This convention honors the Apple Award winners and hosts various sessions and workshops in professional development for the journalism world.
"It was an incredible experience getting to go to the CMA convention on behalf of the Indiana Daily Student. It was inspiring to be around so many people who support journalism, and more specifically, student media. I am so grateful to be part of such a dedicated newsroom and am so thankful for this chance to learn more about journalism and design," said Cartmel reflecting about this experience.
"I'm so thankful for the chance I had to represent the Indiana Daily Student at the CMA's spring convention this year and accept the awards I'm so proud of our student media organization for receiving. I'm very excited to share what I learned at the different sessions with the rest of the IDS," said Oden about her experience at the convention.
In support of the IDS's achievements, co-editor-in-chiefs Mia Hilkowitz and Andrew Miller said "We're very excited that the staff was recognized for their hard work over the past year. Our awards spanning several platforms, from digital to podcast to print, goes to show how the IDS staff is excelling at sharing stories across platforms."
