Maya Brown, a journalism and political science double major and the incoming managing editor of The Statesman, has won the 2021 Martin Buskin Award for Campus Journalism.
Brown, who won the 2020 Buskin Cub Award, plans to be a digital newsgathering intern at NBC News and participate in the Politico Journalism Institute. The Buskin awards, named in honor of the late education editor of Newsday and adjunct professor of journalism at Stony Brook, are presented annually to student journalists whose work demonstrates a commitment to excellence through leadership in campus journalism, outstanding work and/or impact on the Stony Brook community.