Stony Brook wins at the Press Club of Long Island Media Awards

Stony Brook University students and staff were well represented at the Press Club of Long Island’s 2024 Media Awards, taking home 17 awards, including seven first place honors.

The Press Club of Long Island is one of the largest branches of the Society of Professional Journalists and is dedicated to protecting and defending First Amendment rights, promoting ethical standards and providing continuing education for its members. The Media Awards honor the best in local journalism and include the induction of the newest members into the Long Island Journalism Hall of Fame.

The Statesman won first place for best college news website, investigative student journalism (Viola Flowers) and best college newspaper reporter (Mariam Guirgis)The Stony Brook Press won first place for best magazine and student journalism story (Kaitlyn Schwanemann) and also second place for best college news website. The Press He also won in the illustration category.

Stony Brook University Magazine took home two awards, including first place for the report “Her Heart of Rock and Roll” and third place for the report “A Living Tradition: Two PhD Students Develop a Collective Approach to Preserving Endangered Languages.”

The full list of winners:

First place – profile, narrative
Her heart is rock ‘n’ roll
Stony Brook University Magazine
Christine McGrath, Jessie McHeffey, Shelley Catalano

First Place – Best Magazine
The Stony Brook Press
Jane Montalto, Rafael Cruvinel, Samantha Aguirre, Antonio Mochmann

First place – Investigative student journalism
Title IX: Holding SBU accountable
The Stony Brook Statesman
Viola flowers

First Place – Best College News Website
The Stony Brook Statesman
Viola Flowers, Lori Saxena, Skylar Sena, Liam Cooke

Second Place – Best College News Website
The Stony Brook Press
Jane Montalto, Rafael Cruvinel, Samantha Aguirre, Antonio Mochmann

First Place – Best College Newspaper Reporter
Mariam Guirgis
The Stony Brook Statesman

First Place – Student Journalism – Narrative, News Story
Kaitlyn Schwanemann
The Stony Brook Press

First place – Illustration
Songs of Summer
The Stony Brook Press
Keating Zelenka

Second place – Illustration
A Beauty and a Beast: The Paradox of the Lionfish
The Stony Brook Press
Antonio Mochmann

Third place – Illustration
Maya Hawke’s mermaid allegory embodies the magic of the queer community
The Stony Brook Press
Jane Montalto

Second Place – Student Journalism – Narrative, Feature Story
The humanity behind the story
Stony Brook Media Review
Lily McInerney

Third Place – Student Journalism – Narrative, Feature Story
The influence of pop culture on Oheka Castle’s recent history
The Stony Brook Press
Rafael Cruvinel

Second Place – Best College Radio Show
Play It Forward at WUSB Stony Brook
WUSB.FM Stony Brook, 90.1 and 107.3 FM
Allison Van Cott-McEntee, Kurt Hall, Taylor Solomon, Sanjana Iyer, Serena Harris

Second Place – Best College Newspaper
The Stony Brook Statesman
Viola Flowers, Katherine Procacci, Maria Lynders, Timothy Giorlando

Third place – photo essay or gallery
Behind Stony Brook University’s proposal for paid parking are the negotiations that students cannot see
The Stony Brook Press
Keating Zelenke, Jane Montalto

Third place – Non-local news stories
Archiving Queer History: The Organizations Documenting LGBTQ+ Lives from Past to Present
The Stony Brook Press
Jane Montalto

Third place – educational reporting, narratives
A living tradition: Two doctoral students develop a collective approach to protecting endangered languages
Stony Brook Magazine
Liza N. Burby