Maya Li Wei-Haas was awarded the 2020 David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism–News at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held virtually on 9 December 2020. She is recognized for the article, “Strange waves rippled around Earth. Now we may know why” published on 21 May 2019 in National Geographic. The award is given “for excellence in news reporting about the Earth and space sciences, with a deadline of one week or less.”