Maye Primera is a journalist and author based in Miami. As a contributing writer for El País, she covers immigration and its impact on vulnerable communities. Her reporting on systemic inequities in the Americas includes the Univision News special, From Migrants to Refugees: The New Plight of Central Americans, which examines asylum seekers fleeing violence. She previously worked as a correspondent for El País, covering Latin America and the Caribbean, and as a Manager of Projects at the USC Center for Health Journalism. Her work emphasizes explanatory storytelling to address structural barriers.
Hostile Environment and First Aid Training (HEFAT), fall 2019.
Mentor in the fifth program hosted by ProPublica at the Online News Association Conference (ONA19) in New Orleans, LA.
Categoría Periodismo Digital 2018, por el especial multimedia "De migrantes a refugiados, el nuevo drama centroamericano". Univision Noticias (EEUU) y El Faro (El Salvador).
Outstanding New Approaches for "From migrants to refugees: the plight of Central Americans”; and Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish for "Buscando la paz en México: una familia hondureña dividida por la violencia de maras en Centroamérica". Univision News / El Faro
Best Feature Multimedia Story: "A night bearing witness to the violence of El Salvador." Honorable mention: "Seeking Asylum in Mexico: A Family Divided." Univision News / El Faro
Categoría, Cobertura: De migrantes a refugiados: el nuevo drama centroamericano, publicado en Univision y El Faro (Estados Unidos – El Salvador).
Mejor cobertura multimedia: Vacaciones en aguas de nadie Univision Noticias.
New Media: “Vacation in No Man’s Sea,” by Univision News Digital