Tomer Urwicz, a graduate of theBachelor’s Degree in Communication with a concentration in Journalism and an instructor for the Digital Magazine 1 course at the School of Communication and Design, is the winner from Uruguay of the South American Journalism Award: Migration with a Human Rights Focus, organized by the Regional Office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for South America.
Urwicz was the Uruguayan winner in the Print Media category for his article “Persecuted in Their Own Country, Refugees in Uruguay,” published in the newspaper El País on January 14, 2017.
A total of 167 participants entered the contest, from which 27 finalists were chosen; from among them, one winner was selected per country (except for Paraguay and Bolivia, where no prizes were awarded).