Nacho Alarcón, Íñigo Picabea and Sylvia Fernández de Bobadilla, winners of the Salvador de Madariaga European Journalism Award

The Salvador de Madariaga European Journalism Prize celebrates three decades. The jury has just announced the winners of the 2024 edition. The winner in the written press category is Nacho Alarcón, from El Confidencial; Íñigo Picabea, from Radio Nacional de España, for radio, while Sylvia Fernández de Bobadilla, from Televisión Española, has been awarded in the television category.

The jury’s deliberations

In the written press category, the jury highlighted Nacho Alarcón’s ‘ability to translate complex European information and complete the news by providing data, interviews and context – in many cases historical – which helps to understand it. All with a clear and direct language that is reflected not only in his work as a correspondent in Brussels, but also in new formats, such as the electronic newsletter Nexo Europa’.

In the radio category, for the jury, Íñigo Picabea ‘represents, like few others in radio, the dissemination and popularisation of European values expressed in our culture: the breaking down of physical and mental borders, the profound respect for others and for the plurality of ideas that have built the EU’.

In the television category, Sylvia Fernández de Bobadilla was honoured for her continuous interest in European news throughout her professional career. ‘Sylvia has managed to fit Europe into the various TVE programmes on which she has worked and has been able to communicate directly and clearly to viewers what is happening in Brussels, often focusing on minority issues.

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Members of the Jury

The deliberations of the Jury for the 30th edition of the Prize were held at the headquarters of the European Journalists Association on 6 March 2024, chaired by José Juan Ruiz, President of the Elcano Royal Institute. The members of the jury were: Iñigo Alfonso, director of Las Mañanas de RNE; Marta Carazo, presenter of TVE’s Telediario 2; Diego Carcedo, president of the Association of European Journalists; Belén Carreño, senior correspondent of Reuters; Alejandra Clements, chief political editor of La Razón; Juan Carlos da Silva, director general of Prensa Ibérica in Galicia; Montserrat Domínguez, content director of Cadena SER; Javier García Vila, director of Europa Press; Daniel R. Gascón, columnist for El País; Yolanda Gómez, deputy director of ABC; Araceli Infante, director of Espejo Público on Antena 3 TV; Rafael Latorre, director of La Brújula on Onda Cero and columnist for El Mundo; Xavier Mas de Xàxas, diplomatic correspondent for La Vanguardia; Miguel Ángel Oliver, president of Agencia EFE; Ana Pardo de Vera, director of Institutional Relations for Público; Encarna Samitier, director of 20 minutos; Rosa María Sánchez, head of economics at El Periódico; Esther Turu, deputy director of Onda Cero news; Xosé Luis Vilela, director of La Voz de Galicia; Pilar Velasco, director of Demócrata and columnist for InfoLibre. Miguel Ángel Aguilar, secretary general of the Association of European Journalists; María Andrés, director of the European Parliament Office in Spain; and Lucas González Ojeda, acting director of the European Commission Representation in Spain, acted as secretaries without vote.

The Salvador de Madariaga Prize for European Journalism

The prize, consisting of a diploma and a sum of 15 000 euros in each category (written press, radio and television), is awarded annually by the Representation of the European Commission in Spain and the Association of European Journalists with the collaboration of the Office of the European Parliament in Spain. The award honours the work of professional journalists whose work helps to form a rigorous and contrasted public opinion about the European Union.

The award ceremony will be held on 18 June in A Coruña.

More information: European Commission