Family photo of the VII Concha García Campoy Science Journalism Awards Ceremony. / CNIO.
The Academy of Television and Audiovisual Arts and Sciences delivered this week the VII Concha García Campoy Science Journalism Awards, in a ceremony held at the Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO).
At the ceremony conducted by the journalist Sandra Golpe, the video of Margarita Salas‘ speech at the first edition of these awards, in 2015, was screened, in which this scientist, a pioneer in molecular biology on a global scale, expressed that “as Concha García Campoy would have wanted, science must be disseminated in the different media“.
For María Blasco, CNIO Director and member of the jury, it was “a pleasure to present these science communication and journalism awards at a center like CNIO, where we are committed to communication“, and in particular in an auditorium named after Margarita Salas, her mentor.
The President of the Television Academy, María Casado, highlighted that these awards, which remember the journalist Concha García Campoy, “value the committed work of radio, television and press colleagues who, through science communication, make what is important interesting”.
Josep Corbella, science and health journalist at La Vanguardia, received the Lifetime Achievement Award, which was handed by Ignacio Melero, Professor of Immunology at the University of Navarra. “I started in radio with Concha García Campoy, who had the vision and courage to defend a weekly science news program in a prime time slot,” said Corbella.
Laura Chaparro, winner in the Written Press category for her report Los microorganismos son los amos, published in Muy Interesante, collected the award from the president of FAPE, Miguel Ángel Noceda. “The pandemic achieved something never been seen before: science news opened the news for months,” said Chaparro. “This highlighted the importance of good specialized journalism.”
Eva Caballero, who directs the outreach program La mecánica del caracol on Radio Euskadi, was presented by Luis del Olmo, honorary president of the Radio Academy. Caballero thanked her technical team and her radio station “for believing that science has a space, that it is of interest and that it is a public service content”.
The team behind the report Antropoceno: nuestro legado en las rocas, broadcast on Crónicas de La 2 (TVE), scripted by Reyes Ramos and directed by Ramón Senent, received the award in the Television category, presented by María Blasco. “Doing good informative journalism is not only necessary but also an essential ethical commitment for all of us,” said the winners.
Verónica Pavés won with her report “El viaje temporal de las perseidas“, published in eldía.es, in the Digital Press category. Jota Abril, from the TV Academy, presented the award. “I want to thank my bosses, who from a local media have bet on science journalism,” said Pavés.
The ceremony can be seen here: