The Ortega y Gasset Journalism Awards are named after the Spanish philosopher and journalist José Ortega y Gasset. The awards were created by the newspaper El País in 1984.
Categories
Every year, these awards are given to those whose work has shown "a remarkable defense of freedom, independence, honesty and professional rigor as essential virtues of journalism".[1] The awards were originally divided in four categories:
Periodismo impreso (printed journalism)
Periodismo digital (digital journalism)
Periodismo gráfico (graphic journalism)
Trayectoria profesional (career award)
As of 2016, the new categories are:
Mejor Historia e Investigación Periodística (Best Story or Journalistic Investigation)
Mejor Cobertura Multimedia (Best Multimedia Coverage)
Mejor Fotografía (Best photography)
Trayectoria profesional (Career Award)
Winners
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Print: Pablo Ferri Tórtola, Alejandra Sánchez Inzunza and José Luis Pardo
Digital: Álvaro de Cózar, Mónica Ceberio, Cristina Pop, Luis Almodóvar, Álvaro de la Rúa, Paula Casado, Fernando Hernández, Ana Fernández, Rubén Gil, José María Ocaña, Gorka Lejarcegi, Gema García and Mariano Zafra
Best Story or Journalistic Investigation: El Periódico of Catalunya (for a series of stories on various cases of pedophilia in several schools in Barcelona)[3]
Best Multimedia Coverage: Univisión Noticias (for their story "Holidays in no man's water")[4]