The investigation of pederasty by EL PAÍS, the Nicaraguan media outlet 'Divergentes', the Mexican photographer Sashenka Gutiérrez, David Beriain and Roberto Fraile, Ortega y Gasset Journalism Awards 2022

The jury of the 39th edition of the Ortega y Gasset Journalism Awards, meeting this Wednesday at the headquarters of EL PAÍS in Madrid, has announced the winners.

The awards recognize the best journalistic works in Spanish published throughout 2021.

The award for the

to

the research on pederasty within the Spanish Church, published in the newspaper EL PAÍS.

The jury has highlighted "the fundamental value of a long-term investigation, about facts hidden and concealed for decades, giving a voice to adults broken by the terrible experiences of childhood".

Likewise, he stressed that it is "an investigation that has an impact on people's lives, prompting the public powers and the Church to initiate their own investigations."

Finally, it has valued the participation of citizens who, through an email enabled by the newspaper, have nurtured an accounting of more than 600 cases of abuse with more than 1,200 victims.

In this category, the jury has decided to award a special mention to the work

published by Óscar Martínez in

de El Salvador.

In the category of Best Multimedia Coverage, the special

, published by the Nicaraguan media outlet

, and which analyzes the situation of repression in Nicaragua under the regime of Daniel Ortega.

The jury has highlighted that it is a work that “brings together everything required of good journalism: information, different points of view, numerous voices and exhaustive analysis.

It also presses several keys that would be applicable to other places in the world.

It integrates numerous formats, well executed and combined, designed for a plural audience, which allow us to understand the reality that the Central American country is experiencing.”

The jury has also highlighted "the circumstances in which this work has been carried out, under the pressure of a totalitarian regime."

In this category, the jury has decided to give a special mention to the work

, published simultaneously in

and

The award for

went to the Mexican journalist Sashenka Gutiérrez, from the EFE agency, for an image taken of Sandra Monroy, a cancer patient who underwent a bilateral mastectomy that saved her life.

The jury has highlighted that the image, published in various media, "captures a moment of maximum pain, in which the wound is still recent and that still manages to convey hope".

For the jury, the value of this photograph lies "in the unusual portrait of raw intimacy, which affects many women around the world."

The Professional Career Award goes to

the journalists David Beriain and Roberto Fraile, who died in Burkina Faso on April 26, 2021. The jury has highlighted the commitment of both to the profession, exercising a type of journalism that is far from the obvious: that of coverage of forgotten conflicts.

Likewise, he has framed this award -the first Ortega y Gasset to be given posthumously- as a tribute to all journalists who die exercising their profession.

“We reward not only those who risk their lives to give news, but also those who lose it.

This tribute takes on greater meaning today with the war in Ukraine and also extends to all the places on the planet where doing journalism means losing one's life."

Photo of the jury of the Ortega y Gasset Journalism Awards.

From left to right: Pura Fernández, Pedro Zuazua, Elisabeth Duval, Lucía González, Carlos Yárnoz, Adriana Domínguez, Pepa Bueno and Sergio Ramírez. Carlos Rosillo

In this 39th edition of the awards, the jury was made up of Adriana Domínguez, executive president of Adolfo Domínguez;

Pure Fernandez;

director of Scientific Culture and Citizen Science and director of Editorial CSIC;

Sergio Ramírez, writer;

Elisabeth Duval, philosopher and writer;

Pepa Bueno, director of EL PAÍS;

Carlos Yárnoz, Reader's Ombudsman of EL PAÍS, and Lucía González, journalist and member of the Editorial Committee of EL PAÍS.

He has served as secretary of the jury, without the right to vote, Pedro Zuazua, director of Communication of EL PAÍS.

The Ortega y Gasset Awards, created in 1984 by EL PAÍS and bearing the name of the Spanish thinker and journalist, seek to highlight the defense of freedom, independence and rigor as essential virtues of journalism and give recognition to those works that have stood out For its quality.

Each of the awards is endowed with 15,000 euros and a work by the artist from San Sebastian Eduardo Chillida.

Written or graphic works published in Spanish, in media around the world, are eligible for these awards.