Julia Gavarrete ('El Faro', from El Salvador); Xavier Aldekoa ('La Vanguardia'), Santi Palacios and Martín Caparrós, winners of the Ortega y Gasset Journalism Awards

The media

and

the photojournalist Santi Palacios and the journalist Martín Caparrós have been the winners of the 40th edition of the Ortega y Gasset Journalism Awards, according to what the jury has announced, meeting this Wednesday at the headquarters of EL COUNTRY in Madrid.

The Ortega y Gasset Award in the category of Best Journalistic Story or Investigation went to

by Julia Gavarrete and published in

El Salvador.

The report narrates the flight of a Salvadoran family for fear of being sentenced for a crime of which they have already been acquitted.

The jury has highlighted that it is "a story that exemplifies the total defenselessness of citizens when democratic guarantees disappear."

Likewise, the jury has indicated that the report focuses "on issues that can disappear in major conflicts, such as mental health or equality" and has added the "merit of the journalist to get the family to tell her their story still despite the complicated situation in which they live”.

There has also been an impact on the work of

, "a brave medium, which does excellent journalism in a very difficult environment."

In the category of

the prize went to

, by Xavier Aldekoa, published in

.

The series of reports consists of a trip with eight stops along the 4,700 kilometers of the Congo River.

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Deliberation of the 2023 Ortega y Gasset Journalism Awards

Deliberation of the 2023 Ortega y Gasset Journalism Awards.

The jury has indicated that it is "a well-assembled story in which all its multimedia elements are perfectly integrated, being, moreover, very homogeneous, of a high quality in text, photos and videos".

“Each piece is in itself a valuable journalistic content and, as a whole, they form a transversal travel story in which topics as diverse as the environment or inequality are addressed.”

The jury has also highlighted the technical part of the multimedia special, with elements that facilitate its reading and has highlighted "the merit of the fact that the bulk of the work falls on a single person".

The

goes to photojournalist

magazine

.

In it several bodies lie on the road.

At least 420 civilians were killed in the Ukrainian city of in April 2022.

The jury has indicated that the snapshot “captures the horror of everyday life in the middle of a war and conveys the desolation and harshness of the conflict.

It also shows the loneliness that surrounds death.

It has numerous details that provide information about what happened in Bucha.

It is a great photo that has a high informative component”.

In this category, the jury wanted to make a

, as well as other wars.

The

goes to

.

The Argentine journalist and writer has dedicated 48 years to the trade, going through radio, television and the written press.

He has published chronicles, reports and even literary fiction in

or EL PAÍS.

The jury has highlighted that Caparrós embodies the figure of the "total journalist, one of the greatest exponents of the best Latin American chronicle".

In the almost five decades of his career, Caparrós has traveled and counted the American continent and Spain like few others, from the big cities to the smallest towns, with a vision that combines a defined literary style and a high intellectuality.

These components, added to his talent for detecting stories, have turned hundreds of small stories into universal stories.

This year's jury, from the left, Luis Gómez, journalist and member of the Editorial Committee of EL PAÍS;

Miguel Delibes de Castro, biologist;

Soledad Alcaide, defender of the reader;

Elvira Lindo, writer;

Pepa Bueno, director of the newspaper;

Isabel Calderón, journalist;

Lucía Lijtmaer, writer and journalist, and Pedro Zuazua, director of Communication for the newspaper.Luis Sevillano

This year's jury was made up of Miguel Delibes de Castro, biologist;

Lucía Lijtmaer, writer and journalist;

Elvira Lindo, writer;

Isabel Calderón, journalist;

Pepa Bueno, director of EL PAÍS;

Soledad Alcaide, defender of the reader;

Luis Gómez, journalist and member of the Editorial Committee, and Pedro Zuazua, Communications Director of EL PAÍS, who served as secretary of the non-voting jury.

Created in 1984 in memory of the philosopher José Ortega y Gasset, the awards highlight the defense of freedoms, independence, rigor and honesty as essential virtues of journalism.

Each category has an endowment of 15,000 euros and the winners also receive a work by Chillida.