Diego S. Garrocho collects the Gistau Prize: "Journalists and philosophers must conspire to dispute lies"

Although we do not know what the truth is, we are clear about what the lie is, so journalists and philosophers must conspire to dispute the lies. With that union between his profession, the academic as professor of

and his "frustrated" dream, the journalistic career,

thanked yesterday for

receiving the second

delivered in honor of the late columnist.

«Now I am going to be much more afraid to write because I will have to honor the figure of David Gistau. The best tribute is to recognize someone about whom everyone speaks well and whose image weighed heavily, "said this university professor at the Vocento headquarters after receiving the award from the directors of EL MUNDO and ABC,

which had previously highlighted the "high journalistic and literary quality" of Letter to a Postmodern Young Man.

That was the opinion article that Garrocho published in El Español and that was recognized with the Gistau in its second edition for "the intellectual grounds" and "the commitment in defense of philosophical and ethical thought." Those were the main arguments recognized by the jury chaired by EL MUNDO's opinion editor,

by Unidad Editorial and by

by Vocento.

In the article, as the winner recognized in his speech, Garrocho also asks "sorry for the number of times I spoke from a platform and could ruin the lives of the youngest." «I am an academic man and I find in Spanish journalism a greater conceptual rigor and ideas that impact people with much more force than orthodox philosophy. Spanish journalism is experiencing a time of special quality where many of us go to look for ideas that we cannot find in the manuals, ”said the winner of the David Gistau Award sponsored by the

in the eyes of his predecessor

present at the delivery, and dozens of journalists, intellectuals and institutional officials.

Garrocho also wanted to express that journalism has always been his "frustrated" career. “I don't know if I am a journalist, I am a frustrated journalist and with that I run the risk of being more frustrated than a journalist. I am a university professor and I must express my gratitude that Vocento and Unidad Editorial recognize someone who is not one of their own, "he said after receiving the award from Francisco Rosell, Julián Quirós and

widow of David Gistau, present in the act.

The speeches of the directors of EL MUNDO and ABC turned the speeches of the directors of EL MUNDO and ABC on precisely the figure of the journalist and columnist whom these awards honor. "Today we do not deliver an award, we deliver a Gistau, which is much more than an award," acknowledged Rosell, who defined Gistau as "a

of journalism" for his virtue to "avoid dangers", "to make his success last and his talent in a world of envy ”and for“ the bonhomie that allowed him to join any gang ”. "David ended up being a magnet in each gang as were his articles regardless of the subject," said the director of the generalist newspaper Unidad Editorial.

Meanwhile, Quiros wanted to

remember some anecdotes from the book

of

«When I found him moving books during a move, I remembered Gistau because there are several pages talking about the

of the late 1950s and the carnage that publishers did to young writers, the clash between the old style of the newspaper and the new emerging reporterism in those years with more journalists in the newsrooms than pages for their topics ", said the director of ABC who concluded that in current times" morality has changed but journalists continue to be the guardians of morality. "

For his part, Jorge Bustos, as president of the jury, wanted to remember that “Gistau was not a formal columnist, he was indomitable and rebellious as Garrocho's article is.

And for that, he deserves to win this award.

This article was selected as the best out of a total of 350 from all the general and local Spanish press because "it is not complacent and does not propose good outlets to the reader", as highlighted by the editor-in-chief of Opinion of EL MUNDO.

Piss off the parish

"Someone has to vindicate the thought that hurts and bothers, David said that the parish had to be pissed off and the first advice he gave me was not to come out smiling in the photo of the column," recalled Bustos, who continued: "Good columnists they are not to give the reader's ear a gift. Gistau did not do it, Garrocho does not do it and, therefore, we believe that there is a school and a future that the fertile seed of free columnists will continue to sprout in EL MUNDO and ABC ».

During the event, which was hosted by

there was even time for the fond memory of the figure of David Gistau when Bustos stated that it was strange for him to wear a suit in an award honoring the columnist he had never seen with that garment. The presenter wanted to know the opinion of the journalist's widow. "I had a hard time convincing him even to wear it at the wedding," she pointed out from her seat.

Griso, host of the Antena 3

in which Gistau participated as a talk show host, also highlighted the virtues of someone who "had everything a journalist should have: nonconformity, purity and commitment to the truth." "This award was created out of affection and admiration to remember our friend, great person and immense journalist because he was free and unclassifiable," the television journalist remarked.

Members of the two headers were also present at the award ceremony, such as the deputy director of EL MUNDO,

the deputy director,

or the columnist Rafa Latorre.

In the case of ABC, among others, the deputy director

or the columnists

Lorenzo Silva and Juan Manuel de Prada

attended

.

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