"For someone from radio, there is nothing as exciting as directing the program of which he has been and is a faithful listener".
This is how the journalist and columnist for EL MUNDO Rafa Latorre announced on
his new stage as director of the Onda Cero news
program
La
compass
.
From August 29, Latorre will be the new host of the news and analysis program of the current affairs at night on the radio network.
"Rafa Latorre arrives at
La compass
being one of the most recognized voices in the mornings of
Onda Cero
, where he combines the press summary of
La España que madruga
(within
Carlos Alsina 's
Más de uno
)
with
El gallo
, his current commentary prior to the political gathering", summarizes the journalist's radio career in a statement from the network.
"La Brújula is the great news program on
Onda Cero
, a program with a long tradition and a list of directors that is dizzying. There is no other program on the dial that I would want to direct more," explains Latorre, who will continue next season. appearing every morning at the
Más de uno
program through
El gallo
.
Rafa Latorre
succeeds
Juan
Ramón Lucas
, who is starting a
new professional career outside of
Onda Cero
, and of whom Latorre assures that "he has done an extraordinary job. He leaves behind a growing program, and proof of what has built is that I am going to work with the same team".
20 years attached to journalism
Rafael Latorre García (Pontevedra, 1981) signed his first chronicle in the
Diario de Pontevedra
more than two decades ago.
He has worked in press, television and radio newsrooms, and in International, Society and Politics sections.
His first experience on the airwaves was acquired at
Cope
's Informative Services and he was part of the founding group of
Punto Radio
.
Among other events, he covered the electoral campaign of Barack Obama in 2008, the last Fraga elections in Galicia and a large number of electoral campaigns, having been special envoy to more than twenty countries.
At the age of 27, he was appointed deputy director of the historic program
Protagonistas
de
Luis del Olmo
.
In addition, he has been a columnist for
El Español
and is currently one of the great opinion firms in
EL MUNDO
.
A little over five years ago -by the hand of Carlos Alsina-, he joined the
Más de uno
program , where, to date, he reels off every morning the press summary of
La España que early rises
and gives voice to
El gallo
, an analysis of current affairs prior to the political gathering.
In 2021 he was recognized with the prestigious
Salvador de Madariaga European Prize for Journalism
and is the author of the book It
will be necessary to swear that all this has happened
(La Esfera), about the sovereignist challenge in Catalonia.
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