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The manuals say that nice events ought to begin very effectively and finish even higher. If the ovations are a thermometer, the Ondas Awards gala this Wednesday hit the nail on the top. The first of the 26 statuettes awarded was collected by journalist Gemma Nierga for her program Cafe of Ideas and, after thanking her, he has expressed his hope that sooner or later these awards will be received by “Osmán, Salma, Mohammed… because that will mean that those who want to expel them have not been able to do so and, on the other hand, this country has given them the opportunity they deserve.” He completed the sentence and the cheers crammed the Gran Teatre del Liceu.

And José Miguel Monzón, El Gran Wyoming, has additionally achieved the magic on the finish, with a type of laborious speeches that characterize him a lot, yesterday with out a trace of humor, warning in opposition to those that name themselves journalists and are “intoxicators who occupy the information space to launch lies and insidious schemes.” He known as on the brand new data professionals to “fight against the enemies of freedom: they were, will be and are, with flamethrowers or chainsaws.” And the Liceu roared once more on the finish of the celebration organized by Grupo Prisa and Radio Barcelona-Cadena SER.

It was two hours wherein radio, tv and music had been vindicated from empathy, respect, kindness and dialog, because the host of the occasion, Mara Torres, managed to summarize. But the longer term additionally slipped into that speech, the youth who should command it within the coming years and who at the moment are in a sea of ​​uncertainty, if not precariousness. Paco Lobatón, particular prize for his profession, requested them for a favor: “Don’t let yourselves be discouraged by precariousness, we need you to combat hoaxes.”

Almost everybody spoke concerning the difficulties, together with Pastora Soler, awarded for her musical profession. He remembered that his 10-year-old daughter requested him what it was concerning the Ondas award that he was going to obtain, and he stated that he tried to make it comprehensible with a number of phrases: an award “for having dedicated my entire life to what I have dedicated my entire life to, with many ups and downs.” The tune of “getting back up” that Nierga had used earlier than or overcoming obstacles, as identified by Alejandra Herranz, at present a presenter of the RTVE information program and yesterday awarded for her profession, however who yesterday remembered her first dwell efficiency, on the Barcelona airport. “My bosses didn’t see it clearly,” he defined of that premiere. “Here I am,” he closed, in an try and construct belief.

“The word of the day is thank you,” stated SER journalist Isaías Lafuente, already with the Ondas award for the very best skilled work after 40 years of career in his arms. The veteran briefly reviewed the profession he started 40 years in the past as an intern and vindicated the younger individuals who in the future arrive within the media “with the expiration date on their foreheads” as a result of they don’t have the chance to mature or undertake a profession just like the one he ended up forging.

Two hours earlier than, outdoors, in the midst of an environment marked by the mud of the numerous works on the Ramblas and the Christmas lights on since final weekend, the standard crimson carpet obtained company and award winners. That “world that scares us a little” went unnoticed, as Mònica Terribas, who obtained the documentary award, outlined it. I left Opus Dei. “We are going to push back the people who want to annihilate this country,” he stated, very a lot in keeping with the whole gala.

During the lunch previous to the gala with the winners, the CEO of Prisa Media, Pilar Gil, claimed the function of the radio and outdated transistors. It occurred in the course of the horrible injury that devastated Valencia on October 29 and Gil as soon as once more remembered the central function he performed on April 28, when a significant blackout left Spain with out electrical energy. “That afternoon we all looked for a transistor to find out what was happening, to listen, to know, to understand and to have context,” he stated. The mayor of Barcelona, ​​Jaume Collboni, host of the reception for the winners, known as for a dedication to cultural creation from the Catalan capital, which he stated is the protagonist of a “new cultural spring.”