Bullfighting: Bullfighting journalist Miguel Ángel Moncholi dies at 70 | Culture | EUROtoday

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The bullfighting journalist Miguel Ángel Moncholi died yesterday on the age of 70 in Madrid after an extended sickness.

Doctor in Journalism from the Complutense University, an Antena de Oro, three ATV awards and two Ondas, amongst different awards, endorse a profession that he developed for nearly 30 years on Telemadrid, the general public tv of the Community of Madrid, the place he labored as a reporter and bullfighting commentator from 1989 to 2018. Before, he had labored on Cadena SER (1973-19175) and had been a reporter for the newspaper Ya and Abc. Starting within the Eighties, he started to dedicate himself to bullfighting data as coordinator of the ‘Los Toros’ program on Cadena SER beneath the path of Manuel Molés.

He was a professor in numerous grasp’s levels and specialization programs, in addition to Dean of the Faculty of Information Sciences on the Camilo José Cela University. He taught lessons at totally different Spanish and international universities in postgraduate applications, all the time linked to the realm of ​​Communication, and since 2002 he directed the Bullfighting Journalism Course of the Wellington Foundation (beforehand with the collaboration of the Joselito Foundation) which was a breeding floor for bullfighting journalists from varied international locations.

He additionally labored for the Spanish Red Cross, the place he turned a supervisor as nationwide deputy director and director of Public Relations and Protocol.

On January 2, he acquired a tribute within the Plaza de Las Ventas, during which the Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Interior of the Community of Madrid, Carlos Novillo, highlighted Moncholi’s contribution to the dissemination of bullfighting, and highlighted that “for more than 50 years, a lifetime, he has dedicated himself to bringing the world of bullfighting to society through the media.” Regarding his instructing work, Novillo identified that Moncholi instilled “values ​​of rigor, respect, knowledge and love for one of the deepest cultural manifestations of our land.”

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