BarcelonaCoinciding with the day that was 34 years ago, Ricard Ustrell has collected the Ondas award for the best local content for Col·lapse, el talk show on Saturday evenings on TV3. During the speech of thanks, the journalist took the opportunity to ask media directors to have confidence in their workers and, above all, to give the necessary resources to do the job. “Dare to trust the professionals and put resources in. We are at a time when there are many fake news that threaten us We will fight it with resources”, said Ustrell, addressing the media directors who were present at the gala held at the Gran Teatre del Liceu.
The presenter also assured that the award the program received this evening is “an award for the trust”, both of the chain and of the viewers. Ustrell’s words came after the speech of thanks from the director of TV3, Sigfrid Gras, who acknowledged that Col·lapse It didn’t start well in terms of ratings, but it managed to pick up in a couple of months. “We are very happy that a story that started fatally ended so well,” he said.
One of the big prizes of the night, that of best radio professional, went to Àngels Barceló, who was very happy to be able to collect her second individual Ondas in her home, Barcelona. The journalist wanted to claim better working conditions for information professionals, an indispensable aspect to “maintain the illusion in this profession”.
The Ondas award gala also had space for A la crítica politica, which arrived from the hands of Jordi Évole, who collected a prize for the La Sexta special The four days that changed us. 20 years of 11M. The communicator poked fun at the moment journalism is living in today and compared the political and social situation that Spain is experiencing now with that of twenty years ago, when the attacks of 11 M took place. Évole’s intervention has ended with a forceful “Let them not deceive us again. Mazón resignation”.
Another of the award winners who took to the stage was David Broncano, who collected the award for the best entertainment program for The revoltfrom La 1, the last award of the night. The communicator has thanked RTVE for the award for believing that a program like his “could have space on public television, going against the opinion of many people who believed it would not work because it was a space that kids watched on Youtube and because they thought it was a political assignment.” Broncano has made a defense of public services, both the media and health and education. “These are things that we must protect because, literally, they give us life,” he remarked.
One of the loudest ovations of the night was for Estopa, who received the award from the water in the musical career alongside Los Chichos and who have performed their already classic Like Shrimp. “Together we are indestructible”, said José Muñoz, half of the duo.
