Hay Festival Segovia 2023

What is the editorial board like, where the front page of a newspaper's web and paper is decided every day? Who intervenes? Is there a debate about the news stakes? Who chooses the front page photo? Let's enter the realm of fictional journalism for a day: how would one of these meetings take place in an imaginary European newspaper? To what extent would common themes be strengthened against the pressure of strictly local themes and points of view? Let us imagine that this medium is called Europa Tribune and that on 10 September 2025 it has decided to hold an open-door editorial board meeting.

The place chosen for this unusual exercise in transparency is the Telefónica Foundation in Madrid. Flesh and blood journalists sit at the table of this fictitious board: Martin Dahms, correspondent of Frankfurter Rundschau and Stuttgarter Zeitung; Helena de Bertodano, reporter for The Sunday Times and Miquel Molina, deputy director of La Vanguardia. The cover was designed by Núria García Arenas, editor-in-chief of Design at La Vanguardia. The event is presented by Sheila Cremaschi, Director of the Hay Festival in Spain and chosen by Forbes among the 75 Latin women to follow 2024, and by Sonia Mulero, Director General of Banco Sabadell Foundation.

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Political information practices contaminate all uses of journalism in times of populism and polarization.

Natural disasters have become windows of opportunity, or opportunism, as has happened with the fires of the summer of 2025, as with the Dana disaster in Valencia months ago.

Electoral gains trump effective management, and the priority is the construction of news narratives that shape a social perception of reality tailored to ideological and partisan interests.

The the prestigious journalists and writers Teodoro León Gross and Juan Soto Ivars discuss this post-truth in its purest form.

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Carlos del Amor is arguably the most recognizable face of cultural journalism in Spain. His reports, carefully balanced between passion and the pursuit of the perfect headline, hit the mark with remarkable precision, consistently capturing the viewer's attention. A joyful rara avis, perhaps — a true dabbler in life — he will engage in conversation with Pedro Zuazua to reflect on their work, influences, and upcoming projects.

Del Amor’s reputation for journalistic excellence is backed by international recognition, including awards for his documentary Revealing Dalí. He made his literary debut in 2013 with the short story collection Life, Sometimes (La vida a veces) and this year he has published Una dama desconocida, a detective-style tale about a mysterious woman supposedly painted by Velázquez.

At the end of the event, the author will sign copies of his books

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