BarcelonaWhen the newspaper ARA was founded 15 years ago, most of the staff didn't have children; it was a predominantly young team just starting out in life. We've witnessed weddings, separations, moves, and little by little, births too. The first daughter From the newsroom, Laia, daughter of a colleague who then worked in the international section, is now fourteen years old - she was born in February 2011, three months after the first front page of ARA, the one with the centenary Moisès Broggi and Graciela Noguera- but then more than sixty more children came.
After Laia came Lluc, Ariadna, Luca, and Òscar, and in 2014 we experienced the first baby boom with seven births in a year in which, unfortunately, as the late Carles Capdevila recalled in this articleWe also had to say goodbye to our colleague and friend Ignasi Pujol. Martí, Manel, Dídac, and Guillem, mentioned in the title of that article, are now eleven years old, and many others have come after them. baby boom, Because newsrooms, like life, are constantly renewing themselves and changing. In fact, we ended the year with three pregnant women and the recent birth of Bruna. Congratulations, Enric and Ona!
"The newsroom lives the world of news with passion, but is truly moved by life itself." Capdevila wrote in 2014. That's it lifeTo whom we often steal hours and the attention they deserve, we pay tribute from these pages. They are "the children of the ARA," the children of the newspaper's employees who have been born in the last fifteen years.
And to celebrate, we have gathered a group of these children for a photograph, which is the Glances This Saturday, where their parents spend many hours of the day—too many, if we take the children at their word. Because we also asked them about their parents' work and the future of journalism in a video shown during ARA Night, held this Thursday at the Palau de la Música. And this is what they told us:
JOURNALISM
Without journalism, people wouldn't know what's happening in the world. ”
Eric10 years
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Journalism is important to know not only what is happening in your city or town but what is happening throughout Catalonia ”
Jan13 years old
Journalism helps to make the world a better place. ”
Òscar12 years old
Catalina Serra and Marc Toro during the meeting with the children.FERRAN FORNE
Journalism is important because if something happened and there were no journalists, we wouldn't know about it. Journalists are very lucky. When I grow up, I want to be a journalist because I like asking questions. ”
Vera11 years old
You couldn't live in a society where you didn't know what was going on. Journalists have a very important and essential job, but they ask a lot of questions... They want to know everything, they're always in the know. ”
Ariadna13 years old
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Without journalism there wouldn't be news; well, there would still be news, but it wouldn't be as prevalent. ”
Bru8 years
We spread the bad news, we just want good news ”
Bernat8 years
The children before taking a family photo.Júlia RodriguezParents with their children in the newsroom.Ferran Forné
HYPERCONNECTION
She never switches off. She's on her phone all day because she says she's doing work-related things and needs to be constantly checking her phone. ”
Cloe i Àlex11 and 7 years old
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He's always looking at his phone and computer, and when we call him "Mom, come here," he says "just a moment." Sometimes he plays with us, but usually he's on the screen. ”
Guillem11 years old
Journalists have strange hours because you never know what's going to happen. ”
Greta9 years
THE DAILY
What I like most about the ARA diary is that my mother has a great time doing it and enjoys it.
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Martí11 years old
The ARA is important because it is in Catalan ”
Guillem11 years old
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Every morning I read the newspaper and look at photos of my father
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Tanit12 years old
Some of our children speak with the director of the ARA.FERRAN FORNE
I always, always, always get my information from AHORA
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Maria 9 years
What I like most about the diary is the 'Capficat' because it has hieroglyphics and crosswords and it's really cool
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Arnau9 years
I mainly look at the Sports section because I like sports ”
Pol9 years
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My mother talks to people to see if they want to be in the newspaper.
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Pep8 years
I pick up the newspaper and look for my father's name, then I show my friends that my father works at the newspaper ARA.
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