Màrius Carol (Barcelona, ​​​​1953) directed The Vanguard Between 2013 and 2020, during the turbulent years of the Catalan independence movement and the October 1st referendum. A veteran journalist and author of several books, he says his profession has opened many doors for him. Including those in the world of wine.

Since last September, Júlia López (Barcelona, ​​1994) has been one of the voices accompanying family meals on weekends. After stints at Betevé, La 2, and Canal 3/24, the journalist has joined the show as a presenter, airing Saturdays and Sundays. Midday news of 3Cat.

"Yes, I'm a teacher. A high school teacher." "Oh, sigh, I couldn't." Zero interest. Absent gaze. "I'm also a journalist." "A journalist? Wow. And where do you write?" "Exactly. I'm the same person, and I've dedicated my whole life to teaching, but I always end up talking about my journalistic side, which seems—only seems—more exciting. My real job, the day-to-day work, and my true calling doesn't generate any interest or isn't considered a prestigious profession. People look at teachers with pity and almost offer their condolences for having a profession that until relatively recently was admired, valued, and loved."

Alba Carreres (El Prat de Llobregat, 1988) seems capable of turning any topic into the basis of a program or a script. After working for a dozen media outlets, both in front of and behind the cameras and microphones, and covering seemingly diverse subjects such as football and motherhood, the journalist seems more in love than ever with the work of learning and communicating new things.

Salvador Alsius (Barcelona, ​​1948) is a journalist. We remember him primarily as the presenter of Telenotícies and other TV3 programs. He has written the book Veni, vidi, vixi. Memories of childhood and youth (1948-1983).

Until the age of 17, he lived at 66 Passeig de Gràcia. "That apartment had been my maternal grandfather's notary's office. My mother was the younger sister who had stayed behind to look after her parents. When she married, she was already older, her grandfather was retired, the apartment had space, and my father came to stay. We were left orphaned."

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When you look at it from a more focused perspective, feeling guilty as a parent isn't as bad as it may seem. It means reflecting on what you do and don't do, and evaluating your actions and inactions. I highly doubt that people who don't feel guilty about parenthood are perfect parents; they simply don't engage in this self-assessment exercise. Out of a sense of self-worth or survival, I don't know.

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"I know there are countless people in the world who have experienced sexual violence. Be aware that the scenes in the film may be emotionally disturbing. Close your eyes and take a deep breath if you feel the need to. This has been helpful to me many times." This sentence opens the documentary. Daily black box, a documentary by journalist Shiori Ito, nominated for best documentary at the next Oscars. You can find it on Filmin and Movistar+. In 2015, Ito was raped by a prestigious journalist in Japan. Yamaguchi was the director of Tokyo Broadcasting System, a man very close to power, a good friend of Prime Minister Abe, who was assassinated in 2022 during a rally.

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It is unusual for a journalist to sit in the dock, and even less so for him to do so with the entire profession behind him. On Thursday, Albert Garia, a photojournalist who works for El País, has again denied having pushed and assaulted a National Police officer while covering – properly accredited – the riots in Barcelona's Plaça Urquinaona on October 18, 2019, after pro-independence leaders were sentenced over the 2017 referendum. "On the contrary, they beat me", Garcia insisted in the course of the trial in Barcelona's criminal court number 8. Before, dozens of professionals have concentrated at the gates of the Ciutat de la Justícia to demand his acquittal.

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