There's a rule we apply with friends: if The first year is a successThe second becomes a tradition. The second edition of the Anna Pérez Pagès Prize for Cultural Journalism has established itself as the only place and the only time in which anyone celebrates the importance of culture and the existence of those of us who explain it; today they would call it the secure site of cultural journalists, just as the red sofa ofArctic, the memorable Betevé program directed by the honoree, which He left us prematurely two years ago. If tradition is a celebration, the ritual of an award ceremony serves not only to remember Anna, but also to put her on our calendars, just like we used to do when we met up with her.

The first person who thought I could recommend books on TV was Toni Puntí, one Sant Jordi day. Shortly after, I was cast on a program he also hosted, a "culture container" called Election33I felt privileged to be working with him, who had always been a role model for me. I had seen him on TV so many times, and now I had him as a colleague. (A very generous colleague, by the way. Thanks, Toni.) On Tuesday, as I watched him collect the first Anna Pérez Pagès Cultural Journalism AwardI thought Carolina Rosich should represent the same role model for the generations of cultural journalists who come after us. In fact, Carolina is a role model for those who come after us, for those of us who share a generation, and I'm sure for those who came before her to cultural journalism as well. Her way of working is a source of pure pride for public television. She always covers topics impeccably, rigorously, yet relatably, with a personal style that I greatly admire.

To all of us who are dedicated to the world of culture and, more specifically, to cultural journalism, we all had a pending appointment with theAnna Pérez Labrador, a call, a show, a lunch menu, a television segment. But what her untimely death took from us, her friends in the cultural world (Anna Aurich, Gemma Ruiz, Anna Guitart, Julia Bertran, Claudia Rius, and Neus Masferrer) have returned to us in the form of an annual award in memory of her legacy. "Anna was a rigorous and joyful journalist, which is why this award aims to defend the place of cultural journalism and aims to be a meeting place for the sector, where we can kiss and make a revolution," Ruiz explained.

To all of us who are dedicated to the world of culture and, more specifically, to cultural journalism, we all had a pending appointment with theAnna Pérez Labrador, a call, a show, a lunch menu, a television segment. But what her untimely death took from us a year ago has been returned to us by her friends in the cultural world (Anna Aurich, Gemma Ruiz, Anna Guitart, Julia Bertran, Claudia Rius, and Neus Masferrer) in the form of an annual award in memory of her legacy. "Anna was a rigorous and joyful journalist, which is why this award aims to defend the place of cultural journalism and aims to be a meeting place for the sector, where we can kiss and make a revolution," Ruiz explained.