This article is a tribute and expression of gratitude to our readers. A very diverse and qualified jury, convened by the Generalitat, has awarded the National Communication Award in the press category to the director of ARA. But this is an award for all of us who make the newspaper AND especially for our readers, who are our reason for being. Free citizens, interested in the world around them, involved in their society and their time, and who consider it worthwhile to support a media outlet in stormy times and pay for the information we publish. 

The Generalitat has awarded the National Communication Award in the radio category ex aequo to the presenter ofThe morning of Catalunya Ràdio, Ricard Ustrell, and veteran journalist Carles Francino, now at the head of The window from Cadena SER, the same program that hosted the award-winning television category Gemma Nierga, who now presents the Ideas Cafe to La 2. The national awards, which correspond to the year 2024, are the highest recognition for excellence in the field of communication in Catalonia or in the Catalan language.