Our colleague Laura Olías has received the IEE Award for the best young economic journalist, awarded by the Institute of Economic Studies (IEE). The jury valued “his professionalism and the rigor of all his information.”
Olías has a double degree in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication at the Carlos III University of Madrid. He began his career at elDiario.es ten years ago, where he has worked in sections such as Society, covering social issues, and Desalambre, specializing in Human Rights.
Since 2018, he has written about labor issues, pensions, inequality and poverty in the Economy section of this medium. She was nominated for the 2018 European Press Prize within elDiario.es’ ‘Tierra Esclava’ coverage.
The other winners are the former governor of the Bank of Spain Pablo Hernández de Cos for his professional career in the economic field; Carlos Segovia, from El Mundo, as best economic journalist; and Margaritis Schinas, Vice President of the European Commission, as a special prize.
The jury, under the honorary presidency of Antonio Garamendi, president of CEOE, and Íñigo Fernández de Mesa, vice president of CEOE and president of the IEE and the Awards Jury, has deliberated on the candidacies presented by the Jury for the four categories that make up the IEE Awards (professional career, best economic journalist, best young journalist and special award). The jury was made up of Fátima Báñez; the president of the AEB, Alejandra Kindelán; the president of UNESPA, Mirenchu del Valle; the vice president of Banco Santander, Juan Manuel Cendoya Méndez de Vigo; the general secretary of CEOE, José Alberto González-Ruiz; the president of AELEC, Marina Serrano; the CEO of BNP Paribas Personal Finance Spain, María Ruiz Manahan; the vice president and CFO of Makro, José María García-Agulló; the director of Corporate Communication at Airbus Spain, Francisco Javier Salido Colodrón; the president of AEGGA, Fernando Jesús Santiago Ollero; the President of Signaturit Group, Sergio Ruiz; director of Institutional Relations of CE Consulting, Ana Mato Adrover, head of Communication at JTI, María Casado Lopidana, the president of Dircom, Miguel López Quesada; the dean of the College of Economists of Madrid, Amelia Pérez; and the president of the General Council of Economists, Valentín Pich. The secretaries of the jury have been the general director of the IEE, Gregorio Izquierdo; and the director of Communication, Institutional Relations and Sustainability of CEOE, Carmen Alsina.
BNP Paribas Personal Finance Spain, Airbus, Makro, Signaturit, Aegga, CE Consulting and JTI are the sponsors of this initiative that rewards “excellence and talent,” explains the IEE note.
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