John Oliverjournalist Publichas been awarded by the Luzes Foundation with the Territorium 2024 Award. The foundation, created with the aim of collaborating in the presence of critical journalism and knowledge of Galician society, its problems, initiatives and emerging reality, presented him with the award this Saturday for his reports on the pulp factory of the Portuguese paper company Altri in the A Ulloa region and the struggle of social movements in the area for environmental protection.
The foundation wanted to recognize Juan Oliver’s journalistic works on the territory and environment of Galicia. By vote, the members of the Board of Trustees highlighted the reports Altri, the pulp factory sponsored by the Xunta and José Blanco that puts two Galician regions on a war footing and Altri, example of ‘greenwashing’ to associate its pulp factory in Lugo with ecology and sustainable economy published in Public on February 18 and March 7, 2024. Also Galicia against the plague, published in number 128 of the magazine Lights and in this diary.
The Territorium Award of the Luzes Foundation, as stated in the Professional Association of Xornalists of Galiciais an award created with the purpose of making public the recognition that journalistic work in the Galician language deserves, which each year crystallizes in relevant contributions to the knowledge of the Galician territory, the dissemination of its characteristics and problems and the defense of an appropriate way to occupy it. .
“The articles that the foundation has awarded speak of a just cause, that of those who oppose the Altri paper mill, and I believe that the award is also for that cause and for others that accompany it: the feminist fight, for the environment , for memory and identity and against political corruption and economic predation. These causes are not usually part of the media ideology. mainstreambut yes Publicwhere I work, and the magazine Lightswhere I collaborate. The award is for those causes, and also for those headlines,” said Juan Oliver.
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