Regional journalism and continuous resistance take center stage with José Gabriel Mujika in the series ‘En primicia’

San Sebastián is a city linked to culture, gastronomy and sports. Your local newspaper, The Basque Journal, It celebrates all that wealth in its pages, but for many years it also had to tell the day-to-day violence of ETA and its surroundings, which had its epicenter in Guipúzcoa. José Gabriel Mujika, director of The Basque Journal In the toughest years, he endured the constant threat of terrorism, which transformed his daily life into continuous resistance. He is the protagonist of the new installment of Scoopthe interview program that La 2 broadcasts on Thursdays (10:45 p.m.).

Lara Siscar, presenter of the format, sits down to chat at length with Mujika about those days and what it was like to practice journalism while being in the center of the target. In this installment, Siscar and Mujika walk through the center of San Sebastián through streets that he could not walk on for years because he was threatened. With his story, he puts face and emotion to a story rarely highlighted, as those responsible for the documentary series recognized in its presentation in April. José Gabriel Mujika was director of the newspaper between 1995 and 2020.

Graduated in Journalism from the University of Navarra, he began his professional career in the Guipuzcoan Delegation of the newspaper Deia and he was also RNE’s sports correspondent in San Sebastián for seven years. He joined The Basque Journal in September 1990 as editor-in-chief to promote a modernization project and expand the newspaper’s regional editions. Four years later he was appointed deputy assistant director until 1995 when he was appointed director. In 2020 he was replaced by David Taberna.

Through in-depth interviews and visits to the places where events that marked their professional career took place, En primicia reviews the journey of 13 prominent Spanish journalists and, with them, looks back on recent Spanish history. After the installments dedicated to Raúl del Pozo, Olga Viza, Federico Jiménez Losantos, Manuel Jabois, Nativel Preciado, Miguel Ángel Aguilar, Rosa María Calaf and Alfredo Relaño, the next chapters will focus on Rosa Montero, Gervasio Sánchez, Jesús Maraña and Pepa Bueno .

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