The journalist Ignacio Rodríguez Burgos, head of economics at Onda Cero, has won the ‘VI edition of the KPMG/Rosa del Río Economic Journalism Award’ convened by the Association of European Journalists and KPMG.
The jury of the ‘VI KPMG/Rosa del Río Economic Journalism Award’ highlighted the winner, Ignacio Rodríguez Burgos, for his daily work in an “especially difficult” format for economic information such as radio.
Among the merits that make him the recipient of the award are an “indisputable” career, his encyclopedic culture and communication skills that allow him to explain complex issues “in a didactic and entertaining way” both in the most rigid information spaces and in the improvisation of the gathering .
Graduated in Information Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid, Ignacio Rodríguez Burgos worked at the SER chain and was a member of the founding team of Onda Cero. Head of the economics section of this same station, he has a career of more than 35 years in journalism, 21 of them within the economic area.
Trajectory in Economics
The economic journalism award was created in 2018 with the aim of highlighting journalistic trajectories or works related to economic, financial or stock market information that deserve it for their talent, originality, informative spirit, didactic force or ability to overcome pressure.
Since its inception, they have collaborated with BME Bolsas y Mercados Españoles. Endowed with 18,000 euros and an accrediting diploma, the award seeks to recognize the journalistic values of honesty, rigor, clarity and independence, principles with which KPMG fully identifies and which have led it to become part of the call for and sponsorship of this initiative.
Ignacio Rodríguez Burgos thus joins his name to those of Mariano Guindal, Miguel Ángel Noceda, Rosa María Sánchez, Salvador Arancibia and Carlos Sánchez, winners of the first five editions. The award will be delivered at the Palacio de la Bolsa in Madrid on Monday, June 19.
Jury
The jury in charge of awarding the prize has been chaired by Luis de Guindos, Vice President of the European Central Bank (ECB), and made up of Mariano Guindal, Salvador Arancibia and Carlos Sánchez, the winners of previous editions.
In turn, Diego Carcedo, president of the Association of European Journalists; David Jiménez-Blanco, president of the Madrid Stock Exchange and vice president of BME; Roberto Bodegas, partner responsible for communication and marketing at KPMG; Víctor Márquez, Director of Communication of the Bank of Spain; Emilia Pérez, director of economics for the EFE news agency; Encarna Samitier, director of the daily 20 minutos and Inmaculada Sánchez, director of the weekly El Siglo.
They are joined by Rafa Latorre, director of La Brújula on Onda Cero; Agustín Valladolid, Director of Institutional Relations at Vozpopuli; Rodrigo Ponce de León, head of economy at eldiario.es; Amparo Estrada, deputy director of the Colpisa agency; María Jesús Pérez, head of economics at ABC; Miguel Ángel Aguilar, collaborator of Vozpopuli and Cadena SER; Lorena López Prieto, director of communication for KPMG; Esther Tribaldos, Deputy Director of Communication at BME; and Juan de Oñate, director of the Association of European Journalists.