"Thank you to the award winners for keeping alive in all of us the hope that authentic communication is still possible," said Bishop José Manuel Lorca Planes to the winners of the Bravo Awards which is awarded each year by the Episcopal Commission for Social Communications of the Spanish Episcopal Conference.
In this 2021 edition, the Bravo Awards have recognized professionals such as Laura Daniele or Eva Fernández and institutions such as CEU or Las edades del Hombre.
The award ceremony, which took place on Thursday before the celebration of the Church's Social Communications Day, was marked by the emotion of the award winners in this edition, the first to be held in person after the pandemic.
Laura Daniele, recognized for her work in the ABC newspaper, where she has worked until this year, dedicated this award to her family: husband and children, as well as Eva Fernández who, in addition to her family, remembered "those colleagues who will not receive it but who would deserve it".
The president of the Episcopal Commission for Social Communications wanted to point out in his speech the value of these awards in the present moment in which "it becomes more urgent the more difficult it is for people to know the truth".
Lorca Planes, "are for us a source of hope in the world of communication" and keep alive "the hope that authentic communication is still possible".
Bravo Awards 2021
Bravo! Special to the Foundation "Las Edades del Hombre"
Bravo! Press Award to Laura Daniele
Bravo! Radio Award to Eva Fernández, Grupo Ábside's correspondent in Rome and the Vatican.
Bravo! Television Award to Vicente Vallés, director and presenter of Noticias 2 on Antena 3.
Bravo! Award in Digital Communication to the "Haciéndote preguntas" campaign of the San Pablo CEU University Foundation.
Bravo! Film Award to José Luis López Linares for the film "Spain, the first globalization".
Bravo! Music Award to Hakuna Group Music.
Bravo! Advertising Award to the Juegaterapia Foundation for its "Disney Princesses" campaign for children with cancer.
Bravo! Award in Diocesan Communication to Santiago Ruiz Gómez,
