The ACPE, CIP, APEAE and APA International Journalism Awards will be presented on Thursday, 30 October

The 2025 International Journalism Awards, presented by the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents (ACPE), the International Press Club (CIP), the Association of Arab Journalists and Writers in Spain (APEAE) and the African Press Association (APA), will be presented this Thursday, 30 October, at 7:00 p.m., in the Cecilio Rodríguez Gardens of Madrid's Retiro Park.

The Association of Foreign Press Correspondents, chaired by Armelle Pape Van Dyck, will present the 2025 Journalism Award to El Español, an independent digital newspaper founded in 2015 and born in Madrid, which has positioned itself as the audience leader in the generalist digital press in Spain, with an editorial line described as ‘moderate and high-quality,’ under the direction of Pedro J. Ramírez.

The ACPE Tourism Award goes to Guía Repsol, which since 1979 has been dedicated to observing the trends and habits of diners in order to discover the projects that best suit them, highlighting the richness of Spanish cuisine.

The ACPE Sport and Achievement Award goes to the Spanish Paralympic Team, which represented Spain at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games with a delegation of 259 people, winning a total of 39 medals, six of them gold.

And this year's ACPE Culture Award goes to El Teatro de la Zarzuela, a meeting point for different generations of audiences and all those who are interested in Hispanic culture. In this venue, where Spanish lyrical music has always been cultivated, the best works from its repertoire continue to be sung and heard, and what is now the zarzuela of the 21st century is premiered.

On the other hand, the International Press Club, chaired by Javier Fernández Arribas, will present David Alandete with the Award for Best Spanish Correspondent. Salou Playa de Europa, for his brilliant multimedia coverage in Washington, before and after Donald Trump's arrival at the White House, for the ABC newspaper, the COPE radio station and Telemadrid. With more than twenty years of experience, he is a specialist in international politics and disinformation, has reported from conflict zones such as Syria and Afghanistan, and has interviewed numerous world leaders. His work has been recognised by institutions such as the European Union, NATO and the United States Senate.

The Journalism to the Limit Award. European University goes to Sebastián Álvaro, director of the Radio Televisión Española programme ‘Al filo de lo imposible’ (On the Edge of the Impossible), in which he himself has narrated events and phenomena beyond the imaginable, becoming the guide for millions of television viewers who, thanks to his mediation, have had access to knowledge of the most incredible and remote places on the planet.

Since the spring of 1981, the date of his first expedition to the Himalayas, he has devised, organised and led more than 200 expeditions and explorations, involving more than 1,500 specialists, while also making more than 300 documentaries and undertaking hundreds of trips to all continents and the most unknown, inaccessible and wild places on the planet. He has recounted and shared all these experiences through documentaries, photographs, books, lectures and articles.

The Association of European Journalists will receive the Major International Impact Award, led by its president, Diego Carcedo, and its secretary general, Miguel Ángel Aguilar, for their tireless work over almost half a century in favour of the construction of Europe, also promoting the work of numerous Spanish and foreign journalists inside and outside Spain through seminars, exhibitions, debates, books and the awards it organises every year.

Cécile Thibaud will receive the Best Foreign Correspondent in Spain Award for her work in Spain over more than 24 years. A correspondent for Les Echos, L'Express, La Tribune de Genève, Sud-Ouest and Planet-Labor, Thibaud also contributes to Challenges, Liaisons Sociales and Fashion Daily-News, among others.

The Documentary Journalism Award goes to the documentary Mortal y rosa, directed by Sonia Tercero Ramiro, with the participation of María España, widow of the writer Francisco Umbral, which comments on the figure of the master of columnists, as well as novelist, poet, biographer and essayist, who died 18 years ago. It is, in fact, a short film based on the work of the same name by Francisco (Paco) Umbral. This short film commemorates the 50th anniversary of the publication of the novel and was released in May 2025. Umbral's work ‘Mortal y rosa’ is an elegy to his deceased son, in which the author reflects on life, death and mourning.

Finally, Antonio Pelayo will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for his excellent work as a Vatican correspondent for Antena 3, with a long history in this medium since 1990.

A career in which he has accompanied Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis on numerous international trips. His work on the death of Pope Francis and his coverage of the Conclave and the appointment of the new Pope Leo XIV are particularly noteworthy.

Meanwhile, the Award from the Association of Arab Journalists and Writers in Spain, chaired by Tarek Khedr, has gone to Médecins Sans Frontières, an international medical and humanitarian organisation that provides vital aid to victims of disasters and conflicts of all kinds in every corner of the world, with special mention of its important role in Gaza.

For its part, the African Press Association, chaired by Abuy Nfubea, will present its award in the ‘Africa Positive’ category to Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopia's flag carrier and one of the largest and most active airlines in Africa.

The 2025 International Journalism Awards from ACPE, CIP, APEAE and APA will be presented on 30 October at 7 p.m. in the Cecilio Rodríguez Gardens, Paseo de Uruguay, 5, in Madrid (Retiro Park).

These awards are supported by Banco Santander, the European University, Salou City Council, Madrid City Council, 959 Ibéricos, Territorio Tarón Rioja Alta and Atalayar entre dos orillas.