Ortega Y Gasset Awards

Ortega Y Gasset Awards

The Ortega y Gasset Journalism Awards are named after the Spanish philosopher and journalist José Ortega y Gasset. The awards were created by the newspaper El País in 1984.

Every year, these awards are given to journalists whose work has shown a remarkable defense of freedom, independence and professional rigor.

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    In these years we are witnessing the gigantic spectacle of innumerable human lives wandering about lost in their own labyrinths, through not having anything to which to give themselves.
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