Antonio Franco Estadella (21 January 1947 – 23 September 2021) was a Spanish journalist. He served two times as editor-in-chief of El Periódico de Catalunya. He also worked as deputy editor of El País and as editor of its Catalan-language edition.
Biography
editAntonio Franco Estadella was born on 17 January 1947 in Barcelona,[1] in a family with origins from Lleida[2] (his grandfather was Mayor of Lleida and member of Joventut Republicana).[1][3] After dropping out of a degree in economics, he earned a degree as journalist at the Escuela de Periodismo de la Iglesia in 1968.[4][5] He was a member of the Anti-Francoist Grup Democràtic de Periodistes.[4] First editor of El Periódico de Catalunya, founded in 1978, he served in that post until 1982.[6] He was hired by El País in 1982,[7] helping to launch the Catalan-language edition. He returned to the helm of El Periódico in 1988, retiring in 2006.[8][9]
Franco used to define himself as a left-wing person, and, in 2014, he embraced Guanyem Barcelona, which he described as "that necessary political and social force capable of transforming reality, from the left".[10][6]
He died from cancer on 25 September 2021, in Barcelona.[3]
Awards
edit- Premio Godó de Periodismo (1995)[11]
- Premio Ortega y Gasset (1996)[11]
- Premio Luca de Tena (2000)[11]
- Creu de Sant Jordi (2006)[8]
- Premio Antonio Asensio (2007)[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Torre, Iosu de la. "Muere Antonio Franco Estadella, un gigante del periodismo". El Periódico (in Spanish).
- ^ "Fallece el periodista Antonio Franco, director fundador de 'El Periódico'". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 25 September 2021.
- ^ a b Girona, Lluís (25 September 2021). "Mor Antonio Franco, històric director d'El Periódico". Nació Digital (in Catalan).
- ^ a b "Mor Antonio Franco, director fundador de 'El Periódico'". El Món (in Catalan). 25 September 2021.
- ^ a b Abizanda, Ana (26 September 2021). "Muere Antonio Franco, fundador de "El Periódico"". La Razón (in Spanish).
- ^ a b Manchón, Manuel (25 September 2021). "Muere Antonio Franco, referente del periodismo catalán". Crónica Global (in Spanish). El Español.
- ^ "Muere el periodista Antonio Franco, primer director de 'El Periódico de Cataluña'". ABC (in Spanish). 25 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Muere Antonio Franco, referente del periodismo catalán y director fundador de 'El Periódico de Catalunya'". Público (in Spanish). 25 September 2021.
- ^ Zarzalejos, José Antonio (25 September 2021). "Antonio Franco, el periodista total". El Confidencial (in Spanish).
- ^ Manchón, Manel (10 October 2014). "El periodista Antonio Franco se echa en los brazos de Podemos". Economía Digital (in Spanish).
- ^ a b c "Antonio Franco, galardonado con el premio periodístico Antonio Asensio". Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 22 September 2007.