Cuadernos K: Journalist Diego Cabot and his team win the King of Spain award

The Argentine journalist Diego Cabot and his team have received today the Prize of the press of the King of Spain for the work "Notebooks", published in the newspaper La Nación of August 1, 2018.

The jury unanimously evaluated a work of "pure journalism" which, on occasion, "is obliged to speak for itself, in order to explain to the readers what is behind an exclusivity ".

"Beyond the specific article, the jury has focused on the full investigation and its reflection in the pages of La Nación, an example of a journalistic work highlighting problems of considerable importance and forcing the authorities to intervene, "noted the jury. , according to Efe.

The award underscores the Nation's decision, at one point, "to stop publishing to put the investigation in the hands of the Prosecutor," he said.

The research began on January 8, 2018 with the delivery of eight notebooks written by Oscar Centeno, pilot of Roberto Baratta, former Undersecretary for Control and Coordination of the former Federal Planning Ministry. Argentina, the most relevant of the twelve. years of Kirchner's government.

The notebooks contained a detailed report of each of the movements that made last year one of those responsible for collecting money from Argentine corporations, said the author of the book, who reported the results. from the investigation to the Office of the Prosecutor.

Cabot holds a law degree from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), a postgraduate degree in public opinion from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (Flacso) and a Another developing manager (PDD) of the IAE. In addition, he holds a Masters degree in Journalism from Torcuato De Tella University (UTDT).

He is co-author, with Francisco Olivera, of three books: "Talk to Julio (2007)", "El Buen Salvaje" (2008) and "Los platos rotos" (2015), all edited by Random House.

He has worked for 14 years in La Nación, where he started as a fellow, was editor-in-chief, editor of Economy and Business, and currently serves as badistant secretary of writing.

The prize consists of 6,000 euros and a bronze sculpture of the artist Joaquín Vaquero Turcios.

The International Awards of Journalism of the King of Spain are organized by the Agency Efe and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECID), an agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and appear in this XXXVI edition under the sponsorship of the Suez group.

The awards jury was chaired by Fernando Garea, President of Efe, and composed of Spanish journalists and other nationalities, including Ibero-Americans.