Rosana Torres Wins National Cultural Journalism Award

Rosana Torres Reines' intense and lengthy dedication to cultural reporting, particularly in theatre and performing arts, has earned her the National Cultural Journalism Award 2025 at the age of 71. Granted this Monday by the Ministry of Culture and endowed with 30,000 euros, it honours the veteran journalist 'for the excellence of an independent and critical cultural journalism career' and 'for possessing a proverbial instinct for breaking the best news'.

The jury also highlights how, 'with a casual and ironic language and a dignified, humane, and profound approach to information', Torres 'has managed to bring cultural content, especially performing arts, to a broad audience without losing rigour or quality'.

The statement also emphasises 'the honesty, strong social commitment, and professional responsibility' with which she approaches each project, virtues that 'make Torres a reference for several generations of professionals'.

Born in 1953 in the Valencian town of Catarroja, almost all of Rosana Torres' professional life has been linked to theatre, where she is considered one of the leading experts, and to cultural reporting. Daughter of a film producer, she frequented stages from the age of four with her father.

With her older brother, she later watched independent companies perform in El Retiro Park and also in university halls and alternative venues.

She began her career during the Transition, first in the magazine La Guía del Ocio, writing about children's and youth literature and theatre. She moved to the newspaper El País, where she has developed most of her professional work. She also created television programmes on theatrical themes such as 'El carro de la farsa', where she was a scriptwriter and deputy director, 'Taller de Teatro' or 'Candilejas' for TVE, as well as 'A la calle' on Telemadrid.

The Ministry of Culture recognises with this award the journalistic career of a Spanish professional in the field of cultural reporting, regardless of the language or languages of the State used in their work.

Torres succeeds journalist and film critic Conxita Casanovas, winner of the previous edition, and joins a list of awardees, including Jesús Marchamalo, Lluís Permanyer, Guillermo Busutil, Blanca Berasátegui, Anxo Quintela, Juan Cruz, Blanca Berasategui, Diego A. Manrique, Ana Mendoza, Antón Castro, and Ana Romaní, among others.

The jury was chaired by María José Gálvez Salvador, Director General of Books, Comics, and Reading at the Ministry of Culture; and Jesús González, Deputy Director General of Book Promotion, Reading, and Spanish Letters, acted as vice president. The panel included Juan Luis Cebrián Echarri, proposed by the Royal Spanish Academy; Ana Romaní Blanco, by the Royal Galician Academy; Enrique Santarén González, by the Royal Academy of the Basque Language; Ruth Rodríguez-Martínez, by the Institute of Catalan Studies; Rosa María Agost Canós, by the Valencian Academy of Language; Francisco Morales Lomas, by the Spanish Association of Literary Critics; Ana Mercedes Cano López, by the Association of Cultural Journalists of Andalusia 'José María Bernáldez'; Esther Aniento Idoype, by the Federation of Associations of Journalists of Spain (FAPE); Íñigo García Ureta, by the Association of Spanish Cultural Magazines (ARCE); Pedro Poyato Sánchez, by the Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities (CRUE); Ricardo Megías Morales, by the Federation of Associations of Radio and Television of Spain; Azahara Palomeque Recio, by the Ministry of Culture and Conxita Casanovas, journalist awarded in the previous call.