The professor of the degree in Journalism and Corporate Communication, Rafael de Ribot, was appointed president of the Fundació Consell de la Informació de Catalunya (CIC) on February 9 at the extraordinary session of its Board of Trustees. Ribot has been appointed president of the entity in replacement of Roger Jiménez, who had held the position since 2013.

As a journalist, he directed COM Ràdio, also directed and presented the news program Catalunya Nit de Catalunya Ràdio (1995-1998) and was editor-in-chief of news programmes at TV3 (1998 -2002). Nowadays, he collaborates with different news media outlets.

The Consell de la Informació de Catalunya was created in 1997 by the College of Journalists and constituted as a Foundation in 1999. It is a non-profit entity, in charge of ensuring compliance with the principles and criteria of professional ethics of journalism contained in the Code of Ethics.