The Blanquerna Observatory of Communication, Religion and Culture has just published the book «Young People, Religions and Technology in Catalonia.»

Koldo Serra, director of the recently released «Gernika» (2016) and «Bosque de sombras» (2006), has visited us to offer a masterclass entitled «The production and realization of historical fiction,» to students of the Official Master in Film and Television Fiction. Production, Script and Realization.

The Alumni of the 7th promotion Carolina Valladares, currently working as a correspondent for the Colombian television channel NTN24 in Lebanon, visited us to tell us about her work in the Middle East and her beginnings as a journalist in Peru and Colombia.

The student of the Degree in International Relations, Natalia Ejarque, has participated in COP22, held in Marrakesh, as part of her curriculum work experience at the Climate Network Europe (CAN Europe), a European lobby focusing on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.

The student Jorge Ratia, from the creativity seminar given by Professor Quim Calvo (Degree in Advertising and Public Relations), has been awarded a Drac de Bronze in the Audiovisual category for the campaign «Enamorarse», which consists of three spots and is intended for the contacts web portal Meetic.

The dean of the School, Josep Maria Carbonell, the director of the Degree in Journalism and Corporate Communication, Marçal Sintes, and Professor Jaume Suau led the delegation of Blanquerna FCRI in the «Networking Schools from MENA Region», organized by our School last week in Cairo, Egypt, in collaboration with the American University Cairo.

Six companies have already agreed to receive the first promotion of students who will participate in this initiative, in the search for bridges that allow companies and students to work together.

The 2016 Pulitzer Prize winner in the Autobiography category William Finnegan led a conference before more than a hundred journalism students to present his latest book «Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life.»

Eleven students and one Alumni of our School will participate in the second edition of the project «Xarxa Comunica i Emprèn», directed at the sector of journalism and advertising.

The Televisió de Catalunya programme «Club Súper 3», for which professor of the School Joan Tharrats is a screenwriter, and the online newspaper Nació Digital, led by Karma Peiró, also a professor at the School, have won the Premis Nacionals of Comunicació 2016 in the categories of television and native digital media, respectively.