The award, jointly organized with the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya, is endowed with a total of 48,000 euros, distributed across eight categories with 6,000 euros for each winning report. The main themes of the recognized works include the attractions of the Pyrenees, mountain routes, Romanesque art, and the hydraulic heritage of the Terres de Lleida.
“"At a time when communicative immediacy is invading us, the existence of an award like the Pica d’Estats, which recognizes slow, paused, and quality work, is more necessary than ever."
The president of the Lleida Provincial Council, Joan Talarn, highlighted that the collaboration with the Col·legi de Periodistes has allowed international press submissions to double, increasing from 12 to 24. For her part, the jury president, Laura Alcalde, emphasized the quality of the 112 works submitted this year.
Among the winners, Rosa Maria Bosch (published in La Vanguardia) won the best reportage award for the series “25 anys de Carros de Foc,” a mountain route in the Aigüestortes and Sant Maurici Lake National Park. Àlex Milian was recognized for the best article for “Els pigments secrets del romànic català” (in El Temps), focusing on the churches of the Vall de Boí.
Other notable awards went to Òscar Rodbag for the photographic report on the upper Noguera Pallaresa (in Descobrir Catalunya), and for the audiovisual work “Beatus Ille-Àreu” (broadcast on La 2), which covers the Milla Vertical d’Àreu in Pallars Sobirà. The international press award went to Marco Berneveld (Wideoyster, Netherlands) for a report on the Val d’Aran.
