We are FCC - Nº10

The first two editions of this award were a complete suc- cess with nearly one hundred works submitted. The winner of the contest in 2016 was To- más Díaz for an article publi- shed in El Economista entitled “The sanitation fee will go up 50% thus increasing the water bill”. Francisco Jiménez, from Diario Sur, won the prize in the second edition for his article “A constant drop in the middle of a draught”. Previous editions Tenacious and highly motivated, María José De Toro once again wins a world medal. María José De Toro, coach of the Aqualia Sports Centre in La Roda (Al- bacete), has surpassed herself in the World Championships in Poland, from where she has returned with a bronze medal in the Master W40, and what is more important, as world champion in Cross W40. Several times champion of Spain and Europe, the athlete from La Roda and monitor of activities in the Sport Centre of Aqualia La Roda, repeats this feat after her world gold in Cross in Lyon 2015 and the one obtained by teams in the World of Cross celebrated in Spain last year. The one in 2019 was their third World Championship, the first one indoor. María José De Toro won the Cross event in the W40 category of the World Cup in Poland where she also won a bronze medal in the 3,000 metre race. María José De Toro , monitor at the La Roda (Albacete) Sports Centre, the world champion in Cross W40 María Jose has been part of Aqualia’s team for more than ten years, as a mo- nitor and lifeguard. A source of pride for Aqualia and for the La Roda Sports Centre. Congratulations, champion! sented the award to Jiménez, winner of the previous edition of the Aqualia Journalism Award. In assessing the winners, the jury took into account the results of the journalistic work and their ability to re- flect the importance of managing the complete water cycle in everyday life, thus increasing the culture of water as a scarce and precious good. The organisation of the event highlighted the great variety and quality of the works presented, 31 in total, revea- ling the importance of the water cycle for the development of societies and, therefore, the need to guarantee the environmental, financial and social sustainability of these services. The awards ceremony, presented by Aqualia’s Director of Communication and CSR, Juan Pablo Merino, brou- ght together nearly a hundred pro- fessionals from the water sector, the media, executives and members of the company. The event was atten- ded by José María Crespo, general manager of the newspaper publico. es, who based his presentation on his previous professional experience as town council secretary. He referred to specialized and committed environ- mental journalism as a “need to coun- ter fake news”. At the end of the ceremony, Aqualia encouraged journalists from all over Spain to participate in the 4th edition of the competition, the bases of which will be published soon. P E O P L E S 27 P E O P L E S