We have distributed the 2025 Light Awards for communication in Basque
- This year we have awarded six prizes: the audiovisual prize has been awarded to the TV show EITB Kultura, the press prize to the San Sebastián media outlet Palabra de Irutxulo, the audiovisual prize to the podcast BaDa!bil, the internet prize to the search engine Oroibidea and the prize for the best communication campaign to the initiative Tesla Buru. About a hundred people attended the event at the Achega Palace in Usurbil.
This was the 36th edition and the awards were presented at the Palacio Atxega in Usurbil. Around a hundred people have gathered around a beautiful meal; representatives of the media, the dialect, the culture and the institutions have come together. Around a table, we’ve had six guests who have been subscribers to LAR for 50 years. On the other hand, the sculptor Antton Mendizabal says goodbye. For 35 years he has made trophies of the winners and this year’s trophies have been his last. The San Sebastián receives applause from the diners.
The awards ceremony took place after lunch and the winners received the trophy created by Antton Mendizabal. These are the current ones (more information by clicking on them):
The Audiovisual Award: EITB Culture, a television program that shows the work of Basque bodybuilders.
The Press Award: The Word of the Holy Spirit for the continuation of the ascension of the extreme right.
The Audiovisual Award: BaDA!bil, a cultural podcast at the Durango Fair.
Prize on the Internet: Oroibidea, search engine to recover the historical memory of Navarre.
Award for the best campaign:The Raise the Head initiative for the fight they have launched to reduce the use of mobile phones by their children.
The Merit Award: Jan Kantak for his work in promoting the Basque language among the youngest.
Community of LA LUZ nearby
This year, the couple Nagore Irazustabarren and Axier Lopez, from the podcast Memory Hysterics, performed as presenters in their fortnightly sessions in a beautiful mood.
Subscribers who are supporting LUZ have formed the table. For 50 years there have been six guests from the LUZ community in Lasarte-Oria: Ana Zabaleta, Dioni Beraetxe, Endika Garmendia, Jesús Mari Kerejeta, Mª Luisa Alkorta and Maider Mateo.
In the dark world, more LIGHT
As every year, the LAR team has given a speech on this special day, in which Oneria Irureta Azkune has spoken on behalf of everyone.
A member of the LUZ community takes advantage of what has been transmitted to start the discourse. This member says that sometimes the LIGHT is dark, that there is hard news that makes him move within. That we're doing a good job, but the bad news is knocking his throat out. Irureta asks questions by pulling this thread: What should the independent media say about a world that has turned genocide into a daily bread? Write about the consequences that the decisions made by the powerful have caused us citizens, or focus on more pleasant places so that the news is not so heavy, so harsh?
Take advantage of the occasion to inform of a decision of LA LUZ: As of today, LUZ will no longer be giving away free content to Facebook and Twitter. LA LUZ will no longer feed these two platforms that have turned citizens into publishers.
He mentioned the support of public institutions and said that this year LUZ should be happy to highlight the collaboration that has been created between the Basque media and the Basque Government, with a lot of work and many hours invested, by the hand of Hinitiatives.
He explains that for the tenth consecutive year subscriptions have increased and that more than 40% of the LUZ project budget comes from the economic contribution made by LUZ members.
You can watch the whole event in this video:
We would like to thank the following organizations that sponsor this event:
Provincial Council of Álava
Provincial Council of Bizkaia
Location of Emakunde
Basque Government Department of Culture and Language Policy
Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa
Location of Kutxabank
The Laboral Box
Government of Navarre
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