Family photo with all the award winners. Lucas Díaz, Aqualia’s Director for Spain, presided over the ceremony held at the APM headquarters and highlighted “the important work of journalists in transmitting rigorous information to the public on the management of the water cycle and all its challenges, bringing them closer to a reality that is inherent to the development of their daily lives”. The awards ceremony was conducted by Aqualia’s Director of Communication, Brand and Public Affairs, Juan Pablo Merino. During the ceremony, María García, president of APIA, gave a talk entitled “What a journalist is for”. The jury also awarded three special mentions. One of them went to the journalist Luis Cano, for the report “Four million Spaniards live in a flood zone: are you one of them?”, published in the newspaper ABC. The article “La pobreza hídrica también existe y podría duplicarse en 2050” (Water poverty also exists and could double by 2050), by Mamen Lucio and published in Cinco Días, received another mention. Finally, the El Mundo report “La escasez de agua en España, en gráficos: ‘Gastamos más de la que podemos permitirnos’”, ( “Water scarcity in Spain, in graphs: ‘We spend more than we can afford’”) written by Teresa Guerrero, and completed with interactive charts by Elsa Martín and Juliana Suárez received the third of the mentions. In addition to the six works selected as finalists, the jury awarded an extraordinary mention to the report “In Colombia, a machine works that converts the humidity in the air into water”, written by Paola Vega, Juanita Gómez and Juan José Parga and published in the Colombian newspaper Semana. Juan Pablo Merino encouraged journalists from all over Spain and Colombia to participate in the 9th edition of the competition, the rules of which will be announced in October. The Aqualia Journalism Award aims to highlight the importance of the management of the integral water cycle in the daily lives of citizens and is a recognition of the informative work of journalists who contribute with their work to increase the culture of water as a scarce and precious resource. The 8th edition of these awards had 9,000 euros in prizes, of which 2,000 euros went to each of the winners in each category (written press, radio and television), and 1,000 euros to each of the special mentions. La 8ª edición del Premio de Periodismo de The 8th edition of the Aqualia Journalism Award received 109 entries, a record number that far exceeds the fifth edition which, with 65 entries received, was, until now, the one with the highest participation. This milestone is evidence of the growing importance of the water cycle and its management in the media. The written press category received the highest number of works (86), compared to 14 for television and 9 for radio/podcast. A total of 72 authors from 54 media participated in this edition. Over the eight editions of the award, 449 journalistic works have been submitted and 293 authors from 172 media outlets have participated. Record year for participation Three special mentions