Antonio Franco (journalist)

Antonio Franco Estadella (17 January 1947 – 25 September 2021) was a Spanish journalist. He served two times as editor-in-chief of El Periódico de Catalunya. He also worked as deputy editor of El País and as editor of its Catalan-language edition.

Franco in October 2015

Biography

Antonio Franco Estadella was born on 17 January 1947 in Barcelona,[1] in a family with origins from Lleida[2] (his grandfather was Mayor of Lleida and member of Joventut Republicana).[1][3] After dropping out of a degree in economics, he earned a degree as journalist at the Escuela de Periodismo de la Iglesia in 1968.[4][5] He was a member of the Anti-Francoist Grup Democràtic de Periodistes.[4] First editor of El Periódico de Catalunya, founded in 1978, he served in that post until 1982.[6] He was hired by El País in 1982,[7] helping to launch the Catalan-language edition. He returned to the helm of El Periódico in 1988, retiring in 2006.[8][9]

Franco used to define himself as a left-wing person, and, in 2014, he embraced Guanyem Barcelona, which he described as "that necessary political and social force capable of transforming reality, from the left".[10][6]

He died from cancer on 25 September 2021, in Barcelona.[3]

Awards

References
  1. Torre, Iosu de la. "Muere Antonio Franco Estadella, un gigante del periodismo". El Periódico (in Spanish).
  2. "Fallece el periodista Antonio Franco, director fundador de 'El Periódico'". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 25 September 2021.
  3. Girona, Lluís (25 September 2021). "Mor Antonio Franco, històric director d'El Periódico". Nació Digital (in Catalan).
  4. "Mor Antonio Franco, director fundador de 'El Periódico'". El Món (in Catalan). 25 September 2021.
  5. Abizanda, Ana (26 September 2021). "Muere Antonio Franco, fundador de «El Periódico»". La Razón (in Spanish).
  6. Manchón, Manuel (25 September 2021). "Muere Antonio Franco, referente del periodismo catalán". Crónica Global (in Spanish). El Español.
  7. "Muere el periodista Antonio Franco, primer director de 'El Periódico de Cataluña'". ABC (in Spanish). 25 September 2021.
  8. "Muere Antonio Franco, referente del periodismo catalán y director fundador de 'El Periódico de Catalunya'". Público (in Spanish). 25 September 2021.
  9. Zarzalejos, José Antonio (25 September 2021). "Antonio Franco, el periodista total". El Confidencial (in Spanish).
  10. Manchón, Manel (10 October 2014). "El periodista Antonio Franco se echa en los brazos de Podemos". Economía Digital (in Spanish).
  11. "Antonio Franco, galardonado con el premio periodístico Antonio Asensio". Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 22 September 2007.
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