Many aspects frustrate a journalist, above all, not finishing a good story. The black leg David Berián and Roberto Fraile saw their lives go by in a matter of seconds, their families, their friends, everything, before their last breath in Burkina Faso. I wonder, what will have become of his recordings, interviews, annotations? Will they be able to recover to finish off the good story that they couldn't finish? Surely the Navarrese and the Basque would have a second before expiring to think something like with the good history we had, because they were all spectacular.

I think so because they wouldn't settle for less. The proof is in the legacy they leave and because on every occasion they have shown that being a journalist means going all the way, in true Ryszard Kaupscinski style. On April 27, they were killed along with Irish conservationist Rory Young; they had gotten into the lion's den looking to do a report on poaching, which is in great demand in Burkina Faso.

Journalistic work is not limited to attending press conferences, you have to go to the place that no one wants to tell what is happening because without witnesses, impunity, injustice, atrocities, genocide, human rights violations are rampant and every Instead, the big media corporations send fewer journalists.

Since 1980, twelve Spanish journalists have lost their lives exercising the profession. I met some on the ground or at different events. We had in common, the passion for the most beautiful profession in the world that I try to transmit to my students and the fact that none of us were worth staying with the first version because our job is to contrast to get to the end. We are the ears and eyes of readers, listeners and viewers. The generations we prepare in our Master of International Journalism this event should serve them not to be afraid but to know that there is much to be done, denounce, investigate, analyze, that our work is worth it, that the strength of an image, a text, a video, a sound are priceless compared to the injustices, the corruptions and what is wrongly done. The influence of Journalism to change things is infinite and our students are in the right place to learn the tools. I dedicate this reflection to all the journalists who carry ink in our blood and who try to dignify the most beautiful profession in the world, although sometimes some fall by the wayside.

ANA OF THE STEP