The Master of 'Maldita' closes with the Classified Information Law

Nora Fernandez Fernandez

The Master's Degree in Journalistic Investigation, New Narratives, Data, Fact-checking and Transparency takes advantage of its end-of-course ceremony to talk about the Draft Classified Information that the Coalition government has put on the table last August.

This text has been denounced by the Federation of Press Associations of Spain (FAPE), the Association of Investigative Journalists (API) and the Coalition for Access to Information. According to these organizations, this law intends to reduce the constitutional right to receive and communicate truthful information, prohibiting the publication of documents classified as top secret, confidential and restricted secret and imposing fines on those who disseminate it.  

As it directly affects investigative journalistic activity, the 'Maldita' Master's Degree, from the URJC and the Maldita Journalism Foundation, is organizing a roundtable discussion with several professionals who have denounced this bill. Among them will be Helen Darbishire, director of 'Acces Info Europe'; Yolanda Quintana, general secretary of the Freedom of Information Platform; Pablo Romero, journalist for the newspaper Público and Antonio Rubio, director of the 'Maldita' Master.  

“This table-colloquium”, as Manuel Gertrudix, professor at the URJC and organizer of the event, comments, “is not a critical issue but rather a reflection: what is the challenge that this new bill poses for investigative journalism and the social repercussions that it may have. The intention of this conference, then, "is to raise the voice of all these associations that have denounced this proposal and make visible the need for journalism that contributes to a more democratic and transparent society," he adds.  

To do this, Gertrudix continues, "it is necessary that the laws enable the proper exercise of journalism instead of limiting it." This conference aims to collect the appropriate claims that make us reflect on the proposed law and its importance in the journalistic field.  

The inscriptions to attend in person, as well as the rest of the information, can be found in the following link. The event will be broadcast on the channel TV URJC