The three of them will discuss on the different aspects and keys of a speciality that has always reclaimed its own space in the field of information: cultural journalism. Although theatres, bookshops or galleries were closed throughout the confinement, culture did not stop. On the contrary, it found new formulas to keep us company: individuals and institutions drove countless cultural initiatives, film premieres sneaked in online platforms due to the closing of cinemas, and podcasts made the unusual quarantine more pleasant. Culture emerges in all its forms and journalism is always here to train the sense of smell, to take a look at the reality and to search for the best way to explain it to us. The session will be held through the platform Google Meet. Prior registration is required and free on https://www.uv.es/general-foundation/en/education/webinarslanau/presentation.html.

Joan Carles Martí (València, 1965) studied History at the Universitat de València and a Master’s Degree in Communication that the Universitat itself organized with Levante-EMV, a workforce in which he has spent almost his entire professional career except for the time when he was an editor in chief and assistant director of another newspaper, Editorial Prensa Ibérica, Diari de Girona. In February 2004, he rejoined Levante-EMV as head of Sports and in October 2008, he took the lead of Superdeporte until 2013, when he returned to Levante-EMV, first as editor in chief of Sports and since 2016, editor in chief of Culture and responsible for the cultural supplement, Posdata. He has two books published: El poble de Mestalla (Drassana, 2013) and Esperit Taronja: 30 anys d'història de València Basket (Drassana, 2017).

Carlos Garsán (Torrent, 1990) is editor in chief of the daily named Culturplaza, the culture vulture brother of the Valencia Plaza newspaper. In the past, he worked in the editorial department of Las Provincias as a local and web journalist. Licensed in Journalism by the Universitat de València, he took his first steps in communication at the Contexto agency and in the press office of the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique.

‘WebinarsLANAU: Converses ciència, evidencia i raó’ (Science, proof and reasoning talks) is an initiative driven by the Office of the Vice-Principal for Culture and Sport and the General Foundation of Universitat de València that, through the Cultural Observatory, aims at fostering the reflection, conversation and debate via free webinars in which the current situation of the Valencian cultural sectors will be broached. The programme counts on the collaboration of the Valencian City Council, and all the sessions made so far are available in the playlist ‘WebinarsLANAU’ of the Cultural Centre La Nau (UV) YouTube’s Channel.