“A journalist never dies, he never retires”: the tribute to Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros at the 2023 ITV Awards after his retirement from the media

He was the most cheered and applauded character at the latest ITV Awards ceremony, which took place on the night of Tuesday, November 14. Don Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros Not a single category of the seventeen at stake was contested during this edition of the awards ceremony, which resumed the in-person format.

The 81-year-old communicator was present on the evening to be honored for his exemplary career. The audience that filled the main hall of the Teatro Centro de Arte, where the awards ceremony took place, joined in this tribute with sustained applause and stood to receive his emotional acceptance speech, which included tears, nostalgia, anticipation for his future and that of young journalists from Ecuador.

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The tribute to the journalist who spent 56 years at the Ecuavisa television company included a short clip that accurately summarized this rich career and included scenes from all the times Espinosa de los Monteros received the ITV award as best program presenter in the past. of information, news and research in the country.

“This recognition, which is not the first that has been given to me, represents a great incentive to continue to serve a better person,” the journalist began after going on stage and delivering a moving speech that lasted more than six months. minutes. “I am no longer on television, but you should know that a journalist never dies and never retires… I am still aware of all the events and even though I do not have a defined path for my immediate future, I will Don’t stop connecting with the public.”

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Don Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros said he is developing a guide for trainee journalists and confessed, through tears, that his greatest dream is to have his grandson, also called Alfonso (actually Antonio Alfonso), an ITV prize received in the future. He stopped working on May 1 this year.