Jorge Lanata (born 12 September 1960) is an Argentine journalist and author. He founded the newspaper ''

Página 12 ''Página 12'' (sometimes stylised as ''Pagina/12'', ''Pagina, 12'' or ''Pagina12'') is a newspaper published in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was founded on 25 May 1987 by journalist Jorge Lanata and writers Osvaldo Soriano and Alberto Elizalde Le ...

''. He hosts ''Lanata sin filtro'' on

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and ''

Periodismo para todos ''Periodismo para todos'' ( es, Journalism for everybody) is an Argentine investigative journalism television program. It is hosted by the journalist Jorge Lanata, and airs on Sunday nights in '' eltrece''. It was highly critical during the Cristi ...

'' on

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. He writes a column in '' Clarín''.

History

He was born in

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. His grandfather was Agustín Lanata, a well known footballer of the second decade of the 20th century. He started his career at 14 writing short news for Radio Nacional. Since 1977 he was a collaborator of several written media: ''Siete Días'' magazine, ''Clarín Revista''. In 1983 he entered the news program of Radio Belgrano and made investigation reports for ''Sin Anestesia'' show, while collaborating with ''Humor'', ''El Periodista'' and ''El Porteño'' magazines. He was a founder of the ''Cooperativa de Periodistas'' that purchased the monthly magazine ''El Porteño'', and was its editor in chief. In 1987 he founded ''

'' newspaper, and was its director until 1994. From 1990 until 1993 he hosted ''Hora 25'' radio show, and between 1994 and 1996 ''Rompe/Cabezas'' (1995

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for best journalistic show in radio). He regularly published in media abroad (''Miami Herald'', ''

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'' -

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-, among others). He directe
Veintitrés
(''Twenty-Three'') magazine. He hosted '' Día D'' (''D-day''), a very popular TV show that achieved Martín Fierro award for best journalistic television show in 1996 and 1997, and Clarín Award for best TV show in 2003. Lanata himself achieved a Marín Fierro Award for Best Journalistic TV Host in 1996, 1997 and 2004. He produced the documentary series BRIC: The New World in 2010, and In 2011 he produced the television series '' 26 personas para salvar al mundo'', a series of interviews with 26 people whom he believes have the power to change the word.

Radio

In 2012 he started hostin
"Lanata Sin Filtro"
on

and, to this day, is one of the most popular radio shows in Argentina.

Periodismo Para Todos

In 2012 Lanata came back to TV with a new show called "

". The 2013 edition worked with the case of the K money trail. In December 2015 the Citizen's Lab, at the Munk School for Global Affairs, at

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

, identified Lanata and several other South American opposition figures as having their cellphones targeted for extrajudicial surveillance by government associated hackers.

Books and literature

In 1987 he published ''El nuevo periodismo'' (''The New Journalism'') as a compiler, and the following year ''La guerra de las piedras'' (''War of the Stones'', report). He also published ''Polaroids'' (short stories, 1991), ''Historia de Teller'' (novel, 1992), ''Cortinas de Humo'' (''Smokescreens'', 1995, in collaboration with American journalist Joe Goldman), an investigation on the 1994 terrorist attack to the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA), and ''Vuelta de página'' (''Turn of the Page'', 1997), a collection of press articles written throughout his whole journalistic career. One of his short stories, "Oculten la luna" ("Hide the Moon"), was included in ''Prospero's Mirror'' (Curbstone Press of united States). His books ''Argentinos 1'' and ''Argentinos 2'' sold more than 340.000 copies, and were edited in Spain in a single volume. In 2004 he published ''ADN, mapa genético de los defectos argentinos'' (''DNA, Genetic Map of Argentine Faults'', essay).

Films

In October 2004, he premiered '' Deuda'' (''Debt''), a documentary on foreign debt and his ''opera prima'' in cinema discussing bureaucratic corruption and ignorance.

Awards

* 2013

Tato award The Tato Awards ( es, Premios Tato) are Argentine awards for television, released by the CAPIT (Cámara Argentina de Productoras Independientes de Televisión). The award is named "Tato" as an homage to the late Tato Bores Mauricio Borensztei ...

as best journalist hosting * 2013

Martín Fierro Awards The Martín Fierro Awards ( es, Premios Martín Fierro) is the name of the most prominent awards for Argentine radio and television, granted by APTRA, the Association of Argentine Television and Radio Journalists. History The awards were first g ...

** Best male journalist * 2015 Martín Fierro awards ** Golden Martín Fierro Award ** Best male journalist (for ''

'')

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lanata, Jorge 1960 births Living people Argentine journalists Male journalists Argentine newspaper founders Argentine magazine founders Investigative journalists People from Mar del Plata Argentine male writers Argentine television personalities Argentine radio presenters Argentine film directors Golden Martín Fierro Award winners