Aitor Sáez is an award-winning journalist based in Barcelona, specialized on investigations about human rights and environment. From 2018 to 2026, he was the correspondent for the international TV, Deutsche Welle, in Mexico, while collaborating with written features for some of the most wellknown Spanish newspapers. Winner of the Cover Climate Now (2025) and finalist of the True Story Award (2022). He was recognized as Best Young Journalist (2017) in Spain by the Asociación Prensa Madrid (APM). He wrote three books: Syriza, la gran esperanza rota (Editorial UOC, 2016), Crónica de una paz incierta. Colombia sobrevive (Círculo de Tiza, 2018) and Cuando el agua se acabe (Bajo Tierra, 2025). From 2016 to 2018 he lived in Colombia, while covering Latin America from nine countries. Focused on main political events and social issues. During 2015, he worked for daily press and main TV Spanish channels in Greece, Eastern Europe and Venezuela, on the coverages of the Greek debt crisis and refugee wave, awarded with the ‘Premio Iris’ (2016) as best news coverage.
He usually collaborates for Planeta Futuro, eldiario.es, El Confidencial and El Periódico. Before, he lived in Germany (2014) and studied in Brazil (2013). He finished his studies on Journalism in the Universidade Federal de Goiás (Goiânia, Brazil). He carried out an internship in the newspaper EL PAÍS and Barcelona Televisió (BTV) during 2013. His professional experience made him a complete multi-task freelancer able to work on Newspaper, TV and Photography. By the way, he speaks six languages.
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