Journalist Antonio Rubio and Dr. Manuel Gertrúdix to direct the Master's in Investigative Journalism, New Narratives, Data, Fact-Checking, and Transparency from URJC and Maldita.es Foundation

Antonio Rubio is a journalist, professor, writer, editor, and scriptwriter. He is the president of the Investigative Journalists Association (API), former vice president of FAPE, and former deputy director of Investigation at the newspaper El Mundo. Former director of El Mundo’s Journalism Master’s and professor/tutor of the Advanced Reporting Master’s at Ramón Llull/Blanquerna. Author of the doctoral thesis on the origin of Investigative Journalism in Spain and author of several books. He is also the coordinator of collections at the publisher Libros.com. Some of his journalistic revelations have become «notitias in criminis»: GAL, Reserved Funds, the escape of Luis Roldán, CESID wiretaps and papers, Operation Nécora, Operation Sokoa, ETA’s revolutionary tax, Zabalza case, investigations on 11-M, Jesús Gil and corruption in Marbella, CESID, CNI, Reserved Funds, Ellacuría case.

Manuel Gertrúdix is a Professor of Digital Communication at Rey Juan Carlos University, coordinator of the research group Ciberimaginario, and co-editor of the scientific journal Icono14. A specialist in communication and digital education, he has been the IP of 8 national and international competitive research projects and has participated in more than 20. He has an extensive scientific output with more than 110 publications including research articles, book chapters, and monographs related to innovation in digital communication, the development of new formats, and knowledge transfer in these fields. He has served as Vice-Rector of Quality, Ethics, and Good Governance at URJC (2018 – 2021), Academic Director of the Center for Innovation in Digital Education at URJC (2013-2017), Technical Advisor for New Technologies (2003-2007), and Head of Service for distance education at the Ministry of Education. He has also been an associate professor at Complutense University of Madrid, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Since 2017, he has been a collaborating professor of the Doctorate in Innovation, Communication, and Educational Technologies at ESAE of the Latin American Institute of Educational Culture (Mexico). He has conducted research stays in the USA at the University of Central Florida and in Scotland at the University of Stirling, and teaching stays in Argentina at the National University of Córdoba, in Colombia at the Universidad del Norte, and in Brazil at UDESC.

Antonio and Manuel have a long professional and teaching experience and join the faculty of our master’s. The master’s has the collaboration of companies such as elDiario.es, Servimedia, Prodigioso Volcán, Podimo, Datadista, and The Facto, organizations where students can carry out their paid internships in addition to Maldita.es. The 2021/2022 edition of the Master’s in Investigative Journalism, New Narratives, Data, Fact-checking, and Transparency from URJC and the Maldita Foundation starts in October and pre-registration is now open: remember that places are limited and an entrance test must be passed. 

You can find all the information on the master’s website at mastermaldita.es.