CURRICULUM

Luis Aranberri Mendizabal Amatiño

Eibar, 1945 - Journalist

JOURNALIST EXPERIENCE

• 1963-1976 - Reporter on Argia
• 1977-1978 - Senior journalist in the Culture section of the daily newspaper Deia
• 1983-1984 - Head of the News Section for the Basque television network, ETB
• 1984-1985 - Director of ETB, Basque Television .
• 1986-1988 - Editor of the weekly publication Eguna.
• 1989-1990 - Assistant Editor of the daily Deia
• 1991-1995 - Director of ETB, Basque Television.
• Director and presenter of seven television programmes.
• Daily or weekly columnist in press or radio for over 50 years.
• 2008-2023 - He creates his own communication agency: Amatiño Consulting, S. L
• 2023 - Columnist for EnpresaBIDEA, digital Basque newspaper.

EXPERIENCE IN THE CIVIL SERVICE

• 1979-1980 - Head of Cultural Promotions on the General Basque Council.
• 1980-1982 - Director of Basque Language Promotions in the Basque Government
• 1995-1998 - Director of the Basque Parliament's Presidential Affairs Section.
• 1999-2002 - Director of the Departmental Office for Industry, Tourism and Trade
• 2004-2007 - Director of Communication for EAJ-PNV, the Basque National Party´s internal executive: Euzkadi Buru Batzar.

PRIZES, AWARDS AND WORKS

• I. Kirikiño Saria. Award for Best Journalist in the Basque language. Durango, 1974.
• Bourse from the British Council, Violence on TV. University of Manchester. 1986.
• Emakunde prize. Written journalism. Bilbao, 1990.
• Essay prize Becerro de Bengoa for Intelektualak eta telebista. Gasteiz-Vitoria, 1996.
• La pelota según Miguel Gallastegui. Eibarko Udala. Eibar, 2013.
• The EGA Master case study. University of Deusto. Bilbao, 2014.
• Appointed Honorary Academician of Euskaltzaindia, Academy of the Basque Language. 2022

ETB (Basque Public Television). Mahai ingurua, 1983

After the dictatorchip, first public presentation of the Basque flag (Bergara, 1977).