# Mar Abad > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mar_Abad > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mar_Abad.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Abad > Source revision: 1352773445 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Spanish journalist and writer Mar Abad Born (1972-11-07) November 7, 1972 (age 53) Almería, Spain Occupation Journalist, Writer, Notable awards International Journalism Award ‘Colombine’ (2018) Miguel Delibes’ National Journalism Award (2019) Don Quixote Journalism Award (2020) Website marabad.com **Mar Abad** ([Almería](/source/Almer%C3%ADa), 7 November 1972) is a Spanish journalist, writer and businesswoman. Between 2012 and 2020, she has received several awards and recognitions from the journalism sector. ## Professional career Abad holds a degree in journalism from the Faculty of Information Sciences of the [Complutense University of Madrid](/source/Complutense_University_of_Madrid) (UCM) and a Masters in Business Information from the UCM and the Association of Economic Information Journalists (APIE). She is a member of the Madrid Press Association (APM).[1] In 2000, she co-founded Zentropy, [McCann Erickson](/source/McCann_(company))'s first internet company. In 2006, Abad was part of the founding team of the magazine *Brandlife*, where she continued to work until 2009. At that time, due to internal problems within the publication, four people left. They started *Yorokobu* magazine the same year. They had no investors, only savings, so they worked for the first year without being paid.[2] Abad has worked for [Canal Sur Televisión](/source/Canal_Sur) in Almería, the newspaper *[La Voz de Almería](/source/La_Voz_de_Almer%C3%ADa)*, the [EFE](/source/EFE) agency in Madrid, [CNN](/source/CNN) in Atlanta (United States), the magazine *Anuncios* (Madrid), the magazine *Brandlife* (Madrid) and the television channel [Telecinco](/source/Telecinco). She has also worked for the business daily *[Cinco Días](/source/Cinco_D%C3%ADas)*, *[Esquire](/source/Esquire_(magazine))* magazine, [Los 40 radio](/source/Los_40), the magazine *Interactiva y Estrategias* and [Antena 3 TV](/source/Antena_3_(Spanish_TV_channel))'s TecnoXplora technology channel. She has taught at the [Istituto Europeo di Design](/source/Istituto_Europeo_di_Design), the Foxize School, the [University of Santander](/source/University_of_Santander) and the [Pompeu Fabra University](/source/Pompeu_Fabra_University), among others. She has been deputy editor of the magazine *Ling*, of the publishing house Brands & Roses, and editor of the Yorokobumasthead. Mar Abad has written for the programme *El condensador de fluzo* on RTVE and founded the podcast production company El Extraordinario,[3] where she is the scrip-writer and editorial director.[4] She also contributes to the podcast Las Palabras, on Radio Prisa, for the teaching of the Spanish language.[5] In 2022 Abad published *Romanones. Una zarzuela del poder en 37 actos* (Romanones. A zarzuela of power in 37 acts), dramatized biography of the Count of Romanones. The journalist Cristóbal Villalobos described it as 'agile and entertaining'.[6] ## Recognised and awarded In 2012, Abad was named 'TweetPeriodista' in the Tweet Awards 2012. She was also a finalist in the [Accenture](/source/Accenture) Journalism Awards 2012 for "*La comunicación cuántica* (Quantum communication)". In 2014 she was named 'Influencer 2.0' at Madrid Woman's Week. In the same year she was a finalist in La Buena Prensa Awards in the reporting category for "*La máquina de escribir: de los evangelistas a los tipógrafos (*The typewriter: from evangelists to typesetters)". In 2016 she was a finalist for the Colombine International Journalism Award for "*Ángela Ruiz Robles: la española que vislumbró la era digital en los años 40* (Ángela Ruiz Robles: the Spaniard who glimpsed the digital age in the 1940s)". In 2016 "*El folletín ilustrado"* of Yorokobu, a character story written by Abad and drawn by Buba Viedma, received a silver medal at the ÑH Awards in 2016.[7] In 2017, she won the Accenture Journalism Award in the Innovation category for "*Dos veinteañeros están creando una nueva industria aeroespacial (*Two twenties are creating a new aerospace industry)". The following year her report "*Las mujeres aún tienen que conquistar las ciudades (*Women have yet to conquer cities", won the Colombine International Journalism Award and the journalist was a finalist with *Aurora Bertrana: lecciones de una rebelde para ser una mujer libre*. ([Aurora Bertrana](/source/Aurora_Bertrana): lessons from a rebel to be a free woman).[8] In 2019, she was awarded the Miguel Delibes National Journalism Prize for "*El lenguaje impaciente* (The Impatient language)".[9] She was again finalist at Colombine International Journalism Prize with "*Violeta, la periodista que impulsó la liberación de la mujer a principios del XX* (Violet, the journalist who pushed for women's liberation in the early 20th century)". Mar Abad was also finalist in La Buena Prensa Awards 2019, in the interview category, for "*Rocío Sáiz: El Chonismo ilustrado reivindica el folclore nacional* (Rocío Sàiz: Illustrated Chonism vindicates national folklore)". In 2020, Abad won the Don Quijote Journalism Award for "*Cómo ha cambiado el español en los últimos 80 años* (How Spanish has changed in the last 80 years)".[10] ## Published work - 2011 - Twittergrafía, el arte de la nueva escritura. Catarata. Co-author with Mario Tascón. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-84-8319-625-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-84-8319-625-0) - 2017 - De estraperlo a #postureo. Editorial Larousse. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-8499742663](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8499742663) - 2019 - Ancient but modern. Libros del K.O. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-84-17678-24-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-84-17678-24-1) - 2019 - El folletín ilustrado. Lunwerg Publishers. Co-author with Buba Viedma. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-84-17858-24-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-84-17858-24-7) - 2022 - Romanones. A zarzuela of power in 37 acts. Libros del K.O. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-84-19119-10-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-84-19119-10-0) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Mar Abad premio de Periodismo "Colombine""](https://periodistas-es.com/mar-abad-premio-de-periodismo-colombine-104261). *Periodistas en Español* (in Spanish). 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2024-05-23. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** EmpresaActual (2017-10-23). [""Nos dijeron que estábamos locos, pero teníamos el deseo", Mar Abad, cofundadora de Yorokobu y escritora"](https://www.empresaactual.com/mar-abad-yorokobu/). *Empresa Actual* (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-23. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Formentera 20: Cultura digital. Nuevas tecnologías. Comunicación"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210305220757/https://www.formentera20.com/es/ponente/mar-abad/). 2021-03-05. Archived from [the original](https://www.formentera20.com/es/ponente/mar-abad/) on 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2024-05-23. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** El Extraordinario (2021-03-01). [*4 años en el mar (I) | La F* Condición Humana | T1 E2*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKNHdfQXy1M). Retrieved 2024-05-23 – via YouTube. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Radio, Prisa. ["Las palabras"](https://www.podiumpodcast.com/podcasts/las-palabras-podium-os/1/). *Podium Podcast* (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-23. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Villalobos, Cristóbal (2022-10-26). ["Romanones, una zarzuela del poder"](https://theobjective.com/cultura/2022-10-26/romanones-zarzuela-poder/). *THE OBJECTIVE* (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-23. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Mar Abad, cofundadora de 'Yorokobu', recibirá el VII Premio Internacional de Periodismo "Colombine" el 25 de octubre - Periodistas de Andalucia"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200229142355/https://periodistasandalucia.es/2018/10/16/mar-abad-cofundadora-yorokobu-recibira-vii-premio-internacional-periodismo-colombine-25-octubre/). 2020-02-29. Archived from [the original](https://periodistasandalucia.es/2018/10/16/mar-abad-cofundadora-yorokobu-recibira-vii-premio-internacional-periodismo-colombine-25-octubre/) on 2020-02-29. Retrieved 2024-05-23. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["La periodista Mar Abad gana el VII Premio Internacional de Periodismo 'Colombine'"](https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/almeria-00350/noticia-periodista-mar-abad-gana-vii-premio-internacional-periodismo-colombine-20180524104317.html). Europa Press. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2024-05-23. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Mar Abad, ganadora del XXIV Premio Nacional de Periodismo Miguel Delibes por 'El lenguaje impaciente'"](https://www.europapress.es/castilla-y-leon/noticia-mar-abad-ganadora-xxiv-premio-nacional-periodismo-miguel-delibes-lenguaje-impaciente-20191125140325.html). Europa Press. 2019-11-25. Retrieved 2024-05-23. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** EFE (2020-02-14). ["La evolución del español durante 80 años, Premio Don Quijote de Periodismo"](https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/evolucion-premio-don-quijote-periodismo_1_1160224.html). *elDiario.es* (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-23. Authority control databases International VIAF National United States Spain Catalonia Other Open Library Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mar Abad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Abad) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Abad?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.