It is hard to sum up ninety years worth of IDEAL’s contribution to the life of Granada in a Culture Class that lasts over an hour. Esteban de las Hernandez, former deputy director of IDEAL and Manuel Titos are the two greats of the city, who are trying to solve this equation in front of a dedicated public that meets at Palacio de las Ninas Nobles through the sponsorship of Caixa Foundation. Eduardo Peralta is the director of the newspaper and will be presenting the information. He stresses that the newspaper is part and parcel of the Granada landscape, and that it even has “something of malafolla”. The respectable laugh at the mess.
Manuel Titos, a historian, gave a fascinating description of the political and social power in Granada during the thirties when IDEAL was founded. Following the events of the Republic, which saw the burning of convents, it was decided to establish a strong, Catholic newspaper in Granada. Herrera Oria, a great journalist at the time, was contacted by the Granada Catholics. The answer is crumb. <>. IDEALa was launched on May 8, 1932. Ninety years later, it is still alive. Manuel Tiros concludes his speech by stating that despite all the years, IDEAL has remained attentive to the news.
Eduardo Peralta adds, “we always strive to defend what’s best for Granada”. Esteban de los Heras then takes over, who describes the daily adventures of taking IDEAL on the streets as “a newspaper of notices, and news.” In a rich intervention of data and anecdotes, the former deputy director of IDEAL described his time in the editorial department of the newspaper.
He said, “What I can remember is the life in the IDEAL Newsroom since 1970 when I arrived in Granada.” He was seen in the Compas De San Jeronimo in the morning at IDEAL. Santiago Lozano was the director. Each table had a spittoon, and a rubber boat to put the originals. They asked me to return in the afternoon, and I began to choose the tickers that would be sent to the press.
Esteban de los Heras claimed that the editors completed the information in the morning. However, the newspaper actually began to work at six in the afternoon. Because there weren’t any layout artists, it was a dense and ugly newspaper. After you had dispatched with the chief editor, you were given a space in newspaper and you started to type on the typewriter. The deputy director and closing editor worked together to cut the text and fit it on the lead tests.
He also spoke out about his participation in the city’s life. IDEAL was a newspaper that covered news and notices. It was important for people to know what was happening. He also remembered how the photos were made. The photos were sent by train from the EFE agency in an envelope. Another bulletin was sent with the photos of the day in the afternoon. They were asked through the telephoto which was interrupted by power cuts. The photographs of the correspondents were sent in the appropriate Alsinas>>.
Eduardo Peralta says now that we are already in digital space, which is where we have come from the pages, trains, and Alsinas. “But we also live with paper. It is a high-quality product that provides a hierarchy of news starting on the first page and the added value of comments and opinions.
Eduardo Peralta asked Manuel Titos about the relationship between Granada and IDEAL over all these years. It was right on the mark. Initially, Granada’s relationship to IDEAL was very complicated. The first year was turbulent. It was a newspaper with a message it wanted to defend. They were turbulent times.
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