The Communication Library and General Newspaper Archive has added the Pilar Sampietro collection to its shelves

A radio journalist specialising in ecology and culture, Pilar Sampietro has built a career spanning more than forty years at RTVE. Throughout her career, she has combined her work as a journalist with a firm commitment to social communication and education, taking part in initiatives such as ‘Ràdios Lliures’, ‘Ràdio i Escola’, ‘Ràdio Wad Ras’ and the CIEJ, all aimed at promoting civic participation, audio education and cultural outreach.

The documents deposited in the Communication Library and General Newspaper Archive provide an insight into Pilar Sampietro’s professional activity and development within the world of radio, particularly during the 1980s and 1990s. 

Other material relating to the journalist’s involvement with the ‘Ràdios Lliures’ movements will be preserved at the ‘Fundació Salvador Seguí’, whilst material concerning the campaign to defend Radio 4 against the threat of closure in 2006 will be deposited at the ‘Centre de Documentació Montserrat Roig’ of the ‘Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya’.

This addition expands and enriches the documentary collections of the Communication Library and General Newspaper Archive relating to the world of radio, with collections such as the ‘Ràdio Barcelona’ and ‘Radioteatro’ scripts, the José Mallorquí Collection and the ‘Arxiu Sonor de la Ràdio a Catalunya’ project.