Ramón Alberto Garza García receives Medal for Business Merit in Communication 2026

Ramón Alberto Garza García, a prominent journalist and media entrepreneur, has been awarded the Francisco Ibarra López Medal for Business Merit in Communication 2026. The Mexican Academy of Communication presented the award to recognize his extensive career spanning over five decades and his significant contributions to the innovation and transformation of Mexican journalism.

During the ceremony at the Miguel Alemán Foundation's Mexican Library, Academy President Dr. Lidia Camacho Camacho highlighted Garza's pivotal role in some of the most significant changes in Mexico's media landscape. Garza himself addressed the current challenges facing freedom of expression, urging media outlets and journalists to actively defend truth and democracy.

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Mexico faces the worst threat to its freedom today, one that jeopardizes the viability of a destiny of genuine well-being and progress that we all deserve.

"Mexico faces the worst threat to its freedom today, one that jeopardizes the viability of a destiny of genuine well-being and progress that we all deserve," Garza stated. He called for strengthening journalistic practice through ethics, independence, and the pursuit of truth, adding, "We are at a final call to rescue the Mexico we deserve through truth, from integrity in print, electronic, or digital media."

Garza's career began in 1973 as a reporter for El Norte. He went on to become the founding director of Reforma newspaper and held key leadership positions at Televisa, Editorial Televisa, and EL UNIVERSAL. He also founded Reporte Índigo and, in 2016, established Código Magenta, a digital media outlet focused on political information and analysis, where he serves as president and director general. His previous accolades include the Gold Medal of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize from Columbia University for his contributions to journalism in the Americas.

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We are at a final call to rescue the Mexico we deserve through truth, from integrity in print, electronic, or digital media.