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Perfil de Mónica G. Prieto

Nuestra corresponsal en Oriente Próximo es una de las grandes reporteras españolas. Nos ha informado sobre las causas y las consecuencias de las guerras en Afganistán, Irak, Líbano, Chechenia, Macedonia, Gaza, Israel, Chiapas. Ha trabajado como corresponsal de El Mundo y de Cuarto Poder. Mónica G. Prieto was born in Spain in 1974. She graduated in Journalism. Correspondent in Italy (1995) and Russia (1996-2000), where she has covered Second Chechnya War, she was foreign correspondent for EL MUNDO newspaper since 2000 until 2005, covering events in Caucasus region, Balcans, Iran, Central Asia, Afghan and Iraqi invasion and Middle East turmoils. In 2002, she became in charge of covering Iraq for El Mundo. She has then traveled to Iraq on 10 occasions, covering the invasion itself and the civil war, and writes extensively on the country. In 2005 Prieto asked for a sabbatical period at El Mundo to focus on Middle East issues on the ground, becoming freelance reporter based in Jerusalem. In 2007 she moved to Beirut, where she live since then. She has widely covered Gaza and West Bank, Lebanon 2006 war and 2008 events, as well as Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, Emirates, Bahrain and other countries. She is specially active in the so called Arab Spring. Since 2009, she's working for two online Spanish media, Periodismo Humano and Cuarto Poder. She covered extensively Syria'n revolution, from inside and outside the country. Her work has been distinguished with the Premio Ortega y Gasset award (ex aequo), Premio Dario D’Angelo 2005, Premio José María Porquet de Periodismo Digital 2011. She was finalist at Kurt Schork Awards of International Journalism 2006 for her coverage on Iraq. monicagprieto@periodismohumano.com