GOITIA, FERNANDO

(Bilbao, Sept. 6, 1969). Journalist, married and father of two. He grew up in the convulsed and politicized Bilbao of the 1970s and 80s. In the 90s he left for London, where he took odd jobs and attended any rock concert that got in his line of fire. Later on he lived in Madrid and Valencia, while he pursued a Master’s degree in Journalism. After graduating, he moved to Managua to take part in the renovation of a national newspaper. There he started his own company, and reported for El País the local reality and the devastation hurricane Mitch caused in Nicaragua and Honduras. He lived later in Rio de Janeiro, where he wrote for the Spanish newspaper El Mundo until he returned to Spain. Currently he lives in Madrid and is the chief of current affairs at the weekly supplement XLSemanal, where he has worked for 13 years. His book ” La Sacudida ” will be published by Ediciones B in late 2016