Fernando R. Méndez

Fernando R. Méndez is a Spanish journalist, and writer. He has 24 years of experience in judicial communication, health and business and has worked for the newspapers Faro de Vigo and La Región, and at Galician Television. He has also written for El Observador, Cambio 16, Interviu, Tiempo and Radio Nacional. He was press officer and director of Communication in different official institutions of Galician. Master in Drug dependency. Member of FAPE (Federation of Associations of Journalists of Spain).
Méndez is one of the most awarded journalists on drug dependency in Spain. He has been awarded prestigious prizes such as, the Reina Sofía Journalism Prize (twice) and the Prize Xunta de Galicia on Drug dependency. Just won the International award of investigation journalism Ana María Agüero Melnyczuk by the “Methyl Case” (Argentina, 2013).