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Dear Olive Press readers,Â
As we approach our 20th year in Spain we would like to explain a few things.
The Olive Press is an award-winning newspaper covering the entire Iberian Peninsula with a team of NCTJ-trained journalists.
Set up to campaign and represent expats based here, it has now become the country’s Number One website for anyone interested in Spain.
Covering everything first hand on the ground from the recent power blackout to the Valencia floods and from the Catalunya independence riots to the Europa League final between Manchester United and Spurs this week.
Investigating everything from crime to corruption and politics to paedophile networks, we have a long track record of success.
Apart from locating three of the UK’s Most Wanted criminals, we have helped to expose dozens of frauds and scams.
This year alone, we’ve covered the collapse of Iberian Funeral Plans and followed the long-running Continental Wealth Management case, which finally saw its boss sent to prison. We were at the recent anti-tourist protests and haven’t let up on stories that matter.
Our hard work hasn’t gone unnoticed. This year, Olive Press journalist Yzabelle Bostyn was named Trainee Journalist of the Year in a fiercely competitive British media award, beating candidates from The Times and Express & Star. She joined us two years ago and, through mentoring from News Editor Dilip Kuner (ex-Sunday Mirror), Digital Editor Walter Finch (ex-Daily Mail) and Editor Jon Clarke (ex-Mail on Sunday), blossomed into a sharp, passionate investigative journalist.
AWARD WINNING: Yzzy is this years NCTJ young journalist of the year
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We’re especially proud of her continued work on our long-running campaign against the dangerous drug Nolotil. Since we first reported on it in 2016, we’ve published over 60 stories, and thanks to Yzzy’s dedication, regulation is finally tightening – and expats are learning to steer clear.
Over the past two decades, we’ve trained many other exceptional journalists. Russian-born Anatoly Kumanaev recently had a New York Times front page; others have gone on to ITN and to win awards in documentary filmmaking, like Laura Balfour.
As we expand into Madrid and Barcelona, we’re committed to training even more.
BUT HERE’S THE THING: we need your help. The Olive Press is a not-for-profit company. All profits are reinvested into journalism and investigations. Despite our huge growth – over 1,000% online since 2023, with seven million annual visitors – Google and Meta swallow most of the ad revenue.
The pennies we earn from banners and videos barely cover basics.
So we’re asking for something small – less than one euro a week.
Your support helps train new journalists, keeps our stories flowing, and ensures we can keep investigating, informing, and campaigning – without drowning in pop-ups or selling out to clickbait.
It’s really so simple. Click here or scan the QR code in your newspaper, for an annual special deal, and join the growing independent media group that offers so much more than anyone else in the Iberian Peninsula in English.
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