[2] "A recognition to those who have sought and told, over an entire career, his own truth through the means of mass communication.
So wrote Joseph Valentino when thirty years ago he gave birth to the first edition of the Ischia.
And the event has always remained true to the spirit of that time: in thirty years has followed the unfolding of the chronicles of information growing hand in hand with the development of a society where communication has a growing role.
And the evidence of this commitment is represented in the roll of gold which contains the main protagonists of the Italian and international media for the last three decades.
If, in fact, from the beginning, the Prize has sought to emphasize the importance of the release of information by giving awards to its best brands, value and professional ethics of journalists chosen, he also wanted to draw attention to the place of the award-stage, Ischia.