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Gerard Escaich Folch is one of the Catalan News reporters and a regular contributor to the Filling the Sink podcast. Before taking on his current role, he was a journalist and assignment editor at the international news channel Euronews. He has also coordinated a team of journalists on a local radio station. Gerard has a BA in Journalism from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, which included an exchange program in Melbourne's Monash University. He usually writes about society and lifestyle.

Lorcan Doherty is an Irish journalist living in Catalonia since 2019. He joined the Catalan News reporting team in 2023 after three years presenting the Filling the Sink podcast. Lorcan previously spent five years working for the BBC in Belfast and holds a BMus in Music from the University of Manchester and an MSc in Digital Composition and Performance from the University of Edinburgh. Always a Derry boy, now a molinenc, he especially enjoys writing about culture and politics.

Cillian Shields is an Irish reporter living in Barcelona since 2016. After graduating from Maynooth University with a BA in Media Studies and Spanish in 2014, he worked in sports journalism before moving to Catalonia. Cillian regularly appears on Catalan News' video reports as well as the Filling the Sink podcast, producing and featuring on many episodes, and has keen interests in politics, societal issues, and storytelling in the fields of sport, culture, and the idiosyncrasies of life.

Oriol Escudé Macià is a reporter from Barcelona who lived in London from 2018 to 2023. Before joining Catalan News he worked as a digital reporter for British newspaper publisher Reach Plc. Oriol has a BA in Journalism from the London College of Communication. He enjoys writing about politics, climate change and social issues.