Directo al Paladar · Diari ARA Estils
Food, nutrition & conscious living
Healthy, mindful lifestyles: nutrition, wellbeing and everyday gastronomy — expert-sourced features and consumer reporting from Spain's food culture.
Barcelona · Journalist since 2002
I'm Natalia Costa, a Barcelona-based journalist with two decades in Spanish national media — from wire and international reporting at Europa Press to features for Diari ARA, La Vanguardia, La Razón, 20 Minutos and The New Barcelona Post. Discovery-driven and versatile: equally at home breaking a news brief and building a deep, well-sourced report. I pitch and file in English, and report in five languages.
I trained in the wire room and grew into features. Discovery-driven, deep when the story deserves it, and versatile across formats — that combination is what I bring to every commission.
For twelve years I reported for Europa Press — Spain's first private news agency — covering national and international news, including special-correspondent assignments in Morocco, Senegal, France and Italy. At the Agència Catalana de Notícies I worked as a full multimedia reporter (ENG), writing while shooting my own video and photography in the field.
Today I specialise in the stories people actually live with. For Diari ARA's Estils I write about conscious, healthy living: nutrition, wellbeing and gastronomy. For La Razón's Lifestyle supplement I approach gastronomy and wine from the luxury angle. I cover urban life, architecture and heritage for 20 Minutos and The New Barcelona Post, food and consumer stories for Directo al Paladar, interiors for Decoesfera, family and education for ARA's Criatures, and travel for La Vanguardia's Viajar supplement.
I also teach the craft — associate lecturer in journalism at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) — and work in institutional and corporate communication: press kits, press releases and media relations for organisations and brands.
For international outlets, I offer something simple: a reporter on the ground in Spain with a nose for stories nobody has told yet, who understands your readers, files clean copy in English, and can shoot her own video and photography when the story needs it.
Directo al Paladar · Diari ARA Estils
Healthy, mindful lifestyles: nutrition, wellbeing and everyday gastronomy — expert-sourced features and consumer reporting from Spain's food culture.
La Razón · Lifestyle & Gastronomía
Fine dining, wine, spirits and the high end of Spain's food scene — trend features and profiles written for readers who appreciate the finer things.
La Vanguardia · Viajar & Què Fem
Destination features and city guides with a reporter's eye — Catalonia, Spain and far beyond, built on interviews rather than press releases.
20 Minutos · The New Barcelona Post
How Barcelona is built and rebuilt: landmarks, museums, transformations and the hidden history of the city — discovery-oriented pieces on places readers think they already know.
Diari ARA · Criatures / Decoesfera
Parenting, childhood and education combining expert interviews with real families' stories, plus interiors and how we live at home. Informed by my postgraduate training in education.
Europa Press · ACN · El Mundo · Público
Trained at Spain's first private news agency, with national and international coverage — special-correspondent assignments in Morocco, Senegal, France and Italy — plus ENG multimedia experience shooting my own video and photography. Available for fixing and breaking-news support.
Directo al Paladar · 2026
Reported consumer and food-industry story with producer voices. In Spanish, under the pen name Joana Costa.
20 Minutos · Barcelona · 2026
Architecture and museums reporting on one of Barcelona's most anticipated cultural projects. In Spanish.
20 Minutos · Barcelona · 2026
Discovery-driven urban heritage piece on the Estació de França, a jewel of Spanish railway architecture. In Spanish.
20 Minutos · Barcelona · 2026
Urban history feature on the architect's unbuilt visions for the city. In Spanish.
Diari ARA · Estils · 2025
Conscious-living feature on the fitness trend that combines running with litter picking. In Catalan and Spanish.
Diari ARA · Comer · 2023
Reported gastronomy feature with restaurateur interviews on rising costs across Spain's dining sector. In Catalan and Spanish.
Diari ARA · Criatures · 2022
Expert-sourced nutrition and parenting feature for ARA's family supplement. In Catalan and Spanish.
Diari ARA · Estils
Conscious-living feature on the fitness trend that combines running with litter picking. In Catalan.
Diari ARA · Estils
Nature and slow-living lifestyle feature with expert sourcing. In Catalan.
Hule y Mantel
Food heritage and tradition feature for the Spanish gastronomy magazine. In Spanish.
La Razón · Lifestyle
Design and interiors trend feature. In Spanish.
La Razón · Gastronomía
Trend-spotting drinks feature with industry voices, from the luxury side of Spain's gastronomy. In Spanish.
La Razón · Gastronomía
Seasonal food-and-drink feature. In Spanish.
La Razón · Lifestyle
Art and culture feature mapping Spain's gallery landscape. In Spanish.
La Vanguardia · Viajar · 2019
International travel-and-food feature. In Spanish.
La Vanguardia · Viajar · 2019
Global urban-culture travel feature across five continents. In Spanish.
La Vanguardia · Viajar · 2018
Destination feature for La Vanguardia's travel supplement. In Spanish.
El Periódico · Culture · 2018
Cultural coverage reported from Morocco. In Spanish.
Europa Press · Culture · 2014
Wire coverage of an international cultural world premiere for Spain's first private news agency. In Spanish.
Europa Press · Education · 2010
Education and international cooperation news reporting. In Spanish.
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Published work is in Spanish and Catalan. I pitch, interview and file directly in English for international commissions.
Based in Barcelona with two decades of sources across Catalonia and Spain — food, design, travel, education, culture and daily news.
I pitch, interview and file in English (C2), and can also work in French and Italian. No translation layer, no lost nuance.
ENG-trained multimedia reporter: I shoot my own video and professional photography in the field, and produce audio. One commission, a complete package.
Twelve years at Europa Press — Spain's first private news agency, with national and international coverage — means deadlines are non-negotiable, quotes are accurate and facts are checked before filing.
Most of my published work started as my own pitch. Expect story ideas tailored to your section, not recycled press releases.
Available to support foreign correspondents and visiting crews in Barcelona: sourcing, interviews, logistics, translation.
Beyond editorial: press kits, press releases and media relations for organisations and brands that need a journalist's eye.
I reply to editor enquiries within one working day, with clips, rates and availability. Pitches, retainers and one-off commissions all welcome.
natalia.cblanquer@gmail.com