Manuel Vilas López is a journalist born in Vilagarcía de Arousa in 1978. He has worked at GaliciaPress since 2018.
He holds a degree in Journalism from the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (2000), as well as a Diploma of Advanced Studies in E-Commerce from the Universidade da Coruña and a Master's in Electronic Publishing from City University London.
He has served on the boards of the Colexio Profesional de Xornalistas de Galicia (Galician Professional Association of Journalists) and the Sindicato de Xornalistas de Galicia (Galician Journalists' Union).
In 2026 he received the 22nd Johan Carballeira Journalism Award for his report "Neither Arsonist nor Innocent: Eucalyptus Burns Well in an Abandoned Countryside," published in GaliciaPress and part of the cross-border project "Eucalyptus and Forest Fires Across Galicia and Portugal," developed by GaliciaPress and O Mirante with the support of Journalismfund Europe.
