Rocío Puntas Bernet was born in Córdoba (Spain). She grew up in Tarifa, where she first discovered her passion for the ocean. After spending some time in London and Rennes (France), she settled down in Bern in 2003. Before her position as editor for Reportagen, she published for Spanish daily newspaper ABC and Swiss weekly newspaper NZZ am Sonntag. With her stories, she tries to be the voice of those who are often ignored by society – from African fishermen who risk it all in order to reach Europe, to illiterates from rough neighbourhoods in Seville. She is equally concerned with the contradictions regarding our way of consuming, portrayed in her report “Sushi aus dem Käfig” (Sushi from the Cage) about blue fin tuna. Since 2019, she has worked as Programme Leader for the True Story Festival.