María Olivia Mönckeberg

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María Olivia Mönckeberg
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Born
María Olivia Mönckeberg Pardo

(1944-05-29) 29 May 1944 (age 77)
Santiago, Chile
Alma materCatholic University
OccupationJournalist
AwardsNational Prize for Journalism (2009)

María Olivia Mönckeberg Pardo (born 29 May 1944[1]) is a Chilean journalist, essayist, and academic. She received the National Prize for Journalism in 2009.[2][3]

She is a full professor at the University of Chile and has been the director of its  [es] (ICEI) since 2010. Her work has focused on investigative journalism, and she has written several books which caused great impact at the time of their publication.[4]

Professional career[]

In 1972 María Olivia Mönckeberg qualified as a journalist at the Catholic University of Chile. A year earlier, in 1971, she had begun professional work at her alma mater's magazine, Debate Universitario.[5]

In September 1973, she joined the magazine Ercilla, where she worked until the beginning of 1977. That year she became one of the founders of  [es] magazine, where she remained until 1981 as editor of Economy and Society. She then joined the political magazine  [es], opposed to the military dictatorship, where she was editor-in-chief and deputy director until 1987.[6]

During the 1980s she was the founder of the Women for Life Movement, and in 1984 she received the , granted by the Nieman Foundation of Harvard University.[2]

In 1987 Mönckeberg joined the newspaper  [es], where she worked until March 1990, when she became editor-in-chief of La Nación, a newspaper where she was in charge of Sunday political interviews from 1994 to 1998. She was also press director of  [es] from 1992 to 1994.

At the same time, she held various positions in the  [es]; she was national counselor from 1985 to 1990,[7] member of the National Board, and president of the Freedom of Expression Commission from 1985 to 1988.

She is also a founding member of the Council of the Book and Reading Observatory, formed in July 2012 by the University of Chile and the  [es], and joined the Advisory Board of the Pluralism Studies Fund of the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT), from 2009 to 2011.

Academic career[]

Mönckeberg at FILSA 2017

Mönckeberg is a professor of the University of Chile, and has been director of its Institute of Communication and Image (ICEI) since 2010. She was re-elected for her second term (2014-2018) in June 2014. She holds the chairs of ethics and journalistic treatments and investigative journalism at the School of Journalism.[2] She also coordinates ICEI's Diploma in Investigative Journalism.

Publications[]

  • Crimen bajo estado de sitio, Editorial Emisión (1986)
  • El saqueo de los grupos económicos al Estado de Chile, Ediciones B (2001)
  • El imperio del Opus Dei en Chile, Ediciones B (2003). She released an updated version in 2016 under the Debate imprint.[8]
  • La privatización de las universidades. Una historia de dinero, poder e influencias, La Copa Rota (2005)
  • El negocio de las universidades en Chile, Random House Mondadori (2007)[2]
  • Los magnates de la prensa, Random House Mondadori (2009)
  • Karadima. El señor de los infiernos, Ramdon House Mondadori (2011)
  • Con fines de lucro, Random House Mondadori (2013)
  • La máquina para defraudar. Casos Penta y Soquimich, Penguin Random House (2015)
  • El poder de la UDI. 50 años del gremialismo en Chile, Debate (2017)

Awards and recognitions[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "María Olivia Mönckeberg" (in Spanish). Altazor Award. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "María Olivia Mönckeberg gana el Premio Nacional de Periodismo 2009" [María Olivia Mönckeberg Wins the 2009 National Prize for Journalism]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b "María Olivia Mönckeberg obtuvo el Premio Nacional de Periodismo" [María Olivia Mönckeberg Gets the National Prize for Journalism] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  4. ^ González-Rodríguez, Gustavo (1 April 2008). "The Media in Chile". In Lugo, Jairo (ed.). The Media in Latin America. McGraw-Hill Education. p. 63. ISBN 9780335235513. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Cardenas Squella, Juan Pablo (1 April 2011). "La noche del adiós" [The Night of Goodbyes]. Un peligro para la sociedad: Testimonio de un periodista que incomoda al poder [A Danger to Society: Testimony of a Journalist Who Inconveniences Power] (in Spanish). Penguin Random House. ISBN 9789568410490. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Power, Margaret (1 December 2001). "Análisis: Chilean news magazine, 1977–93". In Jones, Derek (ed.). Censorship: A World Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 9781136798634. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Olivares, Javiera (5 December 2016). Voces del periodismo [Voices of Journalism] (in Spanish). LOM Ediciones. ISBN 9789560008442. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ a b "María Olivia Mönckeberg lanzó edición actualizada del libro 'El Imperio del Opus Dei en Chile'" [María Olivia Mönckeberg Launches Updated Edition of the Book 'El Imperio del Opus Dei en Chile'] (in Spanish). University of Chile. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  9. ^ Pozo C., Alejandra (20 May 2016). "María Olivia Mönckeberg: Admirada por los jóvenes" [María Olivia Mönckeberg: Admired by Young People]. El Diario de Antofagasta (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Tohá premia a María Olivia Mönckeberg por su libro sobre Penta y SQM" [Tohá Awards María Olivia Mönckeberg For Her Book About Penta and SQM]. Qué Pasa (in Spanish). 2 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2017.

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