María Olivia Mönckeberg

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]

María Olivia Mönckeberg
Born
María Olivia Mönckeberg Pardo

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

She is a full professor at the University of Chile and has been the director of its Institute of Communication and Image (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 Hoy magazine, where she remained until 1981 as editor of Economy and Society. She then joined the political magazine Análisis, 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 Louis Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism, granted by the Nieman Foundation of Harvard University.[2]

In 1987 Mönckeberg joined the newspaper La Época, 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 Radio Nacional from 1992 to 1994.

At the same time, she held various positions in the Chilean Journalists Association; 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 Chilean Book Chamber, 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. "María Olivia Mönckeberg" (in Spanish). Altazor Award. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  2. "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. "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. "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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