Pilar Vergara | |
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 Vergara at the anniversary of La Segunda in 2011 | |
| Born | María del Pilar Vergara Tagle 23 June 1947 |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
| Occupation | Journalist |
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| Awards | National Prize for Journalism (1993) |
Pilar Vergara (born 23 June 1947 [1] ) is a Chilean journalist, winner of the National Prize for Journalism in 1993.
Pilar Vergara is the daughter of Ruperto Vergara Santa Cruz, a publicist and farmer from La Calera, and Olga Tagle. [1] She is the granddaughter of distinguished jurist and diplomat Ruperto Vergara Bulnes. She studied at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC), graduating in 1968. [2] [3]
Subsequently, she worked at Canal 13, on the program Pasado meridiano, [3] and at the newspaper El Mercurio , where she participated in the Sunday Reports section. [4] At that paper, she was also the editor of Section D reports. [2] She was a professor of journalistic techniques at the journalism school of the Catholic University. [5]
In 1981, Vergara joined the newspaper La Segunda , along with Cristián Zegers . [4] Initially, she worked as editor-in-chief, later assuming the position of editor of information services. In 2006, after the appointment of Zegers at El Mercurio, she assumed the position of director of the newspaper, a job she held until 2011. [3]
In 2012, she joined the board of Universidad Mayor. [6]
Vergara currently writes a Sunday column for El Mercurio.
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