Pilar Vergara

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Pilar Vergara
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Vergara at the anniversary of La Segunda in 2011
Born
María del Pilar Vergara Tagle

(1947-06-23) 23 June 1947 (age 77)
NationalityChilean
Alma mater Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
OccupationJournalist
Parents
  • Ruperto Vergara Santa Cruz (father)
  • Olga Tagle (mother)
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.

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Career

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  [ es ]. [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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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Pilar Vergara Tagle" (in Spanish). Pontifical Catholic University of Chile . Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Pilar Vergara deja la dirección de La Segunda" [Pilar Vergara Leaves the Directorshp of La Segunda]. El Dínamo (in Spanish). 29 September 2011. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Pilar Vergara asume como miembro del Directorio de la Universidad Mayor" [Pilar Vergara Assumes Membership of the Board of Directors of Universidad Mayor]. Diario Mayor (in Spanish). 9 November 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
Preceded by Director of La Segunda
2006–2011
Succeeded by
Víctor Carvajal Navarrete