Pilar Vergara (born 23 June 1947) is a Chilean journalist, winner of the National Prize for Journalism in 1993.

Career

Pilar Vergara is the daughter of Ruperto Vergara Santa Cruz, a publicist and farmer from La Calera, and Olga Tagle. She is the granddaughter of distinguished jurist and diplomat Ruperto Vergara Bulnes. She studied at the

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(UC), graduating in 1968. Subsequently, she worked at Canal 13, on the program ''Pasado meridiano'', and at the newspaper ''

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'', where she participated in the Sunday Reports section. At that paper, she was also the editor of Section D reports. She was a professor of journalistic techniques at the journalism school of the Catholic University. In 1981, Vergara joined the newspaper ''

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'', along with . Initially, she worked as

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, 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. In 2012, she joined the board of

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. Vergara currently writes a Sunday column for ''El Mercurio''.

Awards

* 1988 – Lenka Franulic Award * 1991 – Embotelladora Andina Award * 1993 – National Prize for Journalism * 2001 – Distinguished Alumna Award from the UC Alumni Association * 2003 – Carmen Puelma Award

References

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