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 [es] magazine, where she remained until 1981 as editor of Economy and Society. She then joined the political magazine Análisis [es], opposed to the military dictatorship, where she was editor-in-chief and deputy director until 1987.[6]
In 1987 Mönckeberg joined the newspaper La Época [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 Radio Nacional [es] from 1992 to 1994.
At the same time, she held various positions in the Chilean Journalists Association [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.
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)
