María Constanza Mujica Holley

mcmujica@puc.cl – Phone: (56-2) 6862013 – Office address: Alameda 340, Santiago.

Studies:

2004: Student of the Doctorate in Literature of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

2001: Journalist from the School of Journalism of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Languages:

English: Spoken and written

Academic activities:

2004: Teacher of Written Narration, School of Journalism; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

2003: Teacher of Convergent Journalism Workshop, School of Journalism, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

2003: Teacher of Interview course for the Program for Talented Children (PENTA-UC) of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

2002: Teacher of Media Workshop, School of Journalism, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Professional activities:

2003-2004: Fixer in Chile for BBC World News.

2001-2002: Assistant to the BBC World News South America correspondent Worked in production, and preparation of interviews, editing of radio pieces, and coordination of the correspondent’s activities.

2002 (August): Coordinator of visual archives in Chile, “Survivors” documentary, by South Atlantic Productions (Argentina) for People and Arts channel.

2002 (May): Reporter, and producer in Chile for the program “Catch the Wave”, Radio Four, BBC.

2000: City reporter, Professional internship, El Mercurio de Valparaíso.

Investigation:

2003-2004: “Establishing, validation and analysis of criteria to measure information quality in newspapers and broadcasts”. Government funded investigation. Investigation assistant.

2002: “Comparative analysis of information quality of Chilean and Argentine newspapers and broadcasts”, Universidad Católica Argentina – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Investigation assistant.

2001: Counseling to news area of Channel 13, through the measurement of quality criteria, investigation assistant.

2001: Counseling to El Comercio de Lima newspaper, through the measurement of quality criteria, investigation assistant

2001-2002: “News Definitions across Cultures: The John Ben Snow Study for International News”, Pamela Shoemaker, Syracuse University. Investigation assistant to the Chilean chapter.

1999: “Comparative analysis of information quality of Chilean media”. Funded by the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Investigation assistant.

Professional congresses and organizations:

2002: Permanent seminar on Telenovela (Soup Operas), permanent member, and assistant to the coordinator. Organized by the Institute for Media Studies, Faculty of Communications, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.