| Pilar Vergara | |
| Birth Name: | María del Pilar Vergara Tagle |
| Birth Date: | 23 June 1947 |
| Nationality: | Chilean |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Alma Mater: | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
| Father: | Ruperto Vergara Santa Cruz |
| Mother: | Olga Tagle |
| 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 .[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.