María Seoane

Seoane died on 27 December 2023, at the age of 75.

María Seoane studied at University of Buenos Aires. The recorded working language is Spanish. Employment is recorded with Clarín, LRA Radio Nacional and Noticias. Distinctions recorded are Illustrious Citizen of Buenos Aires trolazo, Konex Award, Rodolfo Walsh award and Premios Internacionales de Periodismo Rey de España.

• Name — María Seoane • Born — 25 January 1948 • Birthplace — Buenos Aires, Argentina • Died — 27 December 2023 • Occupation — Economist, journalist, writer, film director • Awards — * Konex Award (1994) • King of Spain International Journalism Prizes (1998) • Education — University of Buenos Aires

Seoane had a degree in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires. She served as: • National political editor of the journal El Periodista de Buenos Aires (1985–1989) • National political editor of the newspaper Sur (1989–1990) • Editor-in-chief of the Argentine section of the magazine Noticias (1992–1994) • Deputy secretary of national political editing (from 1994) • Director of the Clarín newspaper supplement Zona (1998) She published contributions in: • The Mexican magazine Di • The Mexican newspapers Uno Más Uno and El Universal • The Turin magazine Nueva Sociedad

Seoane was a professor in the Journalism Master's program of the Chair of Journalistic Research at the University of San Andrés (Buenos Aires), and Columbia University (United States). Seoane was an OAS consultant, and prepared reports on freedom of expression for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

In 1990s Seoane joined the select group of the Journalists' Association. In 2002, she signed a request from the Journalists' Association criticizing the detention of Ernestina Herrera de Noble by dismissal of Judge Roberto Marquevich, due to the alleged appropriation of two children of disappeared persons. During the government of Néstor Kirchner she was director of the magazine Caras y Caretas. In 2009, under Cristina Fernández, she became Executive Director of LRA Radio Nacional. She resigned the position on 21 December 2015. Seoane was a member of the group COMUNA, in favour of democratic communication.

• La noche de los bastones largos (2006) • La noche de la dictadura (2006) • Evita, esa mujer (2007) • Rodolfo Walsh, la palabra no se rinde (2007) • La tragedia y la comedia en la Argentina (2008) • El Cordobazo (2009)