Fernando Rivas Inostroza
Fernando Rivas Inostroza | |
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Director of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso School of Journalism | |
In office 2010–2017 | |
Succeeded by | María Pilar Bruce Hoyuelos |
Personal details | |
Born | Santiago, Chile | 25 March 1964
Alma mater | |
Profession | Journalist historian |
Fernando Enrique Rivas Inostroza (born 25 March 1964) is a Chilean journalist.
Biography
[edit]He was born on 25 March 1964 in Santiago, the capital of Chile. He completed his high school education at the Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera in 1979.
In 1980, Rivas entered the University of Chile School of Journalism, where he graduated in 1985. Then, he completed a master's degree in history at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, which he completed in 2001. In 2003, meanwhile, he completed a diploma in foreign affairs at the University of Viña del Mar (UVM). In 2014, he obtained a PhD in history at his alma mater.
In 1985, he began his career as a journalist at Estrella del Mar radio in Ancud, where he worked for two years. From 1987 to 2003, he worked for El Mercurio de Valparaíso, where he served as editor and head of several sections (including the Internet department). In 2000, he was professor of writing and journalistic technique at the University of La Serena.
First, Rivas taught radio lessons at the UVM (1994–1997). Then, from 2000 to 2003, he had chair of courses like Introduction to Journalism or Interview and Writing Workshops. By the other hand, in 1995, he joined the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso School of Journalism, where he was director in the 2010s[1][2] and has been a full-time professor since 2004.
From 2015 to 2018, he was alternate director of the Latin American Federation of Social Communication Faculties (FELAFACS), Southern Cone Region.
References
[edit]- ^ "Director de la Escuela de Periodismo PUCV promueve XVI Encuentro FELAFACS en Radio Universidad de Chile". Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Fernando Rivas: "El compromiso de los medios de comunicación con el cambio climático es poco"". Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
External links
[edit]- 1964 births
- Living people
- Chilean journalists
- Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera alumni
- University of Chile alumni
- Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso alumni
- Academic staff of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso
- Viña del Mar University alumni
- People from Santiago
- People from Valparaíso