Magdalena Saldaña is promoted to Associate Professor at the School of Communications of the PUC.

May, 2023. After five years of continuous work in academia and research at the Faculty of Communications of the Catholic University of Chile, IMFD researcher Magdalena Saldaña is promoted to the rank of Associate Professorat this institution.

This category is an important recognition in the academic career of PUC professors, and recognizes the commitment to the mission of the university, its principles and participation in the formation of People through the teaching function. Also, to reach this position, it is required to have the general recognition of the contribution in their field of studies, through research. In this, Magdalena Saldaña stands out with interdisciplinary work, which manages to unite areas such as data science with journalism and communications.

She has published articles in journals such as New Media & Society, Digital Journalism, and International Journal of Press/Politics. Her work has received awards from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) and the International Symposium on Online Journalism (#ISOJ). 

In addition, he has received a number of important awards in recognition of academic achievement and excellence in journalism education, such as the Fulbright and Becas Chile scholarships for doctoral studies in the USA. 

It is currently part of the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data as an associate researcher, and of the Millennium Nucleus for the Study of Politics, Public Opinion and Media in Chile, MEPOP, as alternate director. She is also an associate editor of Digital Journalism, and Division Head of Communication Theory & Methodologya division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in the United States.