David Godoy Bugueño was also known as a chess journalist. From 1973 to 1981 he collaborated with "Las Últimas Noticias", "El Cronista" (Buenos Aires) and "La Nación". In 1978, David Godoy Bugueño was a correspondent for "Las Últimas Noticias" at the Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires. Since 1984 he collaborated with the newspaper "La Tercera".