María Seoane
María Seoane (born 25 January 1948) is an Argentine economist, journalist, and writer who has ventured into film. She has won numerous awards and published eight books on political issues in Argentine history. She was the director of LRA Radio Nacional from 2009 until her resignation on 21 December 2015. Career. María Seoane has a degree in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires. She has served as: She has published contributions in: Academics. Seoane is 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). She has been an OAS consultant, and prepared reports on freedom of expression for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Militancy. In 1990s she 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 , 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. She is a member of the group COMUNA, in favor of democratic communication. Film. Seoane's first book, "The Night of Pencils" ("La noche de los lápices"), was adapted into a film of the same name by Argentine director Héctor Olivera. She has ventured into directing with the documentary "Gelbard, historia secreta del último burgués nacional" (along with Carlos Castro, 2006), about the former Economy Minister José Ber Gelbard. She also directed the 2011 animated film "Eva from Argentina", focusing on the historical figures Eva Perón and Rodolfo Walsh.