The Escuela de Periodismo Carlos Septién García (EPCSG - Carlos Septién García School of Journalism) is a Mexican educational institution of journalism. It was founded by Luis Beltrán y Mendoza, and supported by the Acción Católica Mexicana (Mexican Catholic Action), on May 30, 1939, and achieved certification of the Secretaría de Educación Pública on July 2, 1976. The school was named after its second director. This school was the first in Mexico to be dedicated specifically to journalism.
Under the leadership of Alejandro Avilés Insunza the school detached itself from the Acción Católica Mexicana and its associated political and ideological tendencies concerning academic freedom.Escuela de Periodismo Carlos Septién García (Spanish).
Principals 1949-1951: Fernando Díez de Urdanivia y Díaz (1897–1966) 1951-1953: Carlos Septién García (1915–1953) 1953-1958: José N. Chávez González 1958-1963: Carlos Alvear Acevedo 1963-1984: Alejandro Avilés Insunza (1915–2005) 1984-2001: Manuel Pérez Miranda 2001-2004: Alejandro Hernández 2004-2008: Manuel Pérez Miranda (second time) 2009-2016:-José Luis Vázquez Baeza 2016-2022: Víctor Hugo Villalva 2022-present: Analletzin Díaz Alcalá
Further reading Salvador Flores Llamas: La Septién García, forjadora de periodistas profesionales veraces. Parte 1, February 12, 2009. Salvador Flores Llamas: La Septién García, forjadora de periodistas profesionales veraces. Parte 2, February 19, 2009.
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