Juan Pablo Cárdenas Squella

Juan Pablo Cárdenas Squella (born 1 December 1949 ) is a Chilean journalist and academic who has founded and directed multiple periodicals. He has won numerous awards for his work defending freedom of the press.

Born in Santiago, He studied journalism at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile; his thesis was titled: "The Press and the Peasant Reality." In 1977, he founded the weekly magazine , which reported on the corruption and human rights abuses of Augusto Pinochet's government. As a result of his work for Análisis, Cárdenas faced physical and legal harassment. managed by La Nación, on the condition that he would be able to do "critical and independent journalism"; He published several articles critical of the government, During this time, he also taught briefly at the University of Viña del Mar (1993), Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (2002–2004), and University of the Republic (2005). He is married with six children. In 1987, he won the Golden Pen of Freedom Award for his work for Análisis. In 2000, he was named one of fifty original World Press Freedom Heroes. In 2005, he received Chile's National Prize for Journalism. Cárdenas has also received awards from the Latin American Federation of Journalists, Dutch Association of Journalists, and , among others.