María Jimena Duzán

[1] She began writing at age 16, when she wrote a tribute to her deceased father, newspaper columnist Lucio Duzán, and submitted it to the then-director of El Espectador, Guillermo Cano.

[2][3] Cano published the piece and gave her a column in the paper titled "Mi hora cero" ("My Zero Hour"), making her one of the country's youngest columnists.

[4][5] Her mention Guillermo Cano was assassinated in 1986, apparently in connection with his investigations into drug trafficking gangs, and Duzán received death threats in response to her columns.

Later that year, María Jimena Duzán was given a Courage Award from the International Women's Media Foundation, which she dedicated to her sister and others who have given their lives for democracy.

[11][12] From 2020 to 2021, she worked for the morning news program on Caracol Radio's La W.[1][12] Then, in 2021, she began pursuing independent projects, including a podcast A Fondo on Spotify.