José Luis MartÃnez S. was born in Mexico City in 1955 and has been a journalist for over 31 years.
MartÃnez is a founding member of the newspaper Milenio Diario. His column “El Santo Oficio†has appeared since 1986 in various media outlets.
Martinez is the co-author of the book De la región al mundo and author of La vieja guardia: Protagonistas del periodismo mexicano.
He was the editor of the Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas of the UNAM and editor in chief of the publication Cuaderno de Semiótica, at the Asociación Mexicana de Estudios Semióticos, which he founded.