To be a journalist nowadays it is more and more necessary to also know how to be an entrepreneur. This is true, of course, for freelancers but it holds especially true for those who want to set up t...

Newspapers and news platforms are increasingly trying to establish a relationship with a young audience through social media: BBC on Instagram, CNN on Snapchat. Twitter and Facebook are becoming cha...

In conversation with Fedez, a leading Italian rapper and TV personality. His Twitter bio reads as follows: many prefer cigarettes to my music because they do less damage. Alternatively rapper, singe...

Italian preview screening of Transparent (second season) and The Man in the High Castle, two TV series produced by Amazon Studios. The event will be introduced by Roy Price, Vice President Amazon ...

Good journalists have never been lazy. They have always been brave enough to experiment with new forms, or to reinvent models of the past. If once this was seen as commendable, it has now become nec...

L'odio online: violenza verbale e ossessioni in rete is the latest book of Giovanni Ziccardi. He will be in conversation with Antonio Sofi, with particular focus on the issue of verbal violence onli...

Experimentation and risk-taking and getting-it-wrong are vital to innovation, whether with new products/services or with the management of people, newsrooms, new forms of storytelling and change its...

Hacking Team, big data and social media: when the news (almost) falls through the cracks. In Italy, the rules of production and circulation of news follow paths that often seem incomprehensible. Th...

Search Engine Optimisation, particles and quantum news. How best to use search engines for journalism. Search engines: a fly-wheel to make the most of, a service to readers, an opportunity for jour...

Mainstream, online news and social media alike have been replete with images of refugees since last summer. Images of people continuously on the move; marching through the countryside (on their way ...