For fun or for the pursuance of specific not-so-fun goals, the world of news is often used and/or manipulated by third parties ranging from the simple wag to the intelligence services. How has fake ...

The heavy hand of the Italian intelligence services on news distortion, manipulation, creation? Yet another great urban legend of our times? Or has major lunchtime plotting been going on?

Big data, big answers and what the 2012 ‘Obama For America’ campaign taught him about the future of journalism. Keynote speech by Harper Reed. Introduction by Guido Romeo.

Investigative journalism case studies -  a set of four events (one per day from Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 April) Environmental crime and how to investigate it; the tools to follow pollution, corru...

The world of communications wiretaps (whether on the phone or the internet) is often not fully understood - neither how they function nor what the risks are for civil liberties, especially for those...

There’s no denying the significance of community projects in determining the quality of reader contributions, from comments onwards. The community and news organisation interface is vital. But doe...

Presentation by Anthony De Rosa, introduction by Sergio Maistrello. The importance of social media in the newsroom is unprecedented. With a breadth of analytics and a stronger understanding of user...

How do European institutions in Italy comunicate? What are the main elements which determine European information? What’s missing and what are the opportunities? In a context of economic and insti...

The Italian version of The Huffington Post was launched in September 2012. Some six months on, it's time to take stock with editor Lucia Annunziata and deputy editor Gianni Del Vecchio.

Italian politics today. Music hall farce? Epic tragedy? Or a peep into the future of Western democracy. Vittorio Zucconi in conversation with Filippo Ceccarelli.