Little media on the rise Italy is experiencing a boom of media agencies, cooperatives and journalistic ventures of many different stripes. Small, nimble and new-media-centric, do they represent the...

Women and the media Jill Abramson is the editor of The New York Times. But the editors of leading Western newspapers are still predominantly middle-aged white men, while women account for just a th...

Power in Italy Power politics is a tautology. Well, maybe. What is not in doubt is the limpet-like grip Italian politicians of all colours have on positions of power. This year marks the 20th anniv...

Telling a story with a videocamera: 2.0 video reportage The idea: what to film The preparation: how to choose people, times, places The filming: how to get the job done The writing: narrative la...

JournalACTIVists: when news and human rights go hand in hand Some 50 years on from the founding of Amnesty International, bringing attention to human rights abuses has never been more important. The ...

Webdocs: a new way of telling a story Webdocs provide almost endless scope for creative storytelling. The overlap between video, photos, text and audio is one feature. The potential for interactivi...

Independent economic media The Western world has been living through a so-called financial crisis since 2008. But what really is going on? And how is public opinion supposed to make sense of it all...

Down memory lane: 50 years of Italian journalism Gianni Minà in conversation with Gennaro Carotenuto. To the backdrop of clips from the RAI archives, including some of Gianni’s interviews with per...

Local news as social hub Journalism at the local level has been reinvigorated by the web. The sharing of news and opinions with a narrow focus on issues of interest and concern to citizens in the...

Periodical free press: hope or despair? What’s happening with the periodical free press in Italy? Is it still a sustainable form of journalism? Does it offer avenues for development in the future...