Energy challenges and European geopolitics The European Union currently imports 80% of its petrol and 60% of its gas requirements. Alternative energy sources, even within the parameters set by the Ho...

Digital journalism and (new) rights - Secrecy, confidentiality and privacy In his work a journalist can rely on a series of guarantees which cover the secrecy of sources while being obliged to resp...

Non-sports news in a sports newspaper The leading Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport is published every day with a pull-out section (printed on a different colour paper) entitled Altri Mo...

Civic activism and information: the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street and beyond Is social struggle, whether aimed at toppling an oppressive regime or radically changing the political agenda within a W...

Ethical hacking There’s a war on and it won’t be won by who has the most bombs. Ethical hacking in the raw. Workshops are free entry but registration is required. Each workshop will have a l...

How influential are the influencers? To what extent are social media opinion leaders able to dictate the agenda? - to both their (non-professional) audiences and their (professional) online and offli...

The Italian secondary school system: overall grade C- Many young Italians abandon education at the earliest possible opportunity. One in five fails to get even the basic leaving-school diploma. The...

The future of democracy The current economic crisis has brought with it a crisis in representative democracy. When “serious economic problems” are used to justify the unceremonious removal of d...

Beyond the Huff Post. European media startup success stories In the last few years Europe has seen a nouvelle vague of independent journalistic start-ups. Following in the footsteps of The Huffingt...

National Health Communication, New Media and Information award Awards ceremony of the second edition of the National Health Communication, New Media and Information award. The award is organised by...