Remembering Falcone and Borsellino Twenty years ago the Italian judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, together with Mrs Falcone and members of their police escorts, were murdered by the maf...
Events ("gen AI")
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...
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...
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...
Perugia. Highly recommended The historic town centre of Perugia is very easy on the eye. It is also, allegedly, the backdrop for a relatively diffuse light drug trade. Is this merely yet another grea...
Who's in and who's out Many Italian journalists have no job. Many others work as journalists but have no contract, no job security and not much hope of ever getting either. Talent. expertise, diligen...