CURRICULUM
Press agent
European Parliament
I’m working with Italian media to bring Europe to citizens.
Digital media consultant
Rai Cultura
I was a digital media consultant working on strategies for Rai’s cultural social media.
TV Writer
Rai Italia
I worked as an author of RAI TV show Community dedicated to Italians living abroad.
Professor
NID – Nuovo Istituto del design
I taught documentary filmaking. Class covered theoretical and practical topics (from history of documentary and videoreportage to the pre-production of a short documentary) for students graduating in photography.
Journalist
Petrolio – Rai 1
I worked for the Italian journalistic TV-show “Petrolio” as freelance journalist. I pre-produce, produce and host short documentaries about economy and innovation.
Correspondent
Vice Italia
I worked as host and journalist at Vice for 1 year. I hosted and assisted research and production of 3 episodes for the second season of Vice on Sky Tg24.
Correspondent
Vice Italia
I worked as host and journalist at Vice for 1 year. I hosted and assisted research and production of 3 episodes for the second season of Vice on Sky Tg24.
Co-founder and author
Il Bureau
ilbureau.com is a blog I co-founded. We worked on infographics and articles about Italian politics and culture. We also produced short videos with animated infographics and short documentaries.
Journalist
Servizio Pubblico e Announo
Servizio Pubblico was an Italian journalistic TV show. I reported stories about politics and economics. I also supported its casting team’s activities and worked for the spin-off Announo.
Assistant account executive and content creator
Edelman
As assistant account executive I was responsible for supporting account teams in daily activities. I worked in various consulting processes, including public engagement, brand engagement, social media campaigns, paid search, stakeholder analysis, and I supported account teams in the execution of these processes for clients. I created videos and presentations and supported Edelman Italy’s self-marketing activities.
Press agent
European Parliament
Thanks to the Schuman Scholarship – Journalism option I worked as an intern pr at Rome EPIO (European Parliament Information Office. I did daily press reviews and collaborated to the organization of EP events in Rome.
Journalist
Il Messaggero
Il Messaggero is a newspaper with local and national issues. I worked as a free-lance journalist for the website. I wrote articles about digital startups and culture.
Journalist
GR 2 – Radio Rai
I worked for a month as an intern for the daily radio news of Radio2. Radio2 is an Italian radio channel operated by the state-owned public-broadcasting organization RAI. It is specialized in talk programmes and popular music. As intern I supported the editing of the morning, afternoon and evening radio news broadcasting.
Journalist
Televideo – Rai
I worked for a month as an intern for Televideo website. Televideo is the teletext service broadcast on all RAI television channels in Italy, and also available in its entirety on the internet. I supported the editing of web articles.
Journalist
Il Giorno
ilgiorno.it is a website related to the local newspaper Il Giorno in Milan. I was an intern (2 months) and covered daily news writing articles and creating videos.
Journalist
Piacere Magazine
Piacere Magazine is a local free-press. I worked as external contributor/freelance on stories from Umbria.
Journalist
European Parliament
I was an intern in Brussels. I was specialized in web communication and social media managing.
Journalist
Umbriacity – E-Generation
umbriacity.it is a website dedicated to local news based in Perugia. I was an intern and, from late 2006, I became a freelance contributor.
EDUCATION
Film directing
Ass. I 400 colpi
I took two classes with Italian movie director Mirko Locatelli. The purpose was to understand the basis of directing actors and approaching European fiction productions.
Journalism
Perugia Graduate School of Journalism
I specialized in broadcasting journalism but I also loved the web journalism classes because I was interested in how diverse contents (the ones I learnt to produce in TV and radio classes) can converge in only one media. This is why, while I was studying, I co-founded the website ilbureau.com.
Political philosophy and media
University of California – Berkeley
I attended a summer session and took two classes: American Media & Global Politics; Property & Liberty.
Political science
University of Perugia
I earned a Master’s Degree in Political Science and Government. My final dissertation was on the freedom of association – Comparative Law. 110/110 cum laude.
American law and political philosophy
Grand Valley State University – Michigan
I attended a fall semester and studied American Constitutional Law; Comparative Democratization; Social and Political. GPA: 4.000/4.000
Political science
University of Perugia
I earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. My final dissertation was on the International Criminal Court in Darfur – International Law. 110/110 cum laude.
Computer literacy
ECDL Foundation
I earned the European Computer Driving Licence certification.
Classical studies
Liceo classico Jacopone da Todi
My secondary education was in Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
AWARDS
Mention
DIG Award
Vice episode “Archeologia criminale” was screened at the DIG Award as one of the remarkable journalistic works of the year.
First Prize
Associazione Servizio Pubblico
Generazione Reporter is an award for young reporters. In order to fund ilbureau.com I entered the contest and won the first prize with the video “I pugni in tasca”, a story about young Italian farmers.
First Prize
Ass. Servizio Pubblico
Generazione Reporter is an award for young reporters. I won the first prize with the video “I pugni in tasca”, a story about young Italian farmers.
First Prize
European Commission
EC “Journalism Award for Schools of Journalism’s Students” is a journalism award of the European Commission Representation in Italy. I won the first prize with a teamwork about how Italy uses EU funds for agriculture.
First Prize
Ass. Il Grande Vetro
“Sergio Pannocchia” is a journalism award for sport related articles. I won the first prize reporting the story of Mario Valentini, the Italian coach for the Italian paralympic cycling team.
Scholarship
European Parliament
“Schuman scholarship” – Journalism option is a paid five-month scholarship given by the European Parliament for vocational training and for learning. It is given to EU young citizens with a relevant degree that can also demonstrate strong written and research skills, preferably in published work.
Special mention
Camera di Commercio di Perugia
“Raccontami l’Umbria – Stories on Umbria” is a journalism award for reporters who covered stories about Umbria. I was awarded with a special mention for a video about Umbrian artisans and craftsmen.
Scholarship
Franco Todini srl
Franco Todini scholarship is a high school merit aid and it is given to Todi students who have had the top marks at the end of each school year.