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Alessia Cerantola

is a multimedia journalist at IRPI @aisselax

Blog posts in total 6

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  1. Italian coverage of ‘migrant crisis’ marred by negative language

    Coverage of the new waves of people arriving into Italy, by sea or via the Balkan route, has exposed a lack of preparation by much of the country’s media.

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  2. How Italy’s local investigative reporters are probing mafia corruption

    These newsrooms are changing the way in-depth reporting is done at a local level, partnering media organisations in Italy and abroad.

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  3. Investigative journalism fight back in face of new Japanese secrecy laws

    As Japan imposes new laws that threaten to restrict the freedom of the press, some Japanese reporters and activists are seeking new ways to conduct investigative journalism.

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  4. Freelance journalists in Italy protest over minimum wage ruling

    A new Italian law called ‘fair salary’ says freelance journalists should be paid no less than 3,000 euros per year!

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  5. Italy’s new crowdfunded foreign correspondents

    Italy’s foreign correspondents have been paying for their work through crowdfunding, to make up for the lack of resources offered by the country’s media outlets.

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  6. Italian freelance journalists protest against working conditions

    While evidence presented to Leveson is making journalists even less popular in Britain - if that were possible - it is hard to read this dispatch from Italy by Alessia Cerantola without feeling that there are journalists who deserve sympathy rather than public contempt: Before hanging himself ...

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