Philip Willan is a freelance journalist and author who has worked in Italy for more than 30 years. He has specialised in cold war intrigues and parapolitics. As well as reporting for electronic media, Philip writes for the Times of London and, on information technology, for IDG News Service.

Josephine McKenna is an award-winning freelance journalist based in Rome. She is bilingual and covers the Vatican, national politics, the migration crisis, the Mafia and other issues for print, radio and TV. The Costa Concordia disaster, the election of Pope Francis and Berlusconi's 'bunga bunga' Read moreparties are among the stories she has covered for radio, print, TV and online media.
www.josephinemckenna.com

Sabina Castelfranco is a journalist based in Rome, Italy.

Saeid Jafari is an Iranian journalist and an analyst on Middle Eastern affairs. He is a contributor to various media outlets such as Al-Monitor, Foreign Policy, Atlantic Council, National Interest, Middle East Eye, and Euronews. He has also worked for many Iranian media outlets including Aseman, Read moreMehrname, Khabar Online, and Entekhab, among many others. He has two Master's degrees, one in Middle Eastern Studies from Tehran, and the other in European Studies from the University of Siena in Italy.

Chiara Giannini is a journalist based in Rome, Italy, but borned in Tuscany. Expert in politics, foreign affairs, Defence, Security and geopolitics. War reporter, photographer. She has good contacts in Italy. Good in writing and interviews. She has worked for the most important Italian newspapers Read moreand tv. She made many reportages from Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Kosovo, Lybia, Ukraine, Tunisia and in general Arabic Countries.

Gabriele Barbati is a journalist based in Rome, Italy.

A British national, I’m based in Rome and have over 25 years of experience in broadcast journalism.  I worked for a television news agency in London before moving to Rome where I was employed as a journalist/presenter for Vatican Radio.   In the 1990’s I spent two years in France and worked for Read moreRadio France International in Paris in a similar capacity.  After returning to Rome I resumed working on a regular basis for Vatican Radio but also have contributed as a freelancer to other radio stations in Europe.  When a major story breaks here, I am often called by the BBC World Service to do Q & A’s when they are looking for an expert on Vatican affairs which is my speciality. Among the many stories I have covered were the deaths of Pope John Paul II, the resignation of Pope Benedict and the conclaves to elect their respective successors.  I speak fluent Italian and French.

Gabriele Zagni is an accomplished journalist renowned for his insightful coverage of European politics, current affairs, and maritime disasters. Born in the small country town of Sospiro in northern Italy, Zagni's passion for storytelling and his penchant for unusual trips have informed his Read moredistinctive approach to journalism. His career has seen him co-author articles on pivotal events such as the French presidential elections, where he dissected the ideological clashes between candidates. He also helped in conducting in-depth investigations into Mediterranean maritime tragedies, shedding light on the humanitarian crisis and the systemic failures in search and rescue operations.

Based in Rome, Zagni has established himself as a versatile media professional, adept at producing content, managing communications, and coordinating projects. His problem-solving skills are often called upon to assist others, reflecting his collaborative nature and his ability to navigate complex situations. Zagni's work is marked by a unique blend of Italian flair and an occasional infusion of English expressions, a testament to his international outlook and engagement with a global audience.

Among his notable journalistic achievements is an exclusive interview with the President of the European Council regarding the Ukraine conflict, which underscored his expertise in political journalism and his skill in securing high-profile interviews. Zagni's commitment to his craft and his ability to articulate the nuances of political discourse have made him a respected voice in the field of journalism, particularly in the context of European affairs.

Gabriele Di Donfrancesco is a freelance journalist and fixer based in Rome, Italy, focused on investigations and stories on environmental crimes, housing, religion, politics, and social justice.

He has covered Italian affairs for US and UK news outlets, including the Daily Dot, Jacobin, Euronews,Read more the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and New Humanist.

In Italy, where he has mainly touched on culture, his stories have appeared on La Repubblica, L'Espresso, Rivista Studio, Rolling Stone Italia, and Mashable Italia.

Aleksandar Brezar is a journalist, factchecker and debunker with experience in a variety of media outlets, ranging from print and radio to television and online/new media. He also co-hosts Sarajevo Calling, a podcast on Western Balkans affairs. His work was featured in The Guardian, The Washington Read morePost, Kosovo 2.0 and Balkan Insight, among others, while he was an advisor and contributor on several documentaries for PBS, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Al Jazeera English.

This is an Italian investigative journalist with a multilingual background for both family origins and study reasons. I can work in English Spanish & French. 
As an investigative journalist I am an established cold cases' writer, cases which have been hunting my Country, Italy, for years. I Read morestarted out my career in the US as an intern of an Italian University  project involving the creation of an Italian-American newspaper and magazine established in New York where I used to cover Italian cultural events in the Big City and wherefrom I started writing for some on line Italian newspapers too, so as to be registered to the Italian Journalists Association and get the access professionally to the job. I thereby enrolled in 2012 in the Association, which in Italy it is considered a compulsory step.
Once back to Italy in 2009 I started covering criminal news and local political affairs in Rome where I live and am based.  
Since I discovered the mysterious case of writer, film maker, poet and journalist Pier Paolo Pasolini in 2009, whose murder was investigated four times throughout the years by the Italian prosecutors, I focused my interests and work on Investigative journalism per se. 
I am the author of well known exclusives on the case as well as on mafias and politics. My books have been acquired by the Antimafia Parliamentary Commission in 2022 and other judiciary authorities. I also investigate on criminal organizations and their roles on the massacres which took place especially in the 90s and whose investigations still involve some of the Italian courts. 
During the years 2017-2019, I worked for the International broadcast company Euronews where I covered general, crime, governmental, EU and Int. al news. I am a contributor to some National newspapers such as Il Fatto Quotidiano and L'Espresso. I collaborated to some BBC radio shows as well as with an American Podcast Company Crooked Media/Campside Inc. as a Reporter on the ground - Italy based.

Simone Tedeschi is an Italian journalist based in Rome, Italy.
Freelance journalist since 1996, I have collaborated with newspapers, magazines and national TV (L'Unità, Diario della settimana, Sorgente di vita-Rai2 and others) dealing mainly with cinema, shows, culture, social aspects of the Read moreInternet and new media.
 
After graduating in History and Criticism of Cinema and attending courses for teaching, I held courses in "Education in cinema and television languages" and "History of cinema" in some high schools in Rome and Milan and at the European Institute of Design.

I combine and integrate the different experiences acquired in different sectors to create new ones. Curious by nature, chronic early adopter, born explorer, I also apply my acquired skills to Mobile Journalism.
Currently I am working on a new project to allow wide audiences to produce new video formats on Internet, on demand and on live streaming.

Dario Canciello is a tv producer/fixer based in Rome, Italy.

1999-2024
Co-founder of RReporter, Rome-based television production, following the merger between WTN and APTV (now APTN) he began working as a freelance following important current events in Italy and abroad, on behalf of Read moreinternational tv networks such as BBC, CNN , FOX, ABC.

He has been and still is responsible for the production, organization and filming of documentaries and television programs in Italy for international tv channels such as the BBC, National Geographic, History Channel and Discovery Channel.

1992-1998 
Staff Producer / Reporter "WORLDWIDE TELEVISION NEWS"

Television coverage of current events/news in Italy, the Vatican and abroad, including Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Greece, Morocco. 
In addition to the production and coverage of news, he has personally coordinated TV satellite feeds, the montage of tv packages, and developed relations with WTN customers.

Claudia Manildo is a journalist based in Rome, Italy.

Giornalista pubblicista e content editor, sono laureata all'Università di Siena in Comunicazione e all'Università di Parma in Giornalismo e Cultura Editoriale. Scrivere, oltre che un lavoro, è una missione quotidiana. Sono editor e correttore Read morebozze freelance e nel tempo libero recensisco libri. Appassionata di sociologia e di interazione uomo-macchina, nel 2022 ho pubblicato il mio primo saggio per deComporre Edizioni.

I am a multilingual journalist and producer based in Rome, Italy. With ten years of experience in journalism, my expertise lies in the field of foreign affairs. I focus on covering politics and economics through breaking news, in-depth articles, and interviews. I also cover reporting on domestic Read morepolitics for foreign outlets. My working languages are Italian, English, German and French

Christopher Livesay is an award-winning multimedia journalist based in Rome, Italy. His recent work focuses on refugees, immigration, and the threat ISIS poses to the West. He has reported from Mexico to the Middle East for PBS FRONTLINE, NPR, the BBC/PRI, and VICE News, among other outlets, and Read morehas appeared on the CBC, FOX News and Italian state broadcaster Rai.

He holds a master’s degree (highest honors) from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.

For three years Livesay was a staff reporter for the English and foreign desks at ANSA, the leading Italian news agency, where he was part of the team that broke the story of Benedict XVI’s shocking abdication.

Dutch multimedia journalist based in Rome, Italy, since 2001. Graduated from the School of Journalism in Zwolle (The Netherlands) in 1995, I've worked for 5 years for the national public radio in The Netherlands before I moved to Rome. Ever since I'm in Rome I made radio reports (from 3 minute Read morefeatures to 90 minute documentaries), always for Dutch public radio. I always recorded and edited my own stuff. in 2003 I started working for television as well and in 2007 I bought a camera to do my own filming as well. And with the filming came the editing. So now I do all my stuff on my own.

Marco Rota was born in 1978. After high school he enrolled in the Faculty of Sociology, University "La Sapienza" of Rome, studying media and communication. Place in the meantime various jobs as a clerk, janitor and museum guide, an actor at a theater company amateur. He writes a book of short Read morestories published by Cicorivolta, directs a documentary film on the food waste, up to lead in the field of web journalism and journalistic photography. The passion for photography comes after several studies and reflections within. He's primarily concerned with the news concerning the march and demonstration taking place in the city of Rome. 

Some works are collected in his blog (******). 
Others in the website ******. 

His latest works are at ******

Deborah Castellano Lubov is a journalist, correspondent, & vaticanista based in Rome, Italy. She has been covering the Vatican for almost a decade.


Deborah Castellano Lubov
Senior Vatican Correspondent & Editorial Director, Exaudi International Catholic News
NBC & MSNBC Vatican Analyst 
Read moreAuthor of  'The Other Francis' ('L'Altro Francesco') featuring preface by Cardinal Pietro Parolin and interviews on Pope Francis and his attention to human dignity with leaders of the Church, Roman Curia, and Pope's relatives and friends (English - Gracewing) (Italian - Edizioni Cantagalli); also now in Spanish, Polish and Lithuanian
Contributor to Euronews

Vittorio Ferrara is a journalist based in Rome, Italy.
An accomplished media specialist with over 20 years experience as a Project Manager, Video Director and Senior Producer directing and managing filming and production for newscasts and TV shows, as well as commercials and advertorials for a Read morerange of prominent global brands. A consummate professional with a great depth of maturity and experience, fully conversant with current trends and adaptable to the new digital environment. Proven track record of working with agencies and broadcasters worldwide, effectively managing and coordinating teams of professionals including production crews, actors, editors, producers and postproduction staff. Key areas of expertise include management direction, video direction, production and postproduction, as well as digital reinterpretation.

Sonia Logre is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. She can shoot (Sony, Panasonic), edit (FCP, Première) and write packages as well as live broadcasting (Aviwest, liveU). She is also able to do live stand-ups for TVs, radio interviews. She covered wars (Lebanon-Israel in 2006, Georgia-Russia in 2008)Read more and natural catastrophes (earthquakes in Italy etc). She has ENAC drone permit (non critico) and her own drone (Phantom 3)

Gaja Pellegrini is a journalist based in Rome, Italy.

English native speaker, with excellent Italian (bilingual) and professional level of French and Spanish.
Print and video/TV journalist, experienced with feature stories, interviews, content writing and video production including in war Read morescenarios. 

Staff writer for UN agencies and the EU institutions in Brussels.
Worked for five years in the Middle East (Gaza, Lebanon, Iraq, Israel).

Marco Romandini is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He works with Wired, Il Fatto Quotidiano, FQ-Millennium, Vanity Fair, National Geographic among others. He covered politics, cyber espionage and surveillance, travels, sport, entertainment, culture and society.

Freelance producer

Giorgio De Franceschi is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. 

I have been working with foreign medias in Rome for more than 20 years. I assisted foreign journalists in several fields of coverage and activities, organizing  ITWs with political and clergical representatives, planning meetings with Read moreexperts and analysits from different sectors, or taking part to press conferences and other media events on their behalf . I can do researches and analysys , preparations of reports, or even complete full articles on several subjects, but especially on politics and Vatican issues. I can also plan transfers all over the country or do the job here on your behalf.