A Q&A with Cataldo Ciccolella, Elisa Marincola Di San Floro, and Lucina Paternesi of Report (RAI). Moderated by ICFJ Director of Community Engagement Stella Roque.
Italy was the epicenter for the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe with over 35,000 deaths and over 300,000 cases this year. At the peak of the pandemic, the country went into lockdown totally restricting the movement of its citizens. Journalists, however, as essential workers were provided with government permission to travel regionally and report on the toll COVID-19 was taking on the country and hold institutions and officials accountable. In this webinar, we speak to three veteran broadcast investigative reporters — Cataldo Ciccolella, Elisa Marincola Di San Floro, and Lucina Paternesi — from Report, Italy’s foremost investigative program, about how they strategized reporting safely during the pandemic and continued to get impactful stories during the countrywide lockdown.