Annalisa Piras
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Annalisa Piras is an Italian journalist, film-maker and communications advisor. She is the London Correspondent for L'espresso
since 1997 and for La7 TV, for six years. In 2006-2007 she was the first Italian president of the London Foreign Press Association.
She is a regular contributor to the BBC Dateline London
Panel. She also provides analysis on European and Italian Current Affairs for The Guardian
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As a political and social commentator she regularly appears on BBC News, Sky News, Cnn, Al Jazeera, Cnbc.
Her BBC Radio 4 documentary " The Italian Patient",
was shortlisted as the FPA Best Story of the Year by a UK based Foreign Correspondent, and featured the first interview of Roberto Saviano
in Britain.
As EU senior editor, she was part of the initial team which launched Euronews
, pan-European multilingual news television channel on 1 January 1993 in Lyon, France.
L'Espresso
l'Espresso is an Italian newsmagazine. It is one of the two most prominent Italian weeklies, the other being Panorama. Since the latter has been acquired by right-wing tycoon and politician Silvio Berlusconi, l'Espresso enjoys the reputation of being the main politically independent newsmagazine...
since 1997 and for La7 TV, for six years. In 2006-2007 she was the first Italian president of the London Foreign Press Association.
She is a regular contributor to the BBC Dateline London
Dateline London
Dateline London is a weekly news discussion programme shown on both BBC News and BBC World News. The programme, presented by Gavin Esler, with Nik Gowing and Lyse Doucet acting as relief presenters, features a roundtable panel of foreign and British journalists who discuss the week's top news...
Panel. She also provides analysis on European and Italian Current Affairs for The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
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As a political and social commentator she regularly appears on BBC News, Sky News, Cnn, Al Jazeera, Cnbc.
Her BBC Radio 4 documentary " The Italian Patient",
was shortlisted as the FPA Best Story of the Year by a UK based Foreign Correspondent, and featured the first interview of Roberto Saviano
Roberto Saviano
Roberto Saviano is an Italian writer and journalist.In his writings, articles, television programs, and books he employs prose and news-reporting style to narrate the story of the Camorra , exposing its territory and business connections.Since 2006, following the publication of his bestselling...
in Britain.
As EU senior editor, she was part of the initial team which launched Euronews
EuroNews
Euronews is an international multilingual news television channel.It covers world news from what it claims to be a 'European' perspective.Criticisms are that the perspective is in fact that of the European Commission - a major and growing funder of Euronews....
, pan-European multilingual news television channel on 1 January 1993 in Lyon, France.