Luca Spinelli
Encyclopedia
Luca Spinelli is a Swiss investigative journalist
. Born in Italy
, he is a columnist
for various newspapers, editor-in-chief of LaNotizia
and founder of the open source
project Oscon
.
, Feltrinelli
and other publishers. Since January 2007, he has been a columnist for the newspaper Punto Informatico
. His articles also appeared on Corriere della Sera
, La Stampa
, Il Manifesto
, RAI
.
Spinelli is known for some of his investigations
witch gave rise to widespread controversy. In July 2007, Parliament
deputy Franco Grillini
appended one of Spinelli's investigations about copyright
to a parliamentary inquiry
towards vice-Prime Minister Francesco Rutelli, to clear up some conduct of the public administration
.
In December 2007, Spinelli's reporting on a security bill promoted by the Government led to a correction of the text in the Council of Ministers of Italy
. In 2008, his investigation about the Government budget
revealed the intention to establish public funding for record labels, causing the reaction of Senator Gabriella Carlucci and the FIMI.
Between 2007 and 2008, Spinelli wrote an investigation about the institutional web portal
Italia.it, criticizing the shutdown of the web site and the waste of public money. On February 2008 his investigation of a bill
by Ricardo Franco Levi led to a widespread controversy which brought to a national initiative by Beppe Grillo
, harsh criticism by other journalists and politicians (Gad Lerner
, Vincenzo Vita, Giuseppe Giulietti
, Pino Scaccia), and finally the withdrawal of the bill.
In 2008 Spinelli wrote with the lawyer
G. Scorza the proposed law and initiative called "Give a meaning to the decay", with the signatures of the MPs Bruno Mellano, Mauro Bulgarelli, Elio Veltri and others. In 2008 he became editor-in-chief of the Swiss magazine LaNotizia
. The next year, his journalistic investigation „La Camera manda avanti il Ddl anti-blog“ was nominated for the Ischia International Journalism Award
(2009). In March 2009, he released, in national preview, the news of the fall of Swiss into the gray list of tax heavens
.
Spinelli is author of interviews with Antonio Di Pietro
, Corrado Bohm
, Ludwig Minelli
and others.
Amongst the Italian expert on accessibility
, he published educational articles and reviews. He has lectured and done scientific consulting
at the University of Genoa
.
Investigative journalism
Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, often involving crime, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend months or years researching and preparing a report. Investigative journalism...
. Born in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, he is a columnist
Columnist
A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs....
for various newspapers, editor-in-chief of LaNotizia
LaNotizia
LaNotizia is a Swiss-Italian newspaper covering science and technology, economy and politics topics.Based in Basel, Switzerland, it is owned by S. Publishing.-External links:* online edition...
and founder of the open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
project Oscon
OSCON
OSCON may refer to:*OS-CON, a type of electronic capacitor.*O'Reilly Open Source Convention*Oscon, Open Source CONtract, the most used open-contract in Italy....
.
Biography
Spinelli started writing for VNU Business PublicationsVNU
Nielsen is a global marketing and advertising research company headquartered in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Nielsen is active in over 100 countries, and employs some 32,000 people worldwide...
, Feltrinelli
Feltrinelli
Feltrinelli may refer to:* Feltrinelli - Italian publishing house* Giangiacomo Feltrinelli - founder of the publishing house* Antonio Feltrinelli Prizes - awarded by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei since 1950 in various fields of arts, sciences and "exceptional endeavours of outstanding moral...
and other publishers. Since January 2007, he has been a columnist for the newspaper Punto Informatico
Punto Informatico
Punto Informatico is an Italian daily online newspaper .It is one of the most famous of Italy's online newspapers, and the oldest, founded in 1995 by Andrea De Andreis.-People:Editorial staff...
. His articles also appeared on Corriere della Sera
Corriere della Sera
The Corriere della Sera is an Italian daily newspaper, published in Milan.It is among the oldest and most reputable Italian newspapers. Its main rivals are Rome's La Repubblica and Turin's La Stampa.- History :...
, La Stampa
La Stampa
La Stampa is one of the best-known, most influential and most widely sold Italian daily newspapers. Published in Turin, it is distributed in Italy and other European nations. The current owner is the Fiat Group.-History:...
, Il Manifesto
Il Manifesto
il manifesto is an Italian newspaper. While it calls itself communist, it is not connected to any political party. It was founded as a monthly review in 1969 by a collective of left-wing journalists engaged in the wave of critical thought and activity on the Italian left in that period. Prominent...
, RAI
RAI
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...
.
Spinelli is known for some of his investigations
Investigative journalism
Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, often involving crime, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend months or years researching and preparing a report. Investigative journalism...
witch gave rise to widespread controversy. In July 2007, Parliament
Parliament of Italy
The Parliament of Italy is the national parliament of Italy. It is a bicameral legislature with 945 elected members . The Chamber of Deputies, with 630 members is the lower house. The Senate of the Republic is the upper house and has 315 members .Since 2005, a party list electoral law is being...
deputy Franco Grillini
Franco Grillini
Franco Grillini is an Italian politician and Italy's most prominent gay rights activist.-Career:He was born in Pianoro, Province of Bologna. During the 1970s, he took part in student political movements. He attended the University of Bologna, graduating in 1979 with a degree in education, and...
appended one of Spinelli's investigations about copyright
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
to a parliamentary inquiry
Parliamentary inquiry
A parliamentary inquiry is a question directed to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly to obtain information on a matter of parliamentary law or the rules of the organization bearing on the business at hand...
towards vice-Prime Minister Francesco Rutelli, to clear up some conduct of the public administration
Public administration
Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....
.
In December 2007, Spinelli's reporting on a security bill promoted by the Government led to a correction of the text in the Council of Ministers of Italy
Council of Ministers of Italy
The Cabinet of Italy is a principal organ of the Government of Italy...
. In 2008, his investigation about the Government budget
Government budget
A government budget is a legal document that is often passed by the legislature, and approved by the chief executive-or president. For example, only certain types of revenue may be imposed and collected...
revealed the intention to establish public funding for record labels, causing the reaction of Senator Gabriella Carlucci and the FIMI.
Between 2007 and 2008, Spinelli wrote an investigation about the institutional web portal
Web portal
A web portal or links page is a web site that functions as a point of access to information in the World Wide Web. A portal presents information from diverse sources in a unified way....
Italia.it, criticizing the shutdown of the web site and the waste of public money. On February 2008 his investigation of a bill
Bill (proposed law)
A bill is a proposed law under consideration by a legislature. A bill does not become law until it is passed by the legislature and, in most cases, approved by the executive. Once a bill has been enacted into law, it is called an act or a statute....
by Ricardo Franco Levi led to a widespread controversy which brought to a national initiative by Beppe Grillo
Beppe Grillo
Giuseppe Piero Grillo, better known as Beppe Grillo , is an Italian activist, blogger, comedian, actor and politician, who also works in theatres and television.-Biography:Grillo was born in Genoa, Liguria....
, harsh criticism by other journalists and politicians (Gad Lerner
Gad Lerner
Gad Lerner is an Italian journalist and writer.-Career:A member of the Jewish community, he began his news career in 1976, writing for the ultra-leftist daily Lotta Continua, belonging to the eponymous political entity, becoming its deputy director...
, Vincenzo Vita, Giuseppe Giulietti
Giuseppe Giulietti (politician)
Giuseppe Giulietti in Rome is an Italian politician. First elected to the Italian Parliament in 1994 he was most recently elected as a member of Italy of Values. Before entering politics he had worked with RAI, as secretary of their journalists union UsigRai and then as a member of their Watch...
, Pino Scaccia), and finally the withdrawal of the bill.
In 2008 Spinelli wrote with the lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
G. Scorza the proposed law and initiative called "Give a meaning to the decay", with the signatures of the MPs Bruno Mellano, Mauro Bulgarelli, Elio Veltri and others. In 2008 he became editor-in-chief of the Swiss magazine LaNotizia
LaNotizia
LaNotizia is a Swiss-Italian newspaper covering science and technology, economy and politics topics.Based in Basel, Switzerland, it is owned by S. Publishing.-External links:* online edition...
. The next year, his journalistic investigation „La Camera manda avanti il Ddl anti-blog“ was nominated for the Ischia International Journalism Award
Ischia International Journalism Award
The Ischia International Journalism Award is one of the most important Italian journalism awards. It is organized under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic, the Regione Campania, the Province of Naples, the National Federation of the Italian Press and the Order of...
(2009). In March 2009, he released, in national preview, the news of the fall of Swiss into the gray list of tax heavens
Tax haven
A tax haven is a state or a country or territory where certain taxes are levied at a low rate or not at all while offering due process, good governance and a low corruption rate....
.
Spinelli is author of interviews with Antonio Di Pietro
Antonio Di Pietro
Antonio Di Pietro is an Italian politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament, an Italian Senator, and Minister of the Prodi Government...
, Corrado Bohm
Corrado Böhm
Corrado Böhm , Professor Emeritus at the University of Rome "La Sapienza", is a computer scientist known especially for his contributions to the theory of structured programming, constructive mathematics, combinatory logic, lambda-calculus, and the semantics and implementation of functional...
, Ludwig Minelli
Ludwig Minelli
Ludwig A. Minelli is a Swiss lawyer and human rights activist. He is the founder of Dignitas, an organization that helps permanently ill people to end life in a manner which relieves pain and suffering...
and others.
Amongst the Italian expert on accessibility
Accessibility
Accessibility is a general term used to describe the degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is available to as many people as possible. Accessibility can be viewed as the "ability to access" and benefit from some system or entity...
, he published educational articles and reviews. He has lectured and done scientific consulting
Consultant
A consultant is a professional who provides professional or expert advice in a particular area such as management, accountancy, the environment, entertainment, technology, law , human resources, marketing, emergency management, food production, medicine, finance, life management, economics, public...
at the University of Genoa
University of Genoa
The University of Genoa is one of the largest universities in Italy.Located in Liguria on the Italian Riviera, the university was founded in 1471. It currently has about 40,000 students, 1,800 teaching and research staff and about 1,580 administrative staff.- Campus :The University of Genoa is...
.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | journalistic investigation „La Camera manda avanti il Ddl anti-blog“ | Ischia International Journalism Award Ischia International Journalism Award The Ischia International Journalism Award is one of the most important Italian journalism awards. It is organized under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic, the Regione Campania, the Province of Naples, the National Federation of the Italian Press and the Order of... |
External links
- Liquida Magazine, Interview with Luca Spinelli, April 2009