Francesca Paci (born 30 April 1971) is an Italian journalist.
Francesca Paci | |
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Born | April 30, 1971 Rome, Italy |
Occupation | Journalist |
Paci was born in Rome in 1971. She graduated with a degree in modern literature and she worked at the Gazzetta di Mantova before she went to work at La Stampa, Turin's online newspaper in 2000. Much of her work in the beginning was focused on immigration and Islam locally before movingh to foreign affairs and the Middle East. Paci went on to become a correspondent for the paper working in Jerusalem and London. She is now based in Rome. In 2007 Paci worked on the La7 television program Nirvana and works with Radio Rai3 File Urbani. Paci also teaches in Rome at the Luiss School of Journalism. Paci has won a number of awards and honours for her work[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Awards
edit- 2005 the Marco Luchetta International Journalist Award
- 2007 the Premiolino Giovani
- 2008 Knight Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- 2011 the Golden Doves Award for Peace
- 2015 the Maria grazia Cutuli Award
- 2018 the Fiuggi-Storia Award - Gian Gaspare Napolitano.
Bibliography
edit- L'Islam sotto casa. Silent integration, (2004)
- Il sonno della ragione, (2004)
- Islam and violence. Italian Muslims speak, (2006)
- Where Christians die. From Egypt to Indonesia, travel to the places where Christianity is a persecuted minority, (2011)
- If I close my eyes I die, (2015)
References and sources
edit- ^ "New York University - Villa La Pietra - Firenze". La Pietra Dialogues. 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
- ^ "Francesca Paci – Scuola Superiore di Giornalismo "Massimo Baldini"". Scuola Superiore di Giornalismo "Massimo Baldini" (in Italian). 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
- ^ Khalil, Z.E. (2010). Beirut, I love you. Donzelli. ISBN 978-88-6036-452-4. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
- ^ "Un amor en Auschwitz / A Love in Auschwitz by Francesca Paci: 9788403517509". PenguinRandomhouse.com. 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
- ^ "Francesca Paci". Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo. 2019-04-07. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
- ^ Allen, J.L. (2013). The Global War on Christians: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Anti-Christian Persecution. Crown Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-7704-3736-7. Retrieved 2019-12-18.