Esperti di politica statunitense analizzano il fenomeno Trump, il ruolo del complottismo e l’impatto globale delle sue politiche. Un dibattito aggiornato e documentato per comprendere il futuro poli...
Barbara Serra
Barbara Serra is a journalist, TV anchor, documentary filmmaker, and author. Since 2023, she has been a presenter for Sky News in the United Kingdom. From 2006 to 2022, Barbara anchored the evening news for Al Jazeera English from its European headquarters in London and reported from across Europe, the Middle East, and Washington, D.C. She was the first non-native English-speaking journalist to anchor a news program on British television.
In 2020, she produced and presented the documentary Fascism in the Family, connecting the story of her grandfather, who was the podestà of Carbonia, to the lasting influence of fascism in Italy. The film won in both the Current Affairs and History categories at the New York Festivals Film and Television Awards. In 2019, Barbara was awarded the Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia (Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy) for her contributions to international journalism.
She writes the newsletter News with a Foreign Accent, where she explores the challenges of speaking English as a second language and the cultural dominance of English as a global language in international journalism.
In 2023, she returned to Sky News as a presenter.
Events IJF 2025
Narcotrafficking, Putin and attacks on freedom of expression: the threats facing democracy as Europe prepares for elections. Roberto Saviano in conversation with Barbara Serra. Roberto will also tal...
Speaking English is still a privilege in journalism, but social video is helping normalise other voices
Last year, a young Spanish journalist attended Barbara Serra’s presentation in Perugia on the privilege of speaking English as a mother tongue in “international news” - or English-language news....
Shailesh Prakash, Google's VP of News and former Chief Information Officer of The Washington Post, joins forces with award-winning journalist and author Barbara Serra in an exclusive Fireside Chat. Di...
The privilege of speaking English: the obstacles faced by second-language English journalists
What we call ‘International News’ doesn’t exist. It should more accurately be defined as English-language news. English is the global language, and since a perfect command of speech and language...
The stunning collection of searing visuals that have come to define the largest war in Europe since World War II speak for themselves. The three journalists behind it – the only international journa...
Italian-born journalist Barbara Serra’s award-winning documentary Fascism in the Family is a personal, historical and timely look at the role that the legacy of Fascism still plays in Italy today. ...
Bolsonaro's administration built a disinformation machine known as the “Hate cabinet" run by his sons and advisers to spread fake news and attack journalists, politicians, artists and media outlets ...
Michela Marzano intreccia il passato familiare alle pagine più controverse della storia del nostro Paese. Michela non sapeva. Per tutta la vita si è impegnata a stare dalla parte giusta: i fascisti ...
The situation of the Kurdish people is becoming increasingly critical. President Trump's decision to withdraw American troops from Northern Syria paved the way for the Turkish offensive, and appeared ...
Jair Bolsonaro's presidency in Brazil has seen escalating attacks on journalists in person and on freedom of information more generally. Threats, intimidation, defamation campaigns, lawsuits - often b...
Activism, feminism and the fight for human rights. In conversation with Inna Shevchenko
Activism, feminism and the fight for human rights, also against authoritarian regimes. Plus the use of the body as an instrument for impactful activism. Interview of Femen leader Inna Shevchenko. Mod...
The #metoo movement in India was set off by Priya Ramani’s 12 October 2017 article in Vogue India entitled To the Harvey Weinsteins of the world in which she accused a former editor of hers – wi...
Screening of the documentary Sea Sorrow followed by a discussion and Q&A with Vanessa Redgrave, Carlo Nero and Carlotta Sami. Moderated by Barbara Serra. Sea Sorrow marks Vanessa Redgrave’s deb...
In conversation with Yael Deckelbaum and Meera Eilabouni of the Women Wage Peace movement. Moderated by Barbara Serra. The Women Wage Peace movement was set up immediately after the bloody clashes ...
The incredible and terrifying story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, arrested in 2001 in his home country Mauritania and from there taken to the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. A nightmare of denie...
Who are the new terrorists of the ISIS Caliphate and what are the responsibilities of the West, in particular Europe, in its flourishing? Is the erection of walls – either real or symbolic – again...
For years now, our screens have been dominated by images of migrants and refugees embarking on the perilous journey to Europe, often risking their lives to reach a continent which is increasingly in...
The terrible triangle: tyrants, terrorists and native reform in the Arab world
#ijf16talk by Iyad El-Baghdadi. Moderated by Barbara Serra.
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