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Guido Romeo
Guido Romeo, journalist and author, is an expert in innovation and the digital economy, precision journalism and information transparency. He has written for Il Sole24Ore and Wired. He is the author of Per Soli Uomini, il maschilismo dei dati, dalla ricerca scientifica al design (Codice, 2021) and Silenzi di Stato, storie di trasparenza negata e di cittadini che non si arrendono (Chiarelettere, 2016). He has received national and international awards.
Climate change is no longer a topic confined to the science or environment pages but instead the great global challenge of the next few years in which geopolitics and finance are interwoven. Europe is...
How safe is my school? How polluted is the air of my neighbourhood? How are the rankings of public selection processes made? Asbestos is still killing people, but where? How many derivatives have been...
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) has become an important working tool for journalists in all countries where it was introduced, from the US to Britain. Three months after the first Italian FOIA b...
With the implementation of so-called Madia Law, the Italian government has approved a major overhaul of access to information, inspired by the US Freedom of Information Act with greater protection f...
With publication imminent by Chiarelettere of the book Silenzi di Stato, dieci storie di trasparenza negata e di cittadini che non si arrendono (State Silences: ten stories about denied transparenc...
There is not (yet) a Freedom of Information Act in Italy such as in the United States and in the United Kingdom, but the rules on access can be very useful to journalists and citizens. Diritto Di Sa...
Radical data: from activism to journalism, the power of data-based visual narratives
Quality journalism and activism seem to converge on the horizon of the current mediascape. The NSA, HSBC and Wikileaks files are few but bold examples of outstanding journalism deeply rooted in da...
With just 60 days to go before the first presentation of the draft text for an Italian FOIA before the Italian Parliament, a discussion on the proposal and associated issues.
From the New York Times to the Guardian, US and UK newspapers have been at the forefront of developments in the use of data journalism. In the last few years, media organisations in Spain and Italy, w...
Looking at the care and the management of hospitals through data can really make a difference, even in terms of practical choices by citizens and policymakers. An example of this is the #doveticuri re...
What happens when it is the “good” that drives the news? A conversation on how journalism has changed (or has to change) as a result of people sharing positive stories. Organizzato in collaborazi...
Data journalism is evolving at a rapid pace. Since last year’s International Journalism Festival we have seen many data stories breaking and data projects appearing around the world. We’ve seen co...
In Italy, there is not (yet) a Freedom of Information Act as in the USA and Great Britain, and the access rules can be very useful to journalists and citizens. The association Diritto Di Sapere presen...
TACOD Project Promoting Open Data as a Tool to Prevent and Detect Corruption The TACOD project seeks to measure the impact of laws and policies about open data on corruption. In this project we cons...
Big data, big answers and what the 2012 ‘Obama For America’ campaign taught him about the future of journalism. Keynote speech by Harper Reed. Introduction by Guido Romeo.
Italy is a highly seismic country. It's not the only one, of course: on the same level, and maybe even worse off, there are California, Japan, Turkey, the Pacific coast of South America and many o...
Data journalism has been growing enormously in recent years even in countries where public access to information and data are not granted by a Freedom of Information Act, as is the case with many ...
In Italy a Freedom of Information Act does not exist yet. But what it provides for could be very useful both for journalists and interested citizens. The association Diritto di Sapere presents the ...
From Watergate to phantom flights, the Freedom of Information Act has allowed journalists access to important information. In Italy an FIA does not exist – and neither (yet) does a jornalistic/ins...
Data journalism is evolving at a rapid pace. Since last year’s International Journalism Festival we have seen many data stories breaking and data projects appearing around the world. We’ve seen ...
Hacks&Hackers Italy: here we go! First ever get-together of Hacks&Hackers in Italy. And who better to kick it all off than two H&H founders, Burt Herman and Aron Pilhofer? This is neith...
From bits to Pulitzer: when journalism in the public interest scores a scoop When bit met data sparks did fly. Introducing journalists and software engineers, or more broadly journalism and advanced ...
Towards an Italian FOIA Italy has no Freedom of Information Act (or similar). The new Diritto di Sapere project seeks to highlight the need for major reform of the law on the right of access to inf...
Whistleblowers and anonymous leaks: can the media do without them? Whistleblowing is on the increase, with Wikileaks the tip of the iceberg and with traditional journalism heaving hard in the effo...
Quality information and information of quality Ascertaining the quality and reliability of online information is not easy, whether for a large media organisation such as the Gruppo L'Espresso or for ...
Diving into Data: The School of Data Journalism at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia In the past investigative reporters would suffer from a scarcity of information relating to quest...
Geek Nation by Angela Saini Geek Nation: how Indian science is taking over the world by Angela Saini was published globally in spring 2011. It hit the top of the non-fiction bestseller lists in Ind...
E-government in Italy E-government, transparency and open data within the public administration. A consideration of the current situation in Italy.
