10.30 - Hotel Brufani, piazza Italia 12, Perugia
A Story Still to Tell: Giancarlo Siani
with Lirio Abbate, Alessandro Cataldo, Rosario Esposito La Rossa, Ottavio Lucarelli, Roberto Morrione, Mario Orfeo and Paolo Siani
Awards ceremony: the annual A Story Still to Still to Tell award invites entries on the circumstances surrounding the murder of an Italian journalist. The 2009 award is dedicated to the memory of Giancarlo Siani, journalist of the Naples daily Il Mattino, murdered in Naples on 23 September 1985 while investigating local organised crime. He was 26 years old.
14.00-19.00 - Sala Lippi, UniCredit Banca di Roma, corso Vannucci 39, Perugia
MediaCampPerugia
with Luca Conti, Luca De Biase and Vittorio Pasteris
The shock of the new.
16.00 - Sala dei Notari, piazza IV Novembre, Perugia
Missionary journalism, mission impossible?
with Emil Blaser, Giuseppe Caramazza, Bernardo Cervellera, Stefano Femminis and Renato Kizito Sesana
Panel discussion: how to give a voice to those who may never have had one and how to make a real difference to people's lives and to a community's sense of itself. Journalism at its most empowering? And most rewarding?
18.30 - Hotel Brufani, piazza Italia 12, Perugia
Society journalism: beyond gossip?
with Maria Corbi, Giuseppe Di Piazza, Laura Laurenzi and Paola Saluzzi
Panel discussion: we have the German language to thank for the word "schadenfreude". And human nature to thank for the sentiments of pleasure at the misfortunes of others, particularly those others towards the top of society. Is this what can make reading society news so richly satisfying?
19.30 - Hotel Brufani, piazza Italia 12, Perugia
Life in the red zone - the hell of Baghdad
with Oliviero Bergamini, Monica Maggioni, Anne Nivat and Stella Pende
Book presentation: Anne Nivat lived in Iraq, including the so-called red zone of Baghdad, for many months. The red zone is dangerous, impoverished, relatively unknown and largely ignored by the media. This is her first-hand account of the daily life of the citizens of Baghdad. She is just back from a further 3-week stay in Baghdad.
21.00 - Sala dei Notari, piazza IV Novembre, Perugia
Tre uomini di parola
with Toni Capuozzo, Mauro Corona, Luigi Maieron and band
Theatre evening: show based on improvisation and direct interaction with the audience. Each of the three protagonists is a man of his word (uomo di parola), who can be trusted to say what he thinks regardless of consequences and who possesses the convictions to make what he says interesting, especially if you disagree with him.