A journalist and writer, he has been director of the news programme TG1, director of the newspaper Sole24Ore, has written for the most important national and international newspapers, including Corriere della Sera, L’Espresso, the New York Times and Le Monde. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the NGO, Oxfam Italy, and is one of the most followed journalists on Twitter, appearing amongst the names of the “G20 influencers” of Klout.