From the choice of articles to the cover, from the revision of the texts to the choice of photos, Internazionale journalists tell about their work.
Monday 7 June
How Internazionale was born and how it works, Giovanni De Mauro
The story of how Internazionale was born, how it has changed over time and how its changes have also been linked to the evolution of available technologies. From the first difficult years, to the turning point of 2001, up to the present day. How the editorial office is structured, how it works, how much the last year of the pandemic has changed, perhaps forever, its organization.
Thursday 10 June
How to make a cover, Maysa Moroni
Every week Internazionale appears on newsstands with a different face, how do we choose the image that will go on the cover? The creative process, the choice between illustration and photography, the visualization of abstract concepts, the ethical aspects and the sources told through the behind the scenes of the covers of Internazionale.
Monday 14 June
How to edit an article, Giovanna Chioini
A text written or translated into Italian can contain errors, convoluted sentences, contradictory data, false friends, repetitions, delays, which can lead us to abandon reading. Copy editing serves to identify these elements and to suggest how to correct them, so that the text, on paper or online, is clear and fluent. An excellent knowledge of the Italian language, the knowledge of at least one foreign language, vocabularies and style books, a certain dose of stubbornness, together with curiosity, attention to detail and updating on linguistic habits and customs are basic tools for the work of copy editor, which in the world of journalism is widespread above all in Anglo-Saxon countries. Four copy editors work in the editorial staff of Internazionale, weekly and online, and this meeting will present their work.
Thursday 17th June
How to choose an article from a business newspaper and an Asian newspaper, Alessandro Lubello e Junko Terao
It is generally thought that the business press is boring and in any case intended only for a specialized audience. But if you have curiosity about the subject and the patience to go beyond the sometimes difficult language, it turns out that it is a precious source. It tells many interesting things, which only apparently concern those who invest. Often small news reveals phenomena that everyone will have to take an interest in sooner or later because their effects will have profound consequences on the lives of many people. This happened, for example, with the financial stocks with mysterious acronyms at the origin of the financial crash of 2008.
Is the Chinese press really all under the control of the Communist Party, therefore useless to those who want to know China better? How to find serious and credible news on North Korea, a country that is in the shadow of information, between propaganda and the impossibility of verifying the facts? How to deal with the Indian press, once a lively and varied sector with a rather high average quality and today increasingly subservient to the government of Narendra Modi? How to navigate the Australian news landscape, between the oligopolies of large publishing groups and independent newspapers? In the lesson on how to choose an article from the Asian press we will try to get acquainted with the newspapers of some of the main countries of Asia and the Pacific.
Monday 21 June
How to write a report for the web, Giuseppe Rizzo
For a certain period, a few years ago, the editorial offices of newspapers around the world believed a lot in the “myth of long pieces”: boundless reports and essays, rich in interactive elements, especially designed for the internet. The enthusiasm has waned, but from that season you can get some useful tips to write a good reportage for the web. Where to start? How to organize the story? Why write it if you can tell with maps, charts and videos? Are the links needed? Will readers use their phone, computer or tablet more to read it? How to summarize everything for social networks?
Thursday 24th June
How to choose a photo, Rosy Santella
The images on Internazionale have always played a leading role. Photos allow the reader to view news and often enrich the information contained in an article with details. But how do you choose the right photo? How does a photo editor work? How can a balance be maintained between form, content, editorial line and ethical considerations? How to orient yourself in the search among photo agencies, freelancers, sites, festivals and alternative sources of access to images such as Instagram? And what is the difference between the photos that will be published in the paper newspaper and those on the site, which will then also go to social networks?
Monday 28th June
How do you choose an article from an African and a European newspaper?
Francesca Sibani and Andrea Pipino
To find good examples of African journalism it is not essential to know inaccessible languages. (To find good examples of African journalism it is not necessary to know languages such as Shona or Swahili. Or To find good examples of African journalism, it is not necessary to know one of the hundreds of languages spoken only on the continent.) It is more important to understand in what context journalists have to work with and what financial, political and social obstacles they have to contend with. In Africa, a continent made up of 54 states, each country has its own history, but there are strengths and weaknesses that we can find in many of the continent’s media. In any case, the landscape is changing quickly thanks to new technologies, and new voices are emerging from Senegal to Nigeria that are worth listening to.
Hundreds of daily, weekly, monthly. And then websites, newsletters, specialized periodicals, literary magazines, politics, online newspapers. All in more than forty languages. Finding your way around the boundless offer of European journalism in all its most diverse forms can be complicated. Some reflections on the criteria to be used to identify quality and find the most curious and surprising sources and some indications on how to navigate among the historical and cultural specificities that make the journalistic panorama of the continent unique in its variety and diversity.
Thursday 1st July
How to talk about migration, Annalisa Camilli
Migration is a structural factor of human societies, however it is also a subject that is highly exploited by politics. In order not to widen the gap between reality and perception, those who deal with it or write about it must take a series of precautions: consult experts, be accurate in their lexical use, know the current legislation and the general geopolitical context, have an international approach, know read the data and finally give voice to the protagonists.
Monday 5th July
How to write about music, cinema and books, Piero Zardo and Giovanni Ansaldo
The real criticism, that directed to the authors rather than to the public, practically no longer exists or is relegated to obscure sector publications. On the other hand, reviews are everywhere, direct advice to readers to extricate themselves from the mass of musical, literary or cinematographic works and productions. Starting from this assumption, let’s try to explore the different types of publications that talk about music, books and cinema (from print to the web) and how they talk about it (the evolution of technologies has favored new forms alongside written reviews, such as videos , podcasts, newsletters, etc.). All this in the light of a relationship with the public increasingly conditioned by social networks.
Thursday 8th July
How to tell a story with a video, Jacopo Zanchini and Giulia Testa
Documentaries, reports, analyzes, interviews. Videojournalism really brings us into the news, with the power of images. Not only that: with the spread of video cameras on phones, many newspapers have begun to use open source videos to reconstruct controversial events. Our experience with web videos, including translation of works from major foreign newspapers, collaborations with freelancers and in-house productions, can be useful to understand how to work in this sector today.
You are a reader of Internazionale and you want to better understand how it is done and what are the professionals (who are the people) that build it every week. You are studying journalism, communication or training and you want to better understand how to know how to recognize a good source of information, how to check the news, how to write simply and clearly for paper and for the web, how to take care of the photographic or video part.