Ettore de Lorenzo

Ettore De Lorenzo, a journalist born in Torre del Greco 57 years ago. Son of Dino, a correspondent for Il Mattino, he entered journalism as a child and signed his first article at 16 for Il Mattino dei giovani. At 19, he worked for Teleoggi's news program (Tg) and collaborated with numerous publications (Il Mattino, Il Roma, La Repubblica, Il Giorno, Paese Sera, radio stations, and economic monthlies). He became a professional journalist in 1990 at the daily newspaper Il Roma. After the newspaper's failure (1992), he traveled the world as a reporter for three years: South Africa, Somalia, Cuba, Senegal, USA, with publications in L'Unità, Il Mattino, and Rai. In 1995, he joined Rai (permanently hired only 11 years later): he covered investigations, social issues, news, and sports, became a correspondent in 2012, and created successful columns. Since 2005, he has been the voice of basketball on Radio1 for Serie A and the National team. In parallel, he has an intense cultural activity: he founded the Napoli Strit Festival (1999, for ten years), was spokesperson for the Mayor of Naples (2000), wrote the book "Quando avevo 20 anni" (When I was 20) about Falcone and Borsellino in 2012, teaches, directs festivals and theatrical formats (Sala d'Attesa at the Napoli Teatro Festival), and created the multi-award-winning web series "Gaetano è tornato" (Gaetano is back). In 2023, he served as artistic director for the Municipality of Ercolano, launched the column "La scintilla" (The Spark) on Tgr Campania (focusing on talents, innovation, startups), and teaches communication and fake news at Federico II University. Profile: A multifaceted journalist-author, with a career that intertwines news, international reporting, sports, culture, and education, currently focused on themes of innovation and creative talent.