Source: Government of Italy (English)
A coordination meeting between the Government, the Italian Order of Journalists (‘Ordine dei Giornalisti’, ‘ODG’) and the Italian National Press Federation (‘Federazione nazionale della stampa italiana’, ‘FNSI’) was held at Palazzo Chigi today to define best practices in order to reduce risks for journalists and other media professionals working in war zones or highly unstable areas, as President of the Council of Ministers Giorgia Meloni had announced during her beginning-of-year press conference.
The meeting, chaired by Undersecretary of State to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Alfredo Mantovano, was attended by Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Riccardo Guariglia, President of the ODG Carlo Bartoli, Deputy Secretary General of the FNSI Domenico Affinito, and representatives from the Department for information and publishing and intelligence agencies.
Further initiatives will be held over the coming weeks, in coordination with all the players involved, with the aim of creating specific training courses and seminars and raising awareness of the protection technologies that are already available on a voluntary basis.