Report (Italian news television show)
Report is an independent journalistic TV program in Italy, aired on Rai 3, a channel of the Italian national network RAI for the first time in 1997. The first season were transmitted late in the night, but its increasing success made it possible to move it to prime time.
It was inspired by a similar program, Professione Reporter (Profession: Reporter), aired from 1994 to 1996.
Each episode is structured to touch a different topic: nutrition, health, science, economy, society or environment.
The author and anchorwoman is the freelance journalist Milena Gabanelli, the other journalists and episode editors are: Giovanna Boursier, Michele Buono, Giovanna Corsetti, Giorgio Fornoni, Sabrina Giannini, Bernardo Iovene, Paolo Mondani, Sigfrido Ranucci, Piero Riccardi e Stefania Rimini. Chiara Baldassari was part of the Report team until her death in 2005.
Paolo Barnard, author of some of the most critical episodes about globalisation, Israel and economical organisations, decided to leave Report after internal disputes.
Episode list
2008-2009
L'INTESA (Economy) - survey on Alitalia case
IL PRIMARIO (Health)
GLI SCOPPIATI (Economy)
IL SINDACALISTA (Society)
L'EREDITA' (Environment) - about nuclear energy and pollution in Italy
MARE NOSTRUM (Environment)
L’ORO DI ROMA (Environment) - about waste crisis on Rome\Italy
IL PIATTO E' SERVITO (Health\Food)
I VICERE’ (Society)
MODULAZIONE DI FREQUENZE (Society)
L'INGANNO (Environment)
POVERI NOI! (Economy)
COME TU M'INSEGNI (Society)
LA CURA (Health)
PORTE GIREVOLI (Health)
IL RE E' NERO (Society)
CARNE (Health\Food)
COM'È ANDATA A FINIRE? (Society)
IL MALE COMUNE (Society)
LA RICADUTA (Environment) - about Niger oil and Italian oil company
2007-2008
11
2006-2007
10
2005-2006
9
2004-2005
8
2003-2004
7
2002-2003
6
2001-2002
5
2000-2001
4
1999-2000
3
1998-1999
Second Season
ENTI INUTILI, aired 10/12/98 (society - useless and costly organisations)
LO STATO CHIESA, aired 10/12/98 (society - Italian church)
BENEFICENZA aired 3/12/1998 (society - charity issues)
ACQUA PAGATA ACQUA REGALATA aired 12/11/1998 (society - water)
IDEE, INVENZIONI, BREVETTI aired 5/11/1998 (society - patents)
LA FOLLIA, aired 29/10/1998 (society - folly)
IL VIRUS DELL'OBBLIGO, aired 15/10/1998 (health - vaccinations)
NON SOLO IL DENTE E' AVVELENATO, aired 08/10/1998 (health - dentistry)
CARISSIMA SALMA, aired 01/10/1998 (society - business on the dead)
IL GENE SFIGURATO, aired 24/09/1998 (society - genetics and agriculture)
1997-1998
First Season
TROPPO BELLO PER ESSERE VERO (Science)
MOBILITA' (Transports)
GLI EFFETTI DELL' ELETTROSMOG (Environment)
L'AFFARE AIDS (Health)
TV E AUDITEL (Society)
Trials
Due to its work, the survey journalists working on Report have been subject to a lot of intimidating legal action. Up until last season not one of these cases had been lost by Report. But during the 2009-2010 Italian television season Rai removed free legal assistance to their journalist.