Ivana Faccioli

Ivana Faccioli, born in Codogno in 1972, has always been passionately in love with books and writing. During her teenage years, she tried her hand at writing poetry, but now she definitely prefers to focus on news. She graduated in literature from the Catholic University of Milan with a thesis on the promotion of literature in newspapers, radio, and TV. Already during university, she collaborated with a local, or rather ultra-local, broadcaster in Casalpusterlengo as an aspiring reporter. She was a trainee journalist at Antennatre Lombardia from 1997 to 1999. For the regional broadcaster, she produced reports for the newscast and hosted various segments. In 1999, she joined the RTL 102.5 group. Her first experience was as a correspondent for RTL Milan. Then, after just under two years, she moved to the national broadcaster. From that moment on, she decided to explore her new love for radio in all its forms. She has hosted newscasts, produced reports and interviews, and hosted long specials and programs on the occasion of major national and international events. She has been sent on assignment multiple times both in Italy and abroad. She became Deputy News Director in 2020 and, since June 2021, she has been the Editor-in-Chief of the newsroom. She oversees the editorial content of RTL 102.5, Radio Zeta, and Radiofreccia, as well as their respective websites and social media. Among her areas of interest are international politics and culture. In love with Jerusalem, the writers Yehoshua, Marquez, and Allende, and the directors Spielberg, Sorrentino, and Inarritu, she dreams of opening a bookstore where she can spend her days surrounded by the scent of books and the background music of De Gregori. Among her favorite novels are “Mr. Mani,” “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” and “The House of the Spirits.” She would gladly spend every evening at the cinema, the only place where she can truly disconnect her mind from the news. The film of her life is undoubtedly “Schindler’s List,” also because she has spent a lot of time studying the facts and context of World War II and the Holocaust. She recalls with great emotion the interview with Senator Liliana Segre and the visit to Auschwitz.