Cecilia Sala
Italian journalist
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- Cecilia Sala ( Italian: [tʃeˈtʃiːlja ˈsaːla] ; born 26 July 1995) is an Italian journalist, specialized in political and war journalism, both as author and war correspondent.
- Her father is Renato Sala, a JP Morgan's senior advisor since 2004 and an independent director of the Italian bank Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena since 2023; her mother is Elisabetta Vernoni, a manager and environmental activist.
- From 2014 to 2018, she attended the bachelor's program in economics at the Luigi Bocconi University in Milan, without completing the degree, as she moved back to Rome for work reasons and enrolled at La Sapienza University.
- She later wrote for L'Espresso and Vanity Fair , among others, and she also worked for RAI, Fremantle Media and the La7 TV program Otto e mezzo .
- Since 2019, Sala works for Il Foglio ; she's also author for the Huffington Post, Mondadori, and the podcast company Chora Media.
Cecilia Sala (Italian: [tʃeˈtʃiːlja ˈsaːla]; born 26 July 1995) is an Italian journalist, specialized in political and war journalism, both as author and war correspondent.
Biography
Sala was born on 26 July 1995 in Rome. Her father is Renato Sala, a JP Morgan's senior advisor since 2004 and an independent director of the Italian bank Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena since 2023; her mother is Elisabetta Vernoni, a manager and environmental activist.
She graduated from the Liceo scientifico statale Camillo Cavour in Rome. From 2014 to 2018, she attended the bachelor's program in economics at the Luigi Bocconi University in Milan, without completing the degree, as she moved back to Rome for work reasons and enrolled at La Sapienza University.
In 2015, she started working as a correspondent and reporter for Vice, then as a journalist for the La7 TV program Servizio pubblico in 2016. She later wrote for L'Espresso and Vanity Fair, among others, and she also worked for RAI, Fremantle Media and the La7 TV program Otto e mezzo.
In 2019, she registered with the Italian Order of Journalists of Lazio, officially becoming a professional journalist per Italian law. Since 2019, Sala works for Il Foglio; she's also author for the Huffington Post, Mondadori, and the podcast company Chora Media.
Working for Il Foglio, she reported as foreign correspondent from Venezuela and Chile, among others, as well as war correspondent from Afghanistan (2021 Taliban offensive) and Ukraine (Russo-Ukrainian War). She also reported from Iran, both before and during the 2024 Iran–Israel conflict.
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