"Telling and living the pandemic was a terrible experience, I had to talk to my country two months in advance about what would later also happen in Italy: the infections, the dead, the lockdown, the ghostly spectacle of Beijing, a city of 24 million inhabitants that at dusk emptied due to the curfew ".
Thus Giovanna Botteri, Rai correspondent from Beijing, who obtained the recognition of 'journalist of the year' of the Ischia 2020 Award. This was decided by the jury of the Award, chaired by Giulio Anselmi, president of the ANSA agency.
Botteri will receive the award during the closing ceremony of the 41st edition of the Prize, which will be held tonight at Villa Arbusto, in Lacco Ameno: awards also for Gianni Minà, for the photojournalist Andrea Frazzetta, for the director of TG2 Gennaro Sangiuliano, for Giulio Gambino director of TPI and for the director of L'Eco di Bergamo, Alberto Ceresoli.
The evening will be presented by Roberta Ammendola, with musical interventions by Michele Zarrillo and Mario Biondi.
The 41st edition of the Ischia Award is organized with the contribution of the Campania Region and the patronage of the Istituto di Credito Sportivo, the Automobile Club of Italy) of the Unipol Group, ACEA Spa, Terna spa, Menarini Group spa, Data Stampa , ASPI.
