Media & MultiCulturalità (www.MMC2000.net)

per-ms — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:16:59 +0200

Programme Description:

Ethnic media and media professionals with ethnic minority backgrounds are still largely underrepresented in the Italian media. An Italian website, www.MMC2000.net, was launched in 2004, focusing specifically on this problem. The website reports on relevant news throughout Europe, whilst also making available important legislation and codes of conduct in relation to the media and ethnic diversity.

Italy Seen by New Italians

per-ms — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:27:11 +0200

Programme Description:

In Italy, the print media is often a closed door to immigrants who are entering the country and looking for work. Literature written by immigrants, in Italian, is woefully under represented. No national newspaper has regular content written by a person with foreign origins. Internazionale, a weekly magazine focusing on culture and politics, decided to open their publication to writers whose voice, they believed, was not being heard. The team felt their readers wanted an alternative perspective on Italy as a culture and a country. A section entitled ‘L’Italia vista dai nuovi Italiani’ or in English ‘Italy Seen by New Italians’ was introduced. Rather than simply publishing articles on immigration issues Internazionale gave immigrants a platform to share their own personal experiences of living in Italy.