He has been a news editor in Rome and he is now a columnist writing mostly about cultural heritage, historical and artistical patrimony, protection and valorization. He also writes about current cultural events and television politics while he holds a daily column of dialogue with readers of the Roman edition, dedicated to the problems of the city. Over the years he has worked as a correspondent from Iran, ex-Yugoslavia, India, Bangladesh and Ethiopia. He is the author of 1969: tutto in un anno (Laterza Editore), of the book-interview with Andrea Carandini Il nuovo dell’Italia è nel passato (Laterza Editore), Caos sublime, written with Massimiliano Fuksas (Rizzoli), 101 consigli per un Sindaco di Roma (Newton Compton), Il mestiere più difficile del mondo: genitori, with Massimo Ammaniti (Edizioni Corriere della Sera).