Italian Jounalists

In his Euro blog Yesterday, Mark Mardell, the Europe correspondent for the BBC wrote a lot about Italian journalists and journalism. It's a very long article, but it's well worth reading. You can read it here.


Read through and while you are reading consider these points:

• Do you agree that Emilio Fede is impartial?
  
• Is this a good or a bad thing?
• Would it be ok if other parties had similar access to the media?
• Is it true that the Italian guild of journalists was started by Mussolini?
• Do you still have to use a typewriter when doing the exam to join the guild?
• Is Beppe Grillo a positive or negative influence on Italian journalism?
• Is Beppe Grillo a new concept for Italian politics or is he simply the same old thing?
• Why do you think Gherardo Colombo didn't want to talk about the election and Berlusconi?

When you finishing reading it, you can write a reply to Mark Mardell's blog post.

Alternatively, if you are very busy or if Mark's article is too difficult, why don't you think about writing a post to the BBC "Have Your Say"site. They are discussing the interesting question: "What should Italy expect from Berlusconi?" It should be an interesting debate! I wrote a post talking about our lesson there :-)

Buon Lavoro!

Relaxing

Relaxing is important, don't you think?

There's no way that any of us could do our jobs well, be alert and interesting unless we spend some good, quality time relaxing. But one person's relaxing Sunday afternoon spent skiing could be another person's idea of cold, dangerous hell.

What do you like to do to relax? Do you potter around in the garden growing vegetables or doing D.I.Y, or do you go out in the mountains with a pair of skis, some seal skins and an "ARVA" and ski up a mountain?

Write a reply telling us your idea of a nice relaxing weekend and what you like to do when you're not busy at work.

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