Born at the age of 13 she moved to Salerno, where she attended high school and university, obtaining a degree in History and Philosophy. In 1979 she became a professional journalist, working first for Il Manifesto, then for La Repubblica. In 1993 she won an International Fellowship at Harvard. In 2000, she became executive editor of the newborn news ApBiscom. She resigned on May 4, 2004; she was the second woman President of RAI. In 2005 -- 2006, she hosted the interview programm for Rai Tre, in which she famously interviewed then Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Currently, she works as a panelist for The Washington Post. She resigned from her job in protest for Berlusconi's conflict of interest. – Column on The Washington Post website – Video of the Berlusconi interview from "In 1/2h" – Nieman Fellows, Class of 1993