He began working at “La Stampa” in 1986 as head of the Rome office; later, he became the newspaper’s deputy director. Between 1996 and 1998 he worked at Rai as director of Radio news and Tg1. In 1998 he returned to “La Stampa” first as director, until 2005, then as editorialist and correspondent. He is the author of essays on Catholics involved in politics, and has written a book-interview with Andrea Camilleri entitled “La testa ci fa dire”, published in 2001.